NEW MASTER OF SCIENCE: MAJOR IN EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY FOR READING FIRST TEACHERS!

In recognition of the quality of the Pennsylvania Department of Education Reading First online courses, Wilkes University has developed a graduate degree, Master of Science in Education: Major in Early Childhood Literacy, around the courses. Reading First teachers who are participating in the courses will have the special benefit of having all the courses apply toward a degree. The entire 33 graduate credits will be completed online and applied in the classroom with your students.

PA Reading First teachers will receive the special tuition refund of $450 per three graduate credits. Normally tuition for the 2008-2009 academic year is $1071 per three-credit course. For more information on the tuition refund click here.

• Receive credit for the work you have already done.
• Combine Reading First professional development and a Master's degree into a single program.
• Gain the 24 credits required for new teachers to progress from Level I to Level II certification in Pennsylvania.

• Portability so you can continue in the Master's degree program no matter which school or district you are located.
• Flexibility of online delivery so you can schedule your coursework around your personal and family time.
• Convenience with no nighttime or winter driving to campus for graduate classes.
• Practicality by learning skills and knowledge you will actually use in the classroom; plus, because the content is applied in your classroom, your lesson preparation and teaching is earning graduate credit.

For more information, please call 1-888-235-6555 or email Learning Sciences International.

Click here to apply to Wilkes University for acceptance into the M.S. Early Childhood Literacy graduate program.