Online: Special Reading K-12 Teaching License Program

In addition to the criteria established for general admission to graduate studies, applicants must have the following:

 General Requirements

1. An undergraduate GPA of 0 or higher on a 4.0 scale
2. A valid professional teaching certificate
3. 2 years of teaching experience (this can be completed while in the program under provisional admission)

MO DESE Certification Requirement 

Successful completion of the PRAXIS for the Reading Specialist (5302)

• PY120. The Child: Development from Conception through Adolescence (3)  

OR  

• PY222. Development of the Adolescent (3) 

• EX390. Psychology and Education of Children with Exceptionalities (3) 

OR

• EX311 Introduction to Special Education  (3)

OR

• EX635. Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs (3) 

• EX302. Language Development of Children with Exceptionalities (3)  

OR  

• CE370. Language Acquisition of the Young Child (3) Fall, Spring  (3)

OR  

• EX602. Language Development of the Exceptional Child (3) 

EL648 Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities

• SE602 Effective Literacy Instruction at the Middle and Secondary Level (3)

OR

• EL680 The Science of Reading III: Evidence–Based Literacy Instruction in the Area of Language and Reading (3)

• EL646 Aspects of Literacy Development and Acquisition (3)

• EL647 Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Difficulties (3)

• EX601 Educational Assessment Techniques (3)

• EL644 Creating and Fostering Literate Environments (3)

OR

• EL630 The Science of Reading I:  Foundations of Literacy (3)

OR

• EX616 Behavior Management (3)

• EL624 Literacy Leadership (3)

• EX507 Family and Child with Exceptionalities. (3)

• EL611 Emergent Literacy Learners Practicum (3) 

OR

• EL631 The Science of Reading II: Assessing and Correcting Emergent Literacy Learners. (3)

• EL623 Practicum II-Older Literacy Learners (3)

OR

• EL 681 The Science of Reading IV: Developing Research Driven Instruction in Reading Comprehension & Writing (3)