Overview of the Program
The Certificate in Teaching Reading to Adults
(TRA Certificate) is a collaborative program between Sacramento State's departments of English, Teacher Education, and Learning Skills. It is designed for people who plan to work with adult learners in community colleges, adult schools, community literacy programs, or other settings.
The training offered by the program will provide:
- an understanding of the theory and pedagogy of developmental reading for native speakers and ESL students
- the skills and strategies to use with adult learners
- the capability to assess readers, programs, and texts
- hands-on experience in an adult reading class
Participating Faculty
Roberta Ching (Learning Skills), John Clark (English), Fiona Glade (English), Julian Heather (English), Sue McKee (Learning Skills), Marcy Merrill (Teacher Education), John Shefelbine (Teacher Education)
Information on Eligibility
Students must either be in a graduate degree program at CSUS or must apply for graduate admission to the University. Once admitted to CSUS, prospective TRA Certificate students must apply to the Certificate Coordinator for admission to the program.
All applicants must complete the University’s Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE).
International students must achieve minimum scores on the TOEFL as follows:
- 600 or higher on the traditional TOEFL, with a score of 5 on the Test of Written English (TWE)
- OR 250 or higher on the computerized TOEFL, with a score of 5 on the Test of Written English
- OR 100 or higher on the ibt TOEFL, with a minimum of 24 on the writing section.
Certificate Requirements
The reading certificate requires 15 units of coursework with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Required Coursework
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Click here for a course offerings during the 2006-2007 academic year.
