Reading Add-On Endorsement and Content Area Reading - Professional Development (CAR-PD) Information
Visit the Just Read,
Florida
! website for the official information related to the Reading
Add-On Endorsement.
Who are required to successfully complete the
Reading
Add-on Endorsement? Elementary, and/or Secondary instructional
personnel? What is to be their status by July 2006?
As stated in the August 4, 2003 memo from Chancellor Warford, any teacher
teaching a reading course at the secondary level will be required to have either the
K-12 reading endorsement or K-12 reading certification. Additionally, any teacher
teaching elementary reading courses must have one of the following qualifications:
K-12 reading endorsement, K-12 reading certification, or elementary education
certification. Federal law requirements of NCLB for teacher quality must be met by
the end of the 2005-2006 school year - specifically, June 30, 2006. This
requirement is reflected in
Florida
’s Course Code Directory for teacher
qualifications of reading
courses with the date of July 1, 2006.
(See also New Certification Reading Endorsement - July 17, 2002,
Reading Endorsement Update - May 7, 2004, Reading Endorsement Update -
14 May
2004, Reading Endorsement for Exceptional Student Education
Teachers
Update - June 15, 2004, and Reading Endorsement for Teachers of Developmental Language Arts Courses in Grade 6-12 - August 28, 2006 )
What do teachers need in order to qualify for the K-12
Reading
Certification?
A minimum of 30 semester graduate hours in reading or a Master’s degree or
higher in reading; and a passing score on the K-12 Reading Subject Area Test.
What do teachers need in order to qualify for the K-12 Reading Endorsement?
There are three ways for an educator to add the Reading Endorsement to a valid
Florida
certificate:
1. Florida District Add-on Program
Complete an approved district add-on Reading Endorsement program, obtain
the district application form from your school district certification office, and
submit the complete application to the district certification office with a $56.00
processing fee. The district add-on plan describes the professional
development that will be offered for the 6 required Reading Endorsement competencies:
· Competency 1: Foundations in Language and Cognition
· Competency 2: Foundations of Research-Based Practices
· Competency 3: Foundations of Assessment
· Competency 4: Foundations of Differentiation
· Competency 5: Application of Differentiated Instruction
· Competency 6: Demonstration of Accomplishment (Practicum)
< http://info.fldoe.org/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-1004/ReadingEndorsement_Competencies.pdf >
Note: If you are adding the
Reading
Endorsement by completion of a district
add-on program, please contact your local school district certification office for directions and assistance. Do not mail an application to the Department of
Education’s certification office.
2. Apply directly to the Bureau of Educator Certification of the Florida Department
of Education, pay the $56.00 processing fee, and submit official transcript/s
showing completion of the reading courses outlined in State Board Rule
6A-4.0292.
For option 2 State Board Rule requires completion of fifteen (15) semester
hours in reading coursework based upon scientifically based reading research
with a focus on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties to
include:
· 6 semester hours in understanding reading as a process of student engagement in both fluent decoding of words and construction of
meaning;
· 3 semester hours in the administration and interpretation of instructional
assessments to include screening, diagnosis, and progress monitoring
with purposes of prevention, identification, and remediation of reading difficulties;
· 3 semester hours in understanding how to prescribe, differentiate
instruction, and utilize appropriate strategies and materials based upon
scientifically based reading research in order to address the prevention,
identification, and remediation of reading difficulties in order to
increase reading performance; and
· 3 semester hours in a supervised practicum to obtain practical
experience in increasing the reading performance of a student(s) with
the prescription and utilization of appropriate strategies and materials
based upon scientifically based reading research to address the
prevention, identification, and remediation of reading difficulties.
3. Reading Endorsement for ESOL (REESOL)
As stated in the March 4, 2005 memo, the REESOL bundle is an add-on
training that will cover all of the remaining competencies needed to fulfill the
requirement for the Reading Endorsement. This training option is available
only to teachers who have completed the ESOL Endorsement 300-hours
inservice program. The REESOL Bundle Add-on Program will include:
· Original Inservice Points Earned
(through Reading/ESOL Crosswalk) - 80 points;
· REESOL Bundle Inservice Training - 100 points;
· Florida Online Reading Professional Development
(FOR-PD) - 60 points; and
· Reading Practicum - 60 points.
REESOL Professional Development
Use of District Add-On ESOL Endorsement Earned through
College Credit to Complete Reading Endorsement
Is this information available in an "official" summarized form?
The Florida Department of Education Approved Options of Obtaining Reading Certification brochure is available from the Just Read, Florida office.
What FLaRE Professional Development has Just Read,
Florida
!
approved that the districts may incorporate into their add-on
programs?
Note: Training must be provided by a FLaRE
Certified Facilitator. Contact
your FLaRE Area Coordinator for more information or to schedule facilitator
training.
·
Florida K-12 Reading Endorsement: Competency One - Foundations
of Reading
Competency One - Part I - Foundations of Reading: Process of Reading, Phonological and Phonemic Awaress, and Word Study
Competency One - Part II - Foundations of Reading: Teaching for Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension
Original District Notification Letter
· Florida K-12 Reading Endorsement: Competency Three - Foundations
of Assessment
Original District Notification Letter
· Florida K-12 Reading Endorsement: Competencies Four and Five -
Foundations and Applications of Differentiating Instruction
Original District Notification Letter
· Florida K-12 Reading Endorsement: Competency Six - Demonstration
of Accomplishment
Original District Notification Letter
Competency 6 Module Overview
What about Content Area Reading - Professional Development
(CAR-PD)?
As stated in the July 28, 2006 memo from Dr. Lefsky, any content area teacher
in grades 6-12 is eligible for CAR-PD. Completion of CAR-PD would make a
content area teacher eligible to serve as a reading intervention teacher in their
content area class pursuant to the approved K-12 Comprehensive Reading Plan.
CAR-PD does not satisfy requirements for the reading endorsement, and therefore
there would be no reflection on an educator’s teaching certificate. CAR-PD is a
package of 150 inservice points with reading endorsement indicators drawn
primarily from the areas of vocabulary and comprehension. The CAR-PD
package consists of:
· Florida Online Reading Professional Development
(FOR-PD) - 60 points;
· CAR-PD Academy - 60 points;
and
· Reading Practicum - 30 points.
Information related to the CAR-PD Summer Academy was announced in a
March 12, 2007 memo that was sent to all K-12 Comprehensive Reading
Plan Contacts.
Note: CAR-PD Academy training must be provided by a FLaRE Certified
Facilitator. Contact your FLaRE Area Coordinator for more information or
to schedule facilitator inservice.
· Legislative Requirements for Content Area Reading
Professional Development
· Technical Assistance for Content Area Reading
Professional Development
· Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – CAR-PD
· Content Area Reading Professional Development (CAR-PD)
60 Hour Face to
Face Academy
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