East Central University in Ada

Programs: Early Childhood and Elementary Education
Graduate Course Offering: EDUC 5233 Survey of Teaching Reading

At ECU, undergraduate candidates must complete a minimum of four courses specifically designed for literacy development including the five pillars of reading. Teacher candidates partner with area schools to offer tutoring and reading intervention.

​Shelli Sharber
​Department of Education Chair
(580) 559-5240
[email protected]

Cameron University in Lawton, Duncan, & Claremore

Programs: Early Childhood & Elementary Education, Graduate Program: Reading Specialist, Graduate Program: Education
Cameron offers in-person, online, and flex classes for undergraduate degrees in education. The graduate programs are fully online. The Reading Specialist program can be completed in one year (starting in the spring); the program consists of eleven 8-week courses (5 in the spring, 2 in the summer, and 4 in the fall).
Lawton & Duncan
[email protected]
(580) 581-2289

Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond

Programs: OC School of Education offers tutoring to emerging and struggling elementary aged readers.
Oklahoma Christian University education students participate in one-on-one reading tutoring with elementary aged students. To get your student enrolled, contact Celestia Bennet by phone.
Celestia Bennet
​(405) 425-5450
Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Programs: Elementary Education and English Education
The courses OPSU has that involve teacher preparation and literacy are EDUC 3313 -- Foundations of Reading Instruction, EDUC 3233 -- Methods and Materials of Elementary Reading, EDUC 2623 Children's Literature, EDUC 2323 -- Reading in the Content Area, and EDUC 3253 -- Diagnostics and Prescriptive Teaching of Reading.
OPSU also offers several online courses for alternative certification along with Credly badges for those classes upon completion. ​