H801: Literacy Assessment and Intervention Practicum

Children learn to read and write along a developmental continuum and through different instructional strategies. This course addresses the issues around literacy learning for typically developing and struggling readers as evidenced in the research and addressed in practice, taking a culturally sustaining stance. In this course, each student, paired with an elementary school-aged learner, will learn how to administer and interpret a battery of literacy assessments and then design an intervention plan for the learner. The course will connect research, theory, and practice through course readings, intervention work, and collaboration with colleagues. Students will share effective practices from their intervention and address the role of language, culture, and socio-economic background in the assessment and remediation of reading difficulties. Each student will be supported by a Reading Specialist/Literacy Coach mentor at their assigned school site and will be observed by the teaching team and the mentor. The Standards for Reading Professionals of the International Literacy Association serve as the guiding principles for this course.