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Post-Master's Certificate in Reading Specialist

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Requirements

Completion requirement
Complete ALL of the following Courses:

Required Practicum for students seeking an Initial Specialist Teacher Reading License (1): course or course

Per the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), candidates seeking an Initial Specialist Teacher: Reading license must obtain the Sheltered English Instruction (SEI) endorsement in one of the following ways:

  1. Complete an undergraduate program that includes an approved Sheltered English Immersion course.

  2. Complete the DESE approved Sheltered English Immersion course through a school district.

  3. Complete the DESE approved Framingham State University course, TESL 910 Sheltered English Immersion.

  4. Complete a DESE approved Sheltered English Immersion course through another licensure program.

  5. Earn a passing score on the Sheltered English Immersion 056 MTEL.