Online Courses

Reading, Writing and Research: Integrating Literacy across the Curriculum

Instructor: Suellen Epps

Course completed (taught April 2–May 7)

At a glance

• Developed by Melissa Thibault
• Audience: teachers
• Duration: 5 weeks
• Recommended CEUs: 2.0
• Cost: $150

Participants are encouraged to complete the Prior Approval Form and file it with your local school system to ensure your school will award the appropriate CEUs.

If you’ve completed LEARN NC’s Blackboard Training courses, you’re eligible to teach a copy of this course in your school system. To request a course copy, please email bbregister@learnnc.org or call 919.843.6071.

In this online course, teacher participants will explore reading and writing skills instruction and information literacy concepts, and learn to effectively integrate these literacy skills into the teaching of another subject. This course is designed for all K-12 grade levels.

Teachers will identify appropriate reading comprehension and writing skills goals for their students. Teachers will explore simple strategies for skills instruction and apply these strategies within the content area they teach. In addition, teachers will explore information skills, learning to identify, search for and evaluate information— particularly web-based information.

Teachers will use introduced instructional strategies to enhance their instruction in their discipline and learn to assess student growth in reading, writing and research skills.

Prerequisites

None

Course objectives

• Identify appropriate reading comprehension and writing skills goals
• Explore simple strategies for reading and writing instruction
• Apply these reading and writing strategies within the content area
• Identify correct information sources for specific information needs
• Effectively choose and use search tools and evaluate information on the Internet
• Assess student growth in reading, writing and research skills

Materials required

None