Fall 2008 is the last semester in which new students can start the Teaching Literacy program with ELT/Touro College and finish it with ELT/Touro College.

Students must plan their schedule to complete the 6 courses offered directly through ELT by the end of the summer 2009 semester.

Students should have a Degree Completion Plan on file with ELT to ensure that program requirements will be completed no later than the spring 2011 semester. Please contact ELT at 1-800-528-6208 if you have not discussed a Degree Completion Plan with ELT.

TEACHING LITERACY (birth – grade 12)

Step 1: Students complete NYSUT Core CoursesEDUC 605 Literacy Instruction, Birth – Grade 6

EDUC 609: Literacy Instruction, Grades 5-12
EDPS 620: Child Dev & Learning in Cultural Context
EDSE 650: Educational Technology
EDSE 665: Basic Reading Instruction
SPED 667: Diagnosis & Remediation of RDG Disabilities

Step 2: Students complete Touro Online Courses (Offered every semester):

EDUC 602: Applied Linguistics
EDUC 677: Literacy in Bilingual Classroom
EDUC 618: Literacy Curriculum
EDUC 606: Effective Implementation of Literacy for Intermediate/Secondary Student

Step 3: Students complete Practicum – administered by ELT instructors

EDUC 692: Practicum I
EDUC 693: Practicum II