Departments

Literacy, Culture & Language Education

Elementary Literacy Teacher Education Program

Our Elementary Literacy program engages PK-6 teacher education students in significant teaching experiences and rigorous learning in reading and language arts in early childhood and elementary educational settings. We combine hands-on methods courses and field experiences that offer students rich opportunities to apply research-based theories and practices that respond to the daily realities of classrooms and communities.

Our goal is to provide our students with tools and technologies to understand literacy in the 21st century and to create learning spaces where all students thrive. Indiana University’s Elementary Literacy program and its graduates have been nationally recognized as exemplars and leaders in teacher education.

Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices
  • Linguistic Diversity
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Developmental Diversity
  • Diversity of Abilities
Fundamentals of Literacy
  • State of Indiana Scientifically Based Reading Research: Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension
Responsive Teaching Informed by Multiple Reading Assessments
  • State of Indiana Standardized Tests such as ISTEP and I-Read 3
  • State of Indiana Response to Instruction (RtI)
  • Individualized Reading Inventories such as Reading Miscue Analysis
Curriculum and Instruction that Aligns with Prevailing Standards
  • Common Core Standards for Reading and Language Arts, K-12
  • State of Indiana Literacy Framework for Early Childhood
  • State of Indiana Professional Teaching Standards
  • Professional Association Standards such as the International Reading Association and National Council of Teachers of English
  • Accreditation Standards that Align with Professional Associations such as the Association of Childhood Education International and the National Association for the Education of Young Children
Scope of Literacy Learning
  • PK-6 Literacy
  • Multiliteracies
  • Media Literacy
  • Children’s Literature
  • Digital Literacy
  • Emergent Literacy
  • Family Literacy
Models of Literacy Instruction
  • Writing Workshop
  • Literature-Based Instruction
  • Daily Five
  • Inquiry-Based Curriculum
  • Comprehensive Literacy Framework (formerly Balanced Literacy)
  • Systematic Phonics Instruction