School of Education and Human Development University of Colorado Denver

We welcome applications from motivated licensed secondary education teachers of any content area who have bachelor's degrees and access to working with students on literacy issues. Detailed application requirements and materials are available.

If you have questions about admission requirements, contact the Student Services Center at education@ucdenver.edu or 303-315-6300.

Classes are scheduled to fit around your professional hours. During fall and spring semesters, most are conveniently offered in the late afternoon or evening. These classes usually meet three hours once a week over a 16-week semester. Some other fall and spring courses may be offered on weekends or online. During the summer, courses are generally offered on an intensive basis at a variety of times.

We recommend that working teachers take no more than one course per semester during the school year, and up to two courses in the summer. In general, you should not take more than two courses in any given semester in order to leave time to absorb, consider, apply, and reflect upon the materials.

You also complete an online portfolio as part of your degree requirements. As one element of the portfolio, you must register for the Reading Teacher PLACE exam in your final semester.

Master's degree requirements include the necessary course work for the Secondary Reading Teacher endorsement with CDE. If you already have a master's in education and now wish to earn the endorsement only, please select the Reading Teacher endorsement link on this page.

For more information on program requirements, check out the Student Handbook and/or contact the Student Services Center at education@ucdenver.edu or 303-315-6300.

Please confer with your academic advisor  before registering for your initial courses in the program.

The TEACH club is a student organization on the UC Denver campus that welcomes all students, both at the undergraduate and graduate level, who are interested in becoming educators. The club provides opportunities to build friendships with other future educators who will soon be your colleagues, explore topics of interest to future teachers, engage in service projects with children and youth, and to network with K-12 and university faculty who care deeply about the future of teaching!

For more information, please contact John McDermott, faculty sponsor at john.mcdermott@ucdenver.edu

Graduates of this program to on to become:
Literacy coaches
Classroom teachers with enhanced credentials and skills