Reading Specialist
To qualify for this area, you must hold or have held a professional Maryland teaching certificate in early childhood education, elementary education, or a secondary education area, and have 3 years of successful teaching or clinical experience.
Please be prepared to submit documentation verifying that you have met the requirements of one of the options below:
Option I:
Completion of a Maryland approved program leading to certification as a Reading Specialist
Option II:
Master's degree or equivalent of post-baccalaureate graduate credit in reading and related areas to include:
1. 12 semester hours of reading course work with at least one course in each of the following areas:
(a) Foundation or survey course
(b) Diagnosis and correction of reading difficulties
(c) Clinical or laboratory practicum
2. At least one course in each of the following areas:
(a) Measurement or evaluation, or both
(b) Personality or mental hygiene, or both
(c) Education psychology or human development education, or both
3. The remaining semester hours in reading or related areas, such as speech, phonetics, special education, and human development education.
Reading Teacher
To qualify for this area, you must hold or have held a professional Maryland teaching certificate in early childhood education, elementary education, or a secondary education area, and have 2 years of successful teaching experience.
Please be prepared to submit documentation verifying that you have earned 12 semester hours of post-baccalaureate graduate credit in reading to include a foundation or survey course and a course in diagnosis and correction of reading difficulties.