As accomplished professionals, graduates with this degree are prepared to be leaders in their educational settings.Through this degree, the Department of Educational Psychology develops educators who are:

• committed to excellence in learning for all students
• knowledgeable in disciplines that support research-informed teaching practice
• effective in assessing and engaging students' developing understandings
• aware of and committed to addressing issues of diversity through their practices

There are three levels of reading endorsements that you can obtain from the Utah State Office of Education.

• Level I-Basic is for the regular classroom teacher--this primarily makes a classroom teacher a better teacher of reading in RTI Tier I classrooms
• Level II-Advanced is for the reading coach--this allows a teacher to become a literacy coach who works primarily with classroom teachers for the most effective Tier I classroom instruction in reading and literacy
• Level II-Interventionist is for the reading interventionist--this allows teachers to become reading specialists who specialize in Tier II and III intervention with students who struggle with reading and literacy. This program is offered through the University of Utah Reading Clinic.

The Reading Interventionist Level II is an add-on endorsement that is in addition to the Level I endorsement. BUT, teachers can complete classes toward both endorsements at the same time. In other words, teachers do not need to complete the Level I before starting the Reading Interventionist.