Reading, Early Childhood, and Special Education
College of Education

Welcome to the home page for the Department of Reading, Early Childhood, and Special Education, located in the College of Education at Roosevelt University.  We encourage you to bookmark this page for future reference.

Faculty in the Department of Reading, Early Childhood, and Special Education prepare teacher candidates, practicing teachers, and teacher leaders for careers in reading, early childhood, and special education.  Through research and degree, approval, and certificate programs—as well as various school-focused professional development initiatives—the department seeks to foster excellence and equity in schools throughout the Chicago area, and indeed, across the nation.

For information about degree programs, please visit these sites:

• BA in Early Childhood Education
• BA in Special Education
• MA in Early Childhood Education
• MA in Early Childhood Professions
• MA in Special Education
• MA in Reading

For information about approval programs, please visit these sites:

• LBS1 Special Education Approval - Undergraduate
• LBS1 Special Education Approval - Graduate
• Early Childhood Special Education Approval
• Bilingual Education/ESL Endorsement

For information about school focused professional development programs, please visit these sites:

• Chicago Area Writing Project
• The Literacy Project