Contact:

Rachel Brown, 200 Huntington Hall, 315-443-4755, rfbrown@syr.edu

Syracuse University’s 30-credit master’s program in literacy education, birth through grade 12, reflects the latest thinking about literacy instruction. The program aligns with the professional standards of the International Literacy Association and the New York State Teaching and Learning Standards. Through face-to-face instruction, online experiences, and community-based projects, you will learn to provide culturally responsive literacy instruction in classrooms and in school-wide programs where all students are helped to learn at high levels. The literacy education birth-grade 12 program prepares you for a range of jobs in the field of literacy education. Our graduates become outstanding classroom teachers, literacy specialists, and literacy coaches; with additional preparation, some become faculty members in higher education, school administrators, state department administrators, professional development providers, and language arts consultants. Graduates meet the academic requirements for New York State Literacy Birth - grade 6 and Literacy grades 5-12 teaching certificates. 

The program can be pursued full time over a year, in a fall-spring-summer sequence, or part time over several years. It is open only to those who hold or will qualify before beginning the program for a New York State initial teaching certificate in another certificate title.