006.48A Grade Levels: 7-12.
006.48B Endorsement Type: Subject.
006.48C Persons with this endorsement may
teach reading and writing, and be a reading resource teacher to content area
teachers in grades 7 through 12.
006.48D Certification Endorsement
Requirements: This endorsement requires a minimum of 24 semester hours in
courses selected from learning theories, study of the adolescent, reading
theories, developmental reading on the secondary level, diagnostic and remedial
techniques and materials, adolescent literature, language, and
writing.
006.48E Endorsement
Program Requirements: Nebraska teacher education institutions offering this
endorsement program must have on file, within the institution, a plan which
identifies the courses and the course completion requirements which the
institution utilizes to grant credit toward completion of this endorsement.
THE FOLLOWING ARE RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR
INCLUSION AS PART OF THE INSTITUTION'S PLAN UNDER THIS
ENDORSEMENT.
Through the courses identified in its plan, the institution
should prepare prospective teachers to:
A. Demonstrate an understanding of and be
able to teach the concepts, skills, and processes of reading and writing as
defined in the Nebraska Content Standards for eighth and twelfth
grades.
B. Demonstrate an
understanding of reading and writing development, including being able to:
1. demonstrate the relationships of cognitive
and language development;
2. apply
the theories of reading and writing development in designing, implementing, and
evaluating instruction; and
3.
describe the influence of cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds on the
reading and writing process.
C. Demonstrate the ability to teach basic
skills and strategies in reading and writing, including:
1. use of word level skills to improve
decoding and encoding;
2. use of
syntactic skills to improve sentence comprehension and composing;
3. strategies for improving vocabulary
knowledge;
4. strategies for
applying prior knowledge; and
5.
strategies for improving text composing and comprehending.
D. Demonstrate the ability to teach students
to use reading and writing as tools for learning, including:
1. use of flexible reading rates based on
type of material and purpose of reading;
2. use of effective study strategies, test
taking skills, and research skills, including use of current technologies as
research tools; and
3. use of
techniques to identify and acquire specialized vocabulary in specific content
area courses.
E.
Demonstrate the ability to motivate readers and writers using a wide variety of
methods and materials, including being able to:
1. demonstrate familiarity with a wide
variety of genre in reading and writing;
2. utilize techniques to analyze materials
for readability level and interpret the limitation of such formulas on the
ability of individual students to comprehend the material;
3. analyze materials and objectives in
relationship to individual learners;
4. identify and manage independent and guided
reading and writing activities; and
5. demonstrate an ability to use appropriate
grouping patterns for delivery of reading and writing instruction, including
homogeneous and heterogeneous groupings, interest groups and pairs.
F. Demonstrate an ability to meet
the needs of readers and writers at all levels of skill development, including
being able to:
1. use a variety of assessment
tools; and
2. use diagnostic
information to select and apply techniques designed to remediate difficulties
in reading and writing.
G. Demonstrate an ability to use selection
criteria for instructional materials to meet the educational goals of a diverse
community.
H. Demonstrate an
understanding of how to involve parents in cooperative efforts and programs to
assist in their children's reading and writing development.
