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Add-on Endorsement — Reading


Reading Add-on Endorsement

WSU’s Reading Endorsement provides the skills and strategies necessary for those who wish to increase dramatically their knowledge of the teaching of reading as well as their cultural competence—awareness, sensitivity, and support of diverse populations—in relation to the literacy growth of students in P-12. Our program embeds curriculum development, pedagogical skills, and diagnostic assessment with tutoring experience.

The Reading Add-On Endorsement program is designed for practicing teachers who wish to expand their areas of endorsement, with coursework available in Spokane and Pullman via face-to-face instruction and AMS video conference.

This program requires 22 credits:

  • TCH_LRN 528 Literacy within the Disciplines
  • TCH_LRN 537 Seminar in Language, Literacy, and Culture
  • TCH_LRN 544 Teaching Children’s and Young Adult Literature
  • TCH_LRN 546 Teaching Writing
  • TCH_LRN 551 Psychology of Reading
  • TCH_LRN553 Assessment Instruction in Reading K-12
  • TCH_LRN 558 Improving Reading Comprehension K-12

Candidates must pass the reading NES in order to apply for the add-on endorsement.

Teachers who wish to add the Reading Endorsement to their certificates may participate in the program in two ways:

Non-degree Graduate Status

Submit the following to the Pullman campus:

  • Application to WSU Graduate School
  • Completed program application
  • Copy of valid teacher certificate.
  • Official transcripts for any coursework that is applicable to the add-on endorsement (including prerequisites)
  • A self-evaluation worksheet if you have taken courses you believe will count toward the endorsement.
  • $50 check payable to WSU for evaluation/application fee.

Endorsement courses as part of a master’s degree

Students may apply the Reading Endorsement courses to a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction on the Pullman campus.

Submit the following: