Language & Literacy

As educators, we know that children’s language and literacy skills start developing as soon as they are born and become more complex as they grow and develop. Our Professional Learning Series in Language & Literacy provides classroom teachers with expanded knowledge and skills to positively impact language, reading and writing development for their students.

Our courses focus on developing key classroom strategies and instructional design principles that focus on building language and literacy skills across the curriculum. Additionally, we explore language and literacy in the context of the English language learner (ELL), helping teachers develop instruction that may be age appropriate and focused on culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Our series in Language & Literacy includes three graduate-level courses. One course in the series is offered each fall, spring and summer semester to allow most educators to complete the coursework within a year. The courses may be taken in any sequence.

Add-On ESL Endorsement

EDUC 519U Working with English Learners may serve as test preparation course for the English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Praxis® exam (exam fee not included in course tuition). Earning a passing score on the ESOL Praxis exam enables Virginia licensed K-12 educators to add the “English as a Second Langauge preK-12” endorsement to their teaching licensure. See Superintendent’s Memo #163-16 for additional information about the ESOL Praxis exam.

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