Reading Specialist

Licensed teachers who want to gain a reading license or become reading specialists will fulfill the needed requirements through the reading concentration coursework, which incorporates the latest information and research in assessing, diagnosing and remediating reading difficulties, as well as aids student in becoming certified Orton Gillingham tutors. 

Gordon offers a comprehensive course schedule including human development, literature, multicultural education, special education, technology, and assessment. The professors provide meaningful opportunities in the field for research, reflection, assessment, and instruction while providing the training and the tools for students to provide quality, individualized literacy instruction.

Gordon College is one of two Massachusetts colleges that are accredited through the International Dyslexia Association at the plus level.

Program Outcomes

• Identify foundational concepts about reading development and reading difficulties that are derived from interdisciplinary research. 
• Demonstrate knowledge of diverse profiles of reading difficulty, including dyslexia, very slow reading, and language comprehension problems.  
• Demonstrate knowledge of assessment relevant to evidence-based practices with a response-to-intervention (RTI-MTSS) framework. 
• Identify Structured Literacy teaching, offering detailed guidance with regard to the nature of effective instruction in each major skill domain (phonological sensitivity and phoneme awareness, phonics and word recognition, reading fluency, vocabulary, listening and reading comprehension, and written expression).  
• Model ethical standards for the profession.