Please contact Andi Canaday, Coordinator of Staff Development to register!
Teachers will understand and teach reading as an ongoing strategic process resulting in students comprehending diverse text. Teachers will understand how writing, listening and speaking support the teaching of reading, and how family involvement supports student achievement in reading. Teachers will understand that all students have instructional needs and apply the systematic problem solving process: use data to accurately identify a problem, analyze the problem to determine why it is occurring, design and implement instruction/interventions, and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction/interventions. Teachers will understand that the problem solving process is recursive and ongoing, utilized for effective instructional decision making.
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The K-12 Reading Endorsement will enable Florida educators to meet the demands for highly-qualified teachers in reading. Included in each course are the five 60 hour courses needed to complete the 300 hours Reading Endorsement.
Reading Endorsement Decision Tree
- OCSD Reading Endorsement Decision Tree.pdf (173.9 KBs)
Competency 1: Foundations in Language and Cognition
One of five components for reading endorsement (K-12), this offers understanding of how to use scientifically based research to address the prevention, identification, and remediation of reading difficulties to increase performance. This 60 hour course will count towards the 300 hour Florida Reading Endorsement.
Competency 2: Foundations of Research-Based Practices
The focus of Competency 2 is on research-based qualities of effective reading instruction, Florida’s formula for effective approaches to teaching reading, assessment, and teacher growth in reading. This 60 hour course will count toward the 300 hour K-12 Florida Reading Endorsement.
Competency 3: Foundations of Assessment
Participants will acquire meaningful knowledge of “Foundations of Assessment.” Participants will be able to 1) develop a portfolio of formal and informal assessments, 2) interpret and analyze the date, 3) demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics, administration, and interpretation of both quantitative and qualitative instructional assessment, 4) utilize assessment information for appropriate instruction. This 60 hour course will count toward the 300 hour Florida Reading Endorsement.
Competency 4: Foundations of Differentiation
This training will provide teachers and administrators with knowledge and skills to identify the needs of students with differing profiles and use this knowledge for instructional decision making to meet the needs of all students. Participants will gain an understanding of how to prescribe, differentiate instruction, and utilize appropriate strategies and materials from scientifically-based reading research in order to address prevention, identification, and remediation. This 60 hour course will count towards the 300 hour Florida Reading Endorsement.
Competency 5: Practicum
One of five components for reading endorsement (K-12), this offers understanding of how to use scientifically based research to address the prevention, identification, and remediation of reading difficulties to increase performance. This 60 hour course will count towards the 300 hour Florida Reading Endorsement.