This certificate program provides teachers with specialized preparation for teaching writing in primary grade classrooms, with a focus on: formal and informal assessment; children’s expanded language skills and use of specific text structures across genres and for content-area learning; effective writing instruction using instructional scaffolding, contingent teaching, and the teaching of strategic behavior; expertise in a set of effective instructional frameworks; and relating standards and high stakes assessment to the design and implementation of daily instruction.
This program is designed for professionals teaching in classrooms with diverse language learners. Successful applicants must hold a current multiple subjects teaching credential and have experience teaching primary grade children.
In order to earn an advanced certificate or master's degree, you must apply and be admitted to SDSU. You may not take more than nine units prior to being officially admitted into the advanced certificate or master’s degree program if you wish to earn an official SDSU advanced certificate or degree. For more information, please contact the Division of Graduate Affairs at gra@mail.sdsu.edu or call (619) 594-5213.
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Required courses (12 units) include:
- TE 641 Teaching the Foundations of Early Writing to Primary Grade Children (three units)
- TE 642 Teaching Text Structure and Genres for Early Writing in the Primary Grades (three units)
- TE 639 Literacy and Language. Theories of literacy and methods for developing literacy in language, reading, and writing. Instructional methods and assessment techniques for children and adults. (three units)
- TE 643 Planning and Integrating Writing Instruction in the Primary Grades (three units)
For more information call (619) 594-7182 or email the program coordinator, Sharan Gibson, at sgibson@mail.sdsu.edu.
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Advanced Primary Grade Writing Certificate