Supervision

Course Requirements

The curricular requirements for a supervisory certificate require completion of 24 credits taken from the following list of courses. Students in the reading supervisor’s program need 27 credits. In addition, certification in the discipline to be supervised and five years of relevant experience in the discipline are required.

• EFND 506 - Educational Research and Statistics or
• ECUI 501 - Improving Instruction

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• ECUI 506 - Curriculum Theory and Development
• EADM 506 - Problems in School Administration and Supervision
• EADM 516 - School Law
• EADM 526 - Principles & Practices of Supervision
• EADM 546 - Practicum in Supervision
• ERDG 536 - Seminar in Reading Research *

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• COUN 503 - Group Process and Practice or
• ECUI 516 - Group Processes in Classrooms

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• COUN 508 - Lifespan Development or
• EFND 516 - Advanced Educational Psychology

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• * Required for and restricted to students in the reading supervisor’s program.

   

  Note:  Students must pass the requisite Praxis examinations, which are mandated by PDE and, in addition to the above requirements, at least five years of appropriate certificated experience in basic education are necessary for a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania supervisory certificate.