Master in Reading Teacher Education (Master's)

Regis University is Colorado's Jesuit Catholic university, based in Denver. Its professional focus spans business, computing and health care, while Regis College provides liberal arts and sciences programs alongside flexible formats for adult learners. The university's leadership includes Shawna Cooper Whitehead, its 29th president and first woman to hold the role. Community engagement is part of student life, with opportunities such as a service trip to Cobán, Guatemala, where students work alongside medical professionals in a community health care model.

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The Denver campus includes classrooms, laboratories, residence halls, a student center, a library and an arboretum. International students should note that Regis offers first-year, adult undergraduate, graduate and doctoral study, plus certificate programs. The university provides an immersive virtual campus tour for students who are exploring from abroad. Its location in Denver combines access to a major U.S. city with a campus environment shaped by faith, reason, culture and service.

This fully online program is delivered in 8-week terms over a 20-month period. It prepares licensed teachers to advance literacy instruction with a focus on evidence-based practices and student assessment. The program includes two distinct pathways: one leading to a reading specialist endorsement and another as a degree-only option. Students engage in coursework aligned with the science of reading and complete either a practicum or capstone project.

Focus areas include Multisensory instruction, Literacy-specific learning disabilities, Instructional interventions, Data-driven individualized learning, Reading assessment and remediation, Evidence-based reading techniques.

The program requires 30 credits distributed across coursework, a practicum, or an online capstone. The reading specialist endorsement pathway includes a university-supervised practicum focused on students with reading disabilities.

Graduates work as reading interventionists, literacy coaches, or in district literacy leadership roles.

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution and possess a current teaching license. A resume and interview are also required. Colorado residents must have a Colorado teaching license to pursue the endorsement.

The programme totals about 30 credit hours. Fully online, 8-week terms, 20 months duration, part-time. For international students, tuition is below the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 87% of applicants.