Reading endorsement

Become a more knowledgeable educator,
enhance the learning in your classroom

Teaching children to read

Bluffton’s reading endorsement program is online, self-paced and leads to an Ohio Department of Education teaching credential.

Add the reading endorsement to your teaching license by taking as few as four classes in one summer. Experiential learning hours may be completed in your own classroom/school.

Two online classes offered each session:
 June 3-28 and  July 1-26, 2024
Dates for 2025 will be announced later. 

  • Courses based on the Science of Reading pedagogy.
  • Fulfills the Third grade Reading Guarantee requirement
  • Qualifies educators as Title 1 teachers
  • Completely online
  • 12 credit hours
  • OAE required for reading endorsement
  • Additional phonics class required if not taken with undergraduate studies.
  • Prerequisite: Undergraduate reading courses based on license.

One of the most needed specializations in Northwest Ohio, providing the skills to identify literacy needs and adapt lessons to meet those needs.


For more information about Bluffton’s reading endorsement program, contact

Ethan Stearns
Adult and graduate studies recruiter
stearnse@bluffton.edu

Request more information online.

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