The oldest public teacher training college in the country, offers a Master of Education with a concentration in literacy and language, leading to a Massachusetts certificate as a consulting teacher of reading. The master's level Reading and Writing Practitioner area prepares experienced educators for leadership roles in literacy education through programs of study leading to the M.Ed. degree, including the option of Massachusetts certification as a teacher of reading. The doctoral program in language, literacy, and culture includes study of native and non-native language education, literacy education, and multicultural education. Our focus is to create a synergy among these areas in order to better address the needs of all learners in a diverse society. Literacy Education is designed to enable certified classroom teachers to develop exemplary practices in literacy instruction in their current teaching positions and to assume leadership roles as reading specialists.
Coursework is combined with clinical application and school-based experience.
The doctoral program in literacy, language, and culture offers diverse perspectives on scholarship from disciplines such as psychology, linguistics, anthropology, and sociology. The program prepares reflective practitioners as teacher-scholars, leaders, learners, researchers, and agents for change. The university houses a reading center and clinic, offers a Reading Recovery site, and is the home of Reading Horizons. The Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in literacy is intended for educators who desire to extend and advance knowledge in the theory and practice of education as researchers and members of university faculties or leaders in school districts and community agencies. The program structure includes study in an area of emphasis in literacy, a cognate area of study, educational research, an internship, and a dissertation.