This department offers a 21-credit Advanced Certificate in
Literacy B-6 or 5-12 leading to professional certification as a
Literacy Specialist. To be eligible for the Advanced Certificate in
Literacy, you must have completed a Master’s Degree in Education
possessing initial teaching certification.
The coursework will provide you with the core Literacy courses
offered in the Master’s program.
If you are a 48-credit Career Change student, the two courses
taken in Literacy can be applied to the Advanced Certificate.
Therefore, Career Change students need to take 15 literacy
credits.
- EDU 3200: Language Acquisition and Literacy Development
- EDU 3210: Research and Practice of Teaching Writing and General
and Inclusive Education or
- EDU 3264: Teaching Literacy through Literature, B-6
- EDU 3220: Approaches, Materials, and Performance
Evaluation
- EDU 3270: Theories of and Strategies for Teaching Literacy in
Content Areas
- EDU 3230: Diagnosis and Recommendations for Literacy
Performance (Pre. or Core. 3220 and 3270)
- EDU 3240: Literacy and Assessment Strategies for Diverse
Learners (Prerequisite, 3230)
- EDU 3250: Practicum and Seminar in Literacy Instruction (Pre.
Requisite 3230 and 3240
Contact Information
E. Francine Guastello, Ph.D.,
Coordinator
(718) 990-1475
guastelf@stjohns.edu
Queens Campus
Graduate Admissions
Sullivan Hall G9
8000 Utopia Pkwy
Queens, NY 11439
Kelly K. Ronayne, D.A.
(718) 990-2304
graded@stjohns.edu
Staten Island Campus
300 Howard Ave.
DaSilva Center 207
Staten Island, NY 10301
Steve Kuntz, Ph. D
(718) 390-4506
gradedstatenisland@stjohns.edu
Oakdale Location
500Montauk Hyway
Oakdale, NY 11769
Linda J. Faucetta
(631) 218-7775
faucettl@stjohns.edu
Manhattan Campus
101 Murray St.
New York, NY 10007
Marissa
Weinstein
(212) 277-5122
weinstm1@stjohns.edu