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Dec 05, 2025
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LYST 243C - Literacy Practicum: Supporting Middle School and Adolescent Learners (Grades 5-12)
Semester Hours: 3
This supervised internship engages teachers in a student advocacy model of assessment and instruction that values cultural and linguistic diversity and builds upon learners’ experiences and understandings. The practicum includes a supervised internship as a literacy specialist providing individual and small group literacy support for readers and writers who struggle. Interns are responsible for formative reading and writing evaluations, and assessment driven instructional planning that includes literature engagements, collaborative learning, multimodal literacy invitations, and strategy instruction. There is a focus on communicating with and supporting colleagues and parents; and interns prepare biographic profiles documenting learners’ literacy development. Emphasis on grades 5 to 12. A 25-hour practicum at the Saltzman Reading/Writing Learning Clinic is required.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Completion of LYST 240 and LYST 241 is required. May not be taken concurrently with LYST 242 .
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