College of Education

Reading Endorsement

The Department of Middle/Secondary Education and Instructional Technology and the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education offer graduate courses in literacy which apply to Georgia’s Reading Endorsement for classroom teachers. These courses focus on three areas (a) understanding readers and the reading process, (b) linking assessment and instruction, and (c) using instructional strategies in specific content areas. 

Successful completion of the three courses and the portfolio qualifies a person for the bachelor’s, master’s, or specialist level endorsement, depending on the current level of certification. This endorsement qualifies an individual to be considered ‘in field’ in reading at the level of the base certificate. Teachers pursuing the reading endorsement may be enrolled as non-degree students or may be enrolled in specific programs.

Reading Endorsement Program of Study

The Endorsement Program Overview is a simple chart that may be useful for understanding the relationship of projects, artifacts, and readings from across the program of study. The Reading Endorsement Plan is a useful document for students to bring to advisement sessions.

Contact Information

Dr. Tiffany Coleman is the coordinator of the Reading Endorsement and can be reached by email at jtc92698@comcast.net.

Reading Endorsement Portfolio

For the final assessment required for endorsement programs, the reading faculty at GSU has chosen to use a portfolio, which is embedded within each of the courses required in the reading endorsement program. As students complete the required papers and projects within each course, the faculty member will evaluate each student as having met/not met the standards for the course as established by the International Reading Association. In order for the reading endorsement portfolio to be evaluated, students must purchase LiveText.