Reading Education (K-12), Ed.S. (Online)

Location(s): Fully Online

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The Ed.S. in Reading Education online program is designed to meet the current demands of teachers in grades K-12 who possess or are eligible for a Professional Level Five Certificate in Reading Education, Elementary Education, Special Education, or Middle Grades Education as they pursue graduate preparation beyond the Master’s degree. Candidates in the program complete content specific requirements in reading education.

The program requires 33 semester hours and is unique in that it provides opportunities to:

Collaborate with others across disciplines;
Explore teacher leadership opportunities and develop leadership skills;
Apply and extend content knowledge and pedagogical skills through the examination of curriculum and instruction issues and research;
Continue development of technology skills and develop skills in using technology to impact and assess student learning; and
Conduct action research related to reading education

Degree Requirements: 33 Credit Hours

Certificate upgrade information: The educator who holds a level five certificate in Reading, Middle Grades Reading, Early Childhood Education, or Special Education with a cognitive area in Reading will qualify for a level six certificate upgrade upon successful completion of all program requirements.

Admission Requirements

Regular

Complete requirements for a master’s degree from a college or university accredited by an appropriate institutional accreditor.
Possess or be eligible for a Georgia level five certificate in an eligible concentration area, or possess an equivalent out-of-state teaching certificate in the concentration area. Candidates who have completed all requirements for the Georgia level five teaching certificate have until the end of the first semester to obtain certificate. Candidates with an out-of-state certificate will not receive Georgia certification upon program completion.
Present a minimum 3.0 (4.0 scale) ) grade point average on graduate work.
Submit a personal statement of purpose, not to exceed 200 words, that identifies the applicant’s reasons for pursuing graduate study and how admission into the program relates to the applicant’s professional aspirations.

Provisional

Applicants may be approved for provisional admission based on the quality of the admission material presented. Provisional students must earn grades of “B” or higher in their first nine (9) credits of course work after admission and meet any other stipulations outlined by the department to be converted to regular status.

Program of Study

Prerequisite Coursework

Core Requirements Credit Hours: 24

Content Specific Requirements Credits Hours: 6

Ed.S. candidates must complete the Content Specific Requirements in Reading Education.

Free Electives Credit Hours: 3

Select 3 credit hours from the following:

EDUF, EDUC, READ, TCLD

The course must be 6000 level or above.

Total Credit Hours: 33

¹Must be taken during the first nine (9) credits; Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Ed.S. in Reading Education.

²Prerequisite(s): EDUR 8131 - Educational Statistics I (3 Credit Hours) , EDUR 8231 - Applied Qualitative Research Methods (3 Credit Hours) or EDUR 8530 - Introduction to Mixed Methods Research (3 Credit Hours) , READ 8430 - Current Research in Trends and Issues in Literacy Education (3 Credit Hours)

³Prerequisite(s): EDUR 8131 - Educational Statistics I (3 Credit Hours) , EDUR 8231 - Applied Qualitative Research Methods (3 Credit Hours) or EDUR 8530 - Introduction to Mixed Methods Research (3 Credit Hours) , EDUR 8434 - Field-Based Educational Research (3 Credit Hours) , READ 8430 - Current Research in Trends and Issues in Literacy Education (3 Credit Hours) , READ 8431 - Literacy Leaders in Today’s Schools (3 Credit Hours)

Other Program Requirements

Successful completion of the Ed.S. Comprehensive Exit Assessment; involves constituting a three faculty advisory committee to guide field study, and requires the completion and oral presentation of a major field-based action research paper.
Must successfully complete assessments identified at each program transition point.
Maintain an active account with the COE electronic data management system.
Claim Georgia Southern University as your program provider in your My PSC Account during your first term of enrollment.

Advisement

Graduate students are advised by their program. Graduate students should reach out to their graduate program director for information regarding the structures in place to facilitate advisement. For more information visit Graduate Academic Advisement .

Graduate students can also contact the Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies for more information about their program director.

Phone: 912-478-COGS (2647)

Email: gradschool@georgiasouthern.edu