Background: The Utah State Department of Education offers a state reading specialist program through higher education institutions (detailed description of old and new endorsement requirements). This specialist classification has been coordinated through the state office and a State Reading Endorsement Committee made up of reading professionals throughout the state. A teacher with elementary certification who completes the program will receive a specialized endorsement indicating the ability to supervise reading programs in grades 1-8. A teacher with secondary certification who completes the program in reading will be qualified to supervise reading programs in grades 6-12. The Utah Reading Specialist Endorsement requires three major areas of competency. NCATE/IRA standards indicate courses must have been taken within the last eight years from the date of application. To see state suggested, sample skeleton guidelines for each course, follow the link USOE guideline. Clicking on the course number and name link will take you to the most recent syllabus used for the course at SUU, if it is active. To return to this page, use your browser's back button. Old course numbers are listed in parentheses. These changes will take effect as of August 15th, 2004 and be reflected in the 2004-2005 catalog and reflect a shift towards the titles used for reading endorsement classes by the Utah State Office of Education. In addition to these courses, IRA standards
indicate A teacher meeting these requirements is qualified to be a building,
district, or service area reading specialist.
Graduate Reading Specialist Certification
General
Elementary and Secondary Requirements
Graduate
Reading Programs at SUUGraduate
Reading Endorsement
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