Program Description:

The classroom/clinical concentration prepares classroom teachers and reading specialists to teach all aspects of reading and language arts to students with a wide range of abilities in kindergarten through grade 12.  Completion of this concentration leads to Advanced Master's teaching certification.Click here for Master of Arts in Reading Education academic department program information. Click here for the Graduate Bulletin (catalog) degree program information including the program courses (find 477E major code). Applicants are encouraged to review the information on both of these web sites. 

Career Options:

Reading Specialist and/or Classroom Teacher – for K-12 teachers.

Course List:

Please click here to access the program page with planning sheet. listed.

Information Unique to Distance Education Program Admission and Enrollment:

The distance education Reading program accepts applications when new sessions are planned (via a cohort-model) at the Buncombe and Davie locations. Cohorts begin, if there is sufficient interest, in one semester, and cohort members take their classes at the same pace (typically two classes per term) until graduation.

Applicaitons for the Forsyth and Catawba locations are accepted each fall semester, (i.e. rolling admission) and students cycle into the courses being delivered at these locations.

See the table below for further informaiton, applicaiton deadlines and planned information sessions.

Program Delivery Information:

Courses in the program may be entirely face-to-face, hybrid (a combination of online and faceo-to-face) or online.  Face-to-face courses are typically in the evenings or occasionally on Saturdays.  Online courses may have one pre-arranged face-to-face meeting.  For the hybrid or online courses, synchronous class meetings may be required as well as asynchronous coursework. 

Applicants are encourgaged to review the minimum computer requirements for online coursework.

Off-campus students who are teaching can take 6 hours (two classes) per semester, generally, in this 39-hour program and could finish in 6 to 7 semesters; up to 7 years is allowed to finish a Master of Arts program.

Proposed Cohorts*:

Formal Information Session - ASU faculty and staff will be present to answer questions about the program and application process.

*You may also express interest in having the program delivered at other locations by completing this electronic form (opens in a new window). Please be aware that expressions of interest are relayed to the academic departments where decisions are made about where programs will be offered.

Eligibility:

Applicants must have:

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• A valid North Carolina "A" level teaching licensure or equivalent from another state

Application Requirements:

• Completed online application to graduate school
• Application Fee
• Official (sealed) transcript from each college or university attended other than ASU
• A "letter of intent" specifying current teaching position, teaching goals, and reasons for seeking admission to the reading program (one to two pages)
• Resume (uploaded as part of the online application)
• Three references (submitted as part of the online application)
• Test scores are required for this graduate program (see information below)

Test Score Information:

A test score (no older than 5 years) is required from either the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or Miller Analogies Test (MAT). They are equally accepted. Minimum score requirements are listed in the Graduate Bulletin.

Application Submission:

Click here to access Graduate School application information, requirements, and the online application for admission.

Applications must be complete (online application submitted, the fee paid, and all required supporting documents received by the Graduate School) and ready for review by the applicable deadline. If it appears to be too late to apply, please contact the program manager to discuss options.

For information or questions related to the application process, please contact:

Program Manager
Ms. LIsa Freeman
Email:  freemanlh@appstate.edu
Toll Free:  800-355-4084, x 2906
Fax:  828-265-8673
Direct phone:  828-262-2906

Academic Coordinator - Department of Reading Education and Special Education
Dr. Woody Trathen
Email: trathenwr@appstate.edu
Toll-free Phone: 800-355-4084, x 6056
Direct Phone: 828-262-6506