Advanced Certificate in Preschool Literacy Instruction
-- viewing nowThe Advanced Certificate in Preschool Literacy Instruction is a comprehensive course designed to enhance the skills of educators working with young children. This certification focuses on the crucial importance of literacy development during the preschool years, and provides evidence-based instructional strategies to support learners.
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• Advanced Phonemic Awareness: This unit will cover the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds-phonemes-in spoken words. It will include topics such as phoneme isolation, phoneme identity, phoneme categorization, phoneme blending, phoneme segmentation, and phoneme deletion.
• Development of Vocabulary: This unit will focus on strategies for teaching children new words and expanding their existing vocabulary. It will include topics such as word consciousness, context clues, word relationships, and semantic features.
• Comprehension Strategies: This unit will cover various comprehension strategies that preschoolers can use to understand what they read. It will include topics such as predicting, visualizing, questioning, inferring, summarizing, and monitoring comprehension.
• Literature-Based Instruction: This unit will focus on using children's literature to teach literacy skills. It will include topics such as selecting appropriate books, introducing books to children, and using books to teach phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing skills.
• Writing Workshop: This unit will cover the writing process and how to teach it to preschoolers. It will include topics such as pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.
• Assessment and Evaluation: This unit will focus on assessing and evaluating preschoolers' literacy development. It will include topics such as informal assessments, formal assessments, progress monitoring, and using assessment data to inform instruction.
• Digital Literacy: This unit will cover the role of technology in preschool literacy instruction. It will include topics such as selecting appropriate apps and websites, integrating technology into instruction, and promoting digital citizenship.
• Inclusive Literacy Instruction: This unit will focus on teaching literacy to preschoolers with diverse learning needs. It will include topics such as differentiated instruction, Universal Design for Learning, and accommodations and modifications.
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- Basic understanding of the subject matter
- Proficiency in English language
- Computer and internet access
- Basic computer skills
- Dedication to complete the course
No prior formal qualifications required. Course designed for accessibility.
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This course provides practical knowledge and skills for professional development. It is:
- Not accredited by a recognized body
- Not regulated by an authorized institution
- Complementary to formal qualifications
You'll receive a certificate of completion upon successfully finishing the course.
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