Texas Education Code - Section 21.0481. Master Reading Teacher Certification
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§ 21.0481. MASTER READING TEACHER CERTIFICATION. (a) To
ensure that there are teachers with special training to work with
other teachers and with students in order to improve student
reading performance, the board shall establish a master reading
teacher certificate.
(b) The board shall issue a master reading teacher
certificate to each eligible person.
(c) To be eligible for a master reading teacher certificate,
a person must:
(1) hold a reading specialist certificate issued under
this subchapter and satisfactorily complete a course of instruction
as prescribed under Subdivision (2)(B); or
(2) hold a teaching certificate issued under this
subchapter and:
(A) have at least three years of teaching
experience;
(B) satisfactorily complete a knowledge-based
and skills-based course of instruction on the science of teaching
children to read that includes training in:
(i) effective reading instruction
techniques, including effective techniques for students whose
primary language is a language other than English;
(ii) identification of dyslexia and related
reading disorders and effective reading instruction techniques for
students with those disorders; and
(iii) effective professional peer
mentoring techniques;
(C) perform satisfactorily on the master reading
teacher certification examination prescribed by the board; and
(D) satisfy any other requirements prescribed by
the board.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 931, § 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.
Section: 21.042 21.043 21.044 21.045 21.046 21.047 21.048 21.0481 21.0482 21.0483 21.0484 21.049 21.050 21.051 21.052
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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