Reading Endorsement Options at OSU-Mansfield

Are you a teacher interested in earning your Reading Endorsement (Grades K-12) and completing most of your coursework here at the Mansfield Campus of The Ohio State University?  If so, OSU-Mansfield has a program schedule that might work for you.  Our graduate courses for teachers are scheduled from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m., one evening per week, for your convenience.

You can select from two options:

1.             Earning your Reading Endorsement (can be completed in about two years)

Or

2.             Earning your Master of Arts (M.A.) Degree in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University while completing your Reading Endorsement (can be completed in three years)

The program can be scheduled so that only two courses must be taken at the Columbus Campus, and you can select the quarters, for those two courses, that work best with your schedule.  Our Reading Endorsement program is preplanned, so you may look ahead to see what courses you will be taking in future terms. And best, the courses you complete as part of your Reading Endorsement can count toward your Master of Arts degree, if you apply and are accepted into the graduate program within your first two quarters of coursework.

Please note that a passing score on the Praxis II Test, “Introduction to the Teaching of Reading” (Test Code 0200) is also required in order to earn the Reading Endorsement.

Reading Endorsement Information Packet

         This packet includes an overview of the program, the application form, and a program planning sheet indicating coursework options.

Reading Endorsement Coursework

(to complete program primarily at Mansfield Campus)

At Mansfield, we offer a subset of the possible courses one can take to complete the Reading Endorsement.  In the 2007-09 academic years, we intend to offer the following courses that meet program requirements.

ETL 816     Language Arts in the Elementary School 

ETL 665     Applied Linguistics for Teachers of Reading/Language Arts

ETL 828     Trends and Issues in Reading Instruction 

ETL 864     Multicultural Children’s Literature 

ETL 853     Critical Reading in the Content Fields

Students will need to add two additional courses, to be taken at the Columbus or Marion Campus, during a term that is convenient:

ETL 670     Remedial and Clinical Reading Instruction

ETL 671     Clinical Practice in Treating Reading Disabilities

Coursework to Concurrently Complete M.A. Degree and Reading Endorsement

Sample Schedule

Endorsement Courses indicated by *

Autumn 2007

ETL 816 Language Arts in the Elementary School *

ETL 870 Introduction to Graduate Studies in Integrated Teaching and Learning

Winter 2008

ETL 830 Multicultural Influences

Spring 2008

ETL 874 Classroom-Based Inquiry in Integrated Teaching and Learning

ETL 818 Foundations of Education

Summer 2008

ETL 665 Applied Linguistics for Teachers of Reading/Language Arts *

ETL 871 Children’s Cognition and the Early and Middle Childhood Classroom

Autumn 2008

ETL 828 Trends and Issues in Reading *

ETL 701 Current Research and Trends in Early and Middle Childhood Education

Winter 2009

ETL 872 Approaches to Integrated Curriculum

Spring 2009

ETL 864 Multicultural Children’s Literature *

ETL 869 Children’s Social Development and the Social World of the Classroom

Summer 2009

ETL 853 Critical Reading in the Content Fields *

Autumn 2009

None

Winter 2010

ETL 925 M.A. Capstone Course

Notes:

ETL 893.50 (Independent Study) to be taken the term of graduation.

ETL 670* and ETL 671* to be taken at Columbus or Marion Campus during term most convenient for student. Reading Endorsement Coordinator will assist with scheduling.

Contact

For more information, please contact Dr. Jeane Copenhaver-Johnson, Reading Endorsement Coordinator for the Mansfield Campus.

(If you email, please include “Reading Endorsement” in the subject line of your message.)

Dr. Jeane Copenhaver-Johnson

419-755-4270 (office)

copenhaver-johns.1@osu.edu (e-mail)