SPECIAL ED ALTERNATIVE WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONS OF READING TEST

Catalog description

This capstone course is designed to meet the professional licensing requirement of passing the Wisconsin Foundations of Reading Test in an alternative portfolio format required for Wisconsin Cross Categorical Special Education teachers. Participants will complete the required portfolio content to pass the Alternative WIFORT including documentation of required course grades, intensive intervention planning (phonological awareness, phonics, and fluency), integrative thematic unit instruction plans (vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency), and completion of a minimum of two instructional observations and coaching sessions by a Wisconsin certified Reading Specialist addressing phonological (phonemic) awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.