Reading & Language Arts

Syracuse University's Reading and Language Arts Center is nationally recognized for its role in preparing classroom teachers, literacy specialists, curriculum designers, test designers, researchers, administrators, and college professors. Faculty members are known for their ongoing leadership in their field and give a high degree of personal support to students as they study and prepare to achieve their professional goals.

The Center offers strong, cohesive curricula with emphasis on the study and critique of multiple theories and related practices as well as on developing the understandings and skills to address literacy for a wide range of diverse learners. The Center offers students the opportunity to develop expertise in literacy, English, college learning strategies, English as a second language, children's and adolescent literature, assessment, and technology. Highly skilled and supportive host teachers and supervisors in school districts in the Central New York region provide exceptional field placement opportunities to the Center’s students. Reading and Language Arts is a close-knit community energized by a collective commitment to addressing and enhancing the literacy and learning of children, youth, and adults in schools and communities.

Alumni are employed at schools and universities around the world, and many of them have achieved national distinction for their important contributions to our knowledge base, our professional organizations, and the development of innovative instructional and assessment programs.