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Maryland Reading Requirement
Elementary Education, Early Childhood, Special Education Birth-Grade 3 and Grades 1-8
Teachers certified in Elementary Education, Early Childhood, Special Education Birth-Grade 3 and Grades 1-8 are required to have 12 semester hours of credit in reading. If more than 6 semester hours of credit in reading are needed to meet the Maryland Reading requirement, the educator must submit 6 semester hours in reading within the first validity period and the remaining semester hours during the second validity period. Educators needing 6 semester hours or less will have one renewal period to submit the requirement.
12 semester hours of reading in the following content are required:
- Materials for Teaching Reading
- Assessment for Reading
- Methods or Instruction of Reading
- Processes and Acquisition for Reading
Or to satisfy the Maryland Reading requirement take PRAXIS II test number 0201 – Reading Across the Curriculum. (The test satisfies the Maryland Reading requirement but does not replace the 6 semester hours of credit needed for renewal.)
Secondary Content Area
Teachers certified in a secondary content area (example: Biology Grades 7-12 including Generic Special Education Grades 6-Adult) and teachers certified Prek-12 (art, ESOL, health, music, physical education, special education, and educational media/library media specialist), are required to have 6 semester hours of credit in reading:
- Methods or Strategies of Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Area, Part I
- Methods or Strategies of Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Area, Part II
Children Literature and Adolescent Literature is accepted for educational media and library media science certification.
Educators certified in the areas of Guidance, School Psychologist, Speech Pathologist, and School Social Worker are not required to complete the Maryland Reading requirement.
Note: Currently there is not a PRAXIS test available to satisfy the Maryland Reading requirement for secondary or Prek-12 educators. |
