Requirements for certification as a reading and language arts consultant

People who want to become a certified reading and language arts consultant (endorsement 097) must meet these work experience and education requirements:

• Complete a state-approved planned program of educator preparation at a regionally accredited college or university, leading to a formal institutional recommendation for certification. The institution will outline specific courses required for the required institutional recommendation for certification.
• Master's degree
• 30 school months of successful teaching experience
• Undergraduate or graduate course work in each of the following areas:
  • Curriculum
  • Psychology, including human growth and development, understanding human behavior, personality, mental hygiene
  • Children's or adolescent literature
• Holds or is eligible for a remedial reading and remedial language arts endorsement
• Institutional recommendation based on completion of a state-approved certification program specific to special service in remedial reading and language arts, including at least 12 semester hours of graduate credit with coursework in each of the following areas: 
  • Advanced reading and language arts diagnosis
  • Organization, administration and supervision of reading and language arts programs
  • Practicum in consulting, including applied research, of at least six semester hours' credit in total 
• Ten school months as a remedial reading and remedial language arts teacher 
• A course of study in special education comprising 36 clock hours or more that includes study in:
  • Understanding the growth and development of exceptional children, including handicapped and gifted and talented children and children who may require special education
  • Methods for identifying, planning for and working effectively with special-needs children in the regular classroom

See how to apply for this endorsement.