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Division of Extended Programs

 

ReadOregon and WOU Reading Endorsement

Formerly known as CREADE: Collaborative Reading Education And Distance Education

 

For:

  • K-12 teachers who want to be reading specialists
  • K-12 teachers who want to improve their knowledge and skills in teaching reading
  • Pre-service teachers

 

Links Summer Classes | Fall Term 2009 Classes | Registration Form (in PDF format) | Admission and Registration Information | Program Information | Reading Endorsement Student Contract | On-campus Reading Endorsement

 

 

 

Summer 2009 Classes - ONLINE!

Register online with Web registration OR complete a DEP registration form and mail or fax it in.

 

READ 514 Linguistics for Teachers: ECE/Elem - ONLINE

Instructor Dr. David Hargreaves
Location Online
Dates June 22 - July 31
Credits 3
Textbooks *

Essential Linguistics. David & Yvonne Freeman. 2004. Heineman. ISBN: 0-325-00274-6

Tuition ** $870 (Sorry, vouchers are not accepted)
CRN 1265
Registration Options Register Online OR complete a Registration Form and mail or fax

* To keep costs as low as possible, students will be responsible for acquiring texts from their own source.

 

** Tuition and fee rates are determined by the State Board of Higher Education and are subject to change.

 

 

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READ 541 Literacy and the Internet - ONLINE

Instructor Dr. Bonnie Morihara
Location Online
Dates June 22 - July 31
Credits 3
Textbooks *

A textbook is required for this course. You will be sent the textbook title and suggested purchase locations when you register for the course.

Tuition ** $870 (Sorry, vouchers are not accepted)
CRN 1266
Registration Options Register Online OR complete a Registration Form and mail or fax

 

* To keep costs as low as possible, students will be responsible for acquiring texts from their own source.

 

** Tuition and fee rates are determined by the State Board of Higher Education and are subject to change.

 

 

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Fall Term 2009 Classes - ONLINE!

Register online with Web registration OR complete a DEP registration form and mail or fax it in.

 

 

ED 609 Literacy Practicum - ONLINE

Must have consent of instructor to enroll. Contact information: moriharb@wou.edu / phone 503-838-8413

 

Instructor Bonnie Morihara
Location Online
Dates September 28 - December 11
Credits 3
Textbook * Becoming a Literacy Leader: Supporting Learning & Change, by Jennifer Allen (2006). Stenhouse. ISBN: 1-57110-419-4
Tuition ** $900 (Sorry, vouchers are not accepted)
CRN Coming soon!
Registration Complete a Registration Form and mail or fax

* To keep costs as low as possible, students will be responsible for acquiring texts from their own source.

 

** Tuition and fee rates are determined by the State Board of Higher Education and are subject to change.

 

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READ 556 Literacy and Cultural Competence, K-12 - ONLINE

Instructor Dr. Bonnie Morihara
Location Online
Dates September 28 - December 11
Credits 3
Textbooks *

Students choose any one of the following three texts as the main text for the course and acquire from their own source:

 

Multicultural and Multilingual Literacy and Language : Contexts and Practices (Solving Problems In Teaching Of Literacy) (Paperback), by Fenice B. Boyd (Editor), Cynthia H. Brock (Editor), Mary S. Rozendal (Editor) (2004) NY: Guilford Press, 338 pp., ISBN: 157230961X

 

Literacy Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: A Collection of Articles and Commentaries (Paperback), by Michael F. Opitz (Editor) (1998) Newark, DE: International Reading Association, 336 pp., ISBN: 0872071944. Members who order directly from IRA receive a 10% discount, http://reading.org

 

Bridging the Literacy Achievement Gap, Grades 4-12 (Language and Literacy Series) (Paperback), by Dorothy S. Strickland (Editor), Donna E. Alvermann (Editor) (2004) New York: Teachers College Press, 294 pp., ISBN: 0807744867

Tuition ** $900 (Sorry, vouchers are not accepted)
CRN Coming soon!
Registration Options Register Online OR complete a Registration Form and mail or fax

* To keep costs as low as possible, students will be responsible for acquiring texts from their own source.

 

** Tuition and fee rates are determined by the State Board of Higher Education and are subject to change.

 

 

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Program Information

For an up-to-date schedule of classes offered throughout the Oregon University System, click here. Courses will fill on a first-come, first-serve basis.

 

Visit the Oregon University System ReadOregon homepage for specific information about the ReadOregon program.

 

 

 

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Admission and Course Registration InformationAdmissions to WOU is required if you take nine or more credits, attend classes on campus, or pursue a program of study such as an endorsement or degree. You can fill out your admissions paperwork online. Admission to WOU is not required if you take less than nine credits as professional development through the Division of Extended Programs.

 

If you are working toward obtaining a degree, you may take up to nine graduate credits before official admission to the University. To continue, you must be officially admitted to Western Oregon University.

 

Register for ReadOregon classes online if you're a WOU student; otherwise, print and submit by mail or fax our Registration Form (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

 

If you are enrolling in a ReadOregon course, please fill out the free, one-time ReadOregon Application and select one of the five participating universities as your Home Institution. If you have already submitted a PrISM Oregon Application, please do not submit a sceond application unless your information has changed substantially.

 

 

 

Thank you for choosing the Division of Extended Programs at Western Oregon University for your continuing professional development needs!

 

 

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Contact Information

  Division of Extended Programs (DEP) Western Oregon University
345 N. Monmouth Ave.
Monmouth, OR 97361
1.800.451.5767 or 503.838.8483 V/TTY
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extend@wou.edu
Last Updated: Thursday, 11 June, 2009 11:50 AM

 

Located in the heart of Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley, Western Oregon University is the oldest institution in the Oregon University system with an award-winning campus that blends welcoming traditional features with multimedia classrooms, wireless web access and a state-of-the-art library. WOU is home to the nationally-renowned Teaching Research Institute, the Regional Resource Center on Deafness and the Rainbow Dance Theatre with approximately two-thirds of its students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the rest in the College of Education.