Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
1) Candidates will design and implement small group and individual evidence-based literacy instruction for learners with specific literacy needs.
2) Candidates understand, select, and use valid, reliable, fair, and appropriate assessment tools to determine student literacy achievement; to inform instruction and evaluate interventions; to participate in professional learning experience, and to explain assessment results and advocate for appropriate literacy practices to relevant stakeholders.
3) Candidates demonstrate knowledge of research and relevant theories, pedagogies, and essential concepts of diversity and equity, create classrooms and schools that are inclusive and affirming, and advocate for change in education practices and institutional structures that are inherently biased or prejudiced.
4) Candidates collaborate to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all learners on a developmental continuum of language and literacy learning and use a variety of digital and print materials to engage and motivate all learners.
5) Candidates develop, reflect on, and study their own professional practice; apply what they know in supervised clinical and field experiences to improve their performance with individual learners and in classrooms; reflect on and revise practice based on supervisor and peers feedback.
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