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The Reading and Literacy Leadership Specialist (RLLS) Credential authorizes the holder to perform the following duties at the school site, district, and county levels in grades twelve and below, including preschool, and in classes organized primarily for adults:

• Provide direct reading intervention to students and adapt instructional routines and strategies to provide direct specialized reading instruction to students with severe reading difficulties, including monitoring and adjusting intervention instruction;

• Coordinate adoption and facilitate implementation of adopted literacy curricula, including providing training to teachers;

• Select and administer reading and literacy assessments, interpret results to determine student growth and identification of struggling students, select interventions, communicate results, and provide guidance an coaching to teachers;

• Design, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive literacy plan;

• Support students鈥� literacy development and inform and train teachers in literacy skills using information and communication technologies; and

• Evaluate literacy practices and report findings, guide teachers and administrators in collaborative efforts to design, implement, and evaluate local, state and/or federal programs, and plan and conduct staff development.

Admission Requirements

1.听Credential Program Application -听Once you have submitted your application to the Master鈥檚 OR Graduate Credentials program via Cal State Apply,听all candidates must submit a separate听online credential program application听concurrently along with a nonrefundable $50.00 application processing fee (an additional $1.38 service fee will be assessed at checkout).

2. Send official transcripts听

Electronic transcripts:

• In your previous school鈥檚 transcript ordering system, choose "CSU Northridge" as the recipient. If this option is not available, use听registrar@csun.edu听as the recipient email address.
• If submitting California community college transcripts, please review听eTranscript California听and use this convenient system.
• If you are a 吉祥坊 graduate, the only transcripts you are required to submit are for any other post-baccalaureate coursework that you have completed at another institution.
• Both Graduate Admissions and the Credentials Office will have access to your electronic transcripts, so no duplicates are needed.
• Please do not send identical, duplicate electronic and paper transcripts!

Paper transcripts:听

• If your previous school(s) do not supply electronic transcripts, have official paper copies of your transcripts sent in unopened envelopes to:

California State University, Northridge
Office of the Registrar
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8207

Foreign transcripts (if applicable):

• Applicants with international transcripts must provide a sealed听official evaluation to the Credential Office.听
• An official detailed evaluation of coursework must be conducted by an approved agency. For a list of approved agencies, visit听
• The听sealed official evaluation听will need to be mailed to the Credential Office at the following address:

吉祥坊 - Credential Office
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8265

3. Valid Credential听- You must possess a valid basic teaching credential and hold an English Learner Authorization or a valid clear designated subjects teaching credential.

4. Verification of Experience听- *One year of successful teaching experience in any grade, preschool through adult.听 Acceptable experience does not include student teaching, internship-teaching, substitute teaching or teaching while holding an emergency credential.听Verification of experience must be on the district or employing agency letterhead and signed by the superintendent, assistant superintendent, director of personnel, or director of human resources.

听*By conclusion of the program, three years of full-time teaching experience will be required.

Additional Program Requirements

• 听GPA 鈥� 3.0 with no grades lower than 鈥淐鈥�
• 听Exit Portfolio (for additional information contact faculty Advisor)
• Three years of full-time teaching experience upon completion of program

Contact Information and Advisement

For questions regarding the program application process, please contact the Credential Office at (818) 677-2733 or听credprep@csun.edu.

Academic advisement is conducted by the Elementary Education department (818) 677-2621.

Program Completion Process

Information regarding how to apply for听the Reading Literacy Leadership Specialist听Credential can be found on our听website.

IMPORTANT!听Before beginning the online application, make sure you听are not logged into the 吉祥坊 portal.听 All required documents must be uploaded with your online application do not mail or fax any documents.听 The only item that should be mailed are transcripts, if applicable.

Application & Submission Guide

Please read our application guide fully, then click the link below to proceed to submit your application.

This guide will also assist you during the application submission process. If you experience issues while completing your application, refer back to the guide prior to contacting the Credential Office.

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