The Reading Endorsement at The Ohio State University is a graduate-level program. Students seeking the endorsement are required by state mandate to hold a standard Ohio teaching certificate or license. After completing the required coursework outlined on the Reading Endorsement Program Sheet and the required Praxis II exam, students may have their initial certificate/license endorsed for Reading by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE).

Students seeking the Reading Endorsement must complete required courses from specific categories. At least one course must be completed in each category. Courses taken to meet initial licensure/certification requirements may be used to fulfill requirements in categories A) Language Learning and B) Content and Development. Courses from the next five areas—1) Fundamental Issues, 2) Assessment and Remediation, 3) Clinical Experience, 4) Children’s Literature, and 5) Language Arts—are essential to the program and, typically, are taken after initial licensure/certification has been obtained. Courses taken as part of the requirements for initial licensure/certification may not be used to fulfill requirements in Categories 1-5. If a required course was taken to meet initial licensure/certification requirements, alternate courses for the endorsement are included under each area. There is no requirement that courses must be taken in a set sequence except that EDU T&L 670 is a prerequisite for the Clinical Experience, EDU T&L 671. It is strongly recommended, however, that students complete the courses from the other four areas before the Clinical Experience so they may use their learning to support their work with
children.