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Master of Education in Reading Instruction (M.Ed.)
Next start:
April 2026
Format:
Online
Total Courses:
TBD
Tuition:
$625 per creditThe Master of Education Reading Instruction will prepare graduates to integrate the conceptual framework for reading instruction focused upon the five essential components of reading, as well as Scarborough’s Reading Rope (2001) and the Simple View of Reading. The major required courses incorporate the International Dyslexia Associations Knowledge and Practice Standards (KPS). These standards will be addressed over a cumulative scope and sequence. The degree will prepare candidates to pass the Knowledge and Practice Examination for Effective Reading Instruction (KPEERI).
Required literacy courses cover the following KPS Standards:
- Standard 1: Foundations of Literacy Acquisition
- Standard 2: Knowledge of Diverse Reading Profiles, Including Dyslexia
- Standard 3: Assessment
- Standard 4: Structured Literacy Instruction (Essential principals, phonological awareness and phonemic awareness, phonics and word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, listening and reading comprehension, written expression)
- Standard 5: Professional Dispositions and Practices
Vision
Teacher Certification Programs at City University of Seattle strive to recruit, retain, and support a diverse educator workforce that mirrors the diversity of the PK-12 student population in schools. We aim to cultivate learning spaces in which all community members feel connected to and rooted in relationships within themselves, each other, and the environment. Our vision is to help future teachers align their instructional practices in culturally sustaining ways that foster the development of conscious, global citizens of the world who are at home in their place, environment, and communities.
Mission
Teacher Certification Programs at City University of Seattle provide relevant, relationship-based learning experiences rooted in culturally sustaining and identity affirming practices for future PK-12 teachers. We equip future teachers with tools, strategies, and awareness to effectively and equitably facilitate humanizing, healing-centered, and high-quality learning experiences for PK-12 students in the school setting.