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Reading Education: Master of Arts (MA)

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Appalachian’s 39-hour Master of Arts in Reading Education degree program offers a well-balanced program of academic and practicum experiences designed to produce graduates capable of providing quality services to the region, state and nation. Graduates of this program are regarded as well trained and are readily hired.

The program has two concentrations:

Adult Literacy – Prepares instructors and administrators to deliver and coordinate literacy services for adults seeking to improve their reading and writing skills.
Classroom/Clinical – Intended for classroom teachers and reading specialists. Students with this concentration are prepared to teach all aspects of reading and language arts to K-12 students. Graduates are eligible for Master (M) level teaching licensure.

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Masters Matter: Dr. Devery Ward and Ashley Pennell, Reading Education

Dr. Devery Ward, Associate Professor in the department of Reading Education and Special Education, and former graduate student Ashley Pennell discuss the Master of Arts in Reading Education.

Courses

Course titles and information can be found in the Graduate Bulletin at these links:

Application Essentials

Required Entrance Exam: GRE or MAT (score must be no more than 5 years old)

Required number of references to specify in the online form: 3

Information: Resume (required upload for application submission).

Basic Conditions for Consideration of Admission: Meeting or exceeding the conditions below does NOT guarantee admission. All applications for a given entry term will be weighed based upon the number of seats available and the quality of the complete application packages. With special permission from the Graduate School, a program may admit a limited number of students with exceptional circumstances who do not meet the graduate school minimums.

Graduate School: 3.0 GPA in the last earned degree and official scores from the appropriate admission test(s), OR 2.5 GPA in the last earned degree and official scores at the 25th percentile level from the appropriate admission test(s).

Admission to Reading Education: Both qualitative and quantitative aspects of applications are reviewed in comparison to the current applicant pool.

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Educational settings across North Carolina and the Southeast

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Application Deadlines

Spring: on & off campus: 11/1
Summer Session 1: on & off campus: 4/1
Summer Session 2: on & off campus: 4/1
Fall: on & off campus: 7/1

Why Appalachian?

This program maintains a clinical focus where students learn through direct experience in how to assist children and adults to read.
Appalachian has long been recognized as an outstanding teacher education institution, and its reading faculty is one the largest in the southeastern United States.
Faculty members are teacher-scholars who balance their own scholarly work in schools with graduate teaching.
Fellowship and assistantship funds are available to assist full-time, on-campus students.
All graduate programs at Appalachian have small class sizes, providing intimate classroom interaction.
The School of Graduate Studies offers scholarships, fellowships and assistantships to support eligible, full-time, degree-seeking students.

Method of Delivery

On Campus and Hybrid

Careers

Reading Specialist
Curriculum Coordinator
Classroom Teacher
Community College Instructor

Contacts

Dr. Elizabeth Frye
Program Director
fryeem@appstate.edu

Department of Reading Education and Special Education

Reich College of Education

Department of Reading Education and Special Education
The department offers innovative programs focusing on all facets of reading, writing, language arts and specific areas of special education. A Reading Clinic provides direct services to children with reading disabilities.

Reich College of Education
Approximately 2,400 students
- The Reich College of Education enrolls approximately 2,400 students in its bachelor’s, master’s, education specialist and doctoral degree programs. It houses five departments: Curriculum and Instruction, Family and Child Studies, Human Development and Psychological Counseling, Leadership and Educational Studies, and Reading Education and Special Education.
Teacher preparation
- Appalachian has been training quality educators for more than 100 years and is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
- Appalachian offers the largest undergraduate teacher preparation program in North Carolina, graduating about 500 teachers a year. There is at least one RCOE graduate working in every county in North Carolina.
- The Reich College of Education is recognized consistently in the annual Institution of Higher Education Performance Report by the State Board of Education.
Close ties to public schools
- The Appalachian State University Public School Partnership – which includes 125 schools in nine surrounding districts – provides sites for student teachers and interns as well as professional development opportunities for teachers.
- The Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork, located in Walkertown, North Carolina, serves over 300 K-5 students. The Academy provides a balanced education through the implementation of research-based practices, state-of-the-art literacy instruction, and exemplary classroom instruction and administration.
Graduate programs
- The School of Graduate Studies’ Accelerated Admission program, in which select undergraduate students can fulfill both undergraduate and graduate course requirements in their senior year toward the completion of a graduate degree program, is offered in: higher education, reading education and special education.
- Other education-related master’s degrees, graduate certificates and specialist degrees are listed on Appalachian’s School of Graduate Studies website.