5 courses with the subject RDG, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
RDG 600Foundations of Language and Literacy (3 cr.)
Learners participate in directed and constructivist learning experiences to master the knowledge, dispositions, and skills needed to effectively teach literacy to all learners from kindergarten through middle school. Learners understand the stages of development of listening, speaking, reading and writing in children. The learner is expected to demonstrate professional dispositions of a reflective, principled and purposeful instructional decision-maker.
In this course, learners take an in-depth exploration into the literacy needs of kindergarten through 6th grade students in Tier I, Tier II and Tier III settings, and from different cultural, socioeconomic and linguistic backgrounds (including ELL students). Teacher candidates learn how their own cultural background influences the way they teach and master the dispositions and skills needed to facilitate language and literacy development in children with diverse and multiple literacy needs.
This course is based on the premise that every teacher is a reading teacher and that teaching students how to learn from textbooks is as important as teaching them what to learn in specific disciplines. Major objectives of this course include using data to diagnose literacy difficulties, remediation of reading/writing deficits, effective instructional strategies for developing strategic readers and competent writers in the content areas, and planning processes necessary to meet the literacy needs of students.
RDG 604Development of K-12 Reading Programs and Practicum (3 cr.)
This course focuses on the skills needed to design, implement, and supervise K-12 reading programs, including selection of curriculum, assessment procedures and instructional materials. Interpretation of district results on state-mandated reading tests and development of a district plan are featured. This course also includes an 80-hour practicum where all program knowledge and skills and applied and coaching strategies for collaboration with classroom and content area teachers are practiced.
