Would you like to take your R2S Literacy Teacher Endorsement and your R2S Literacy Coach Endorsement to the next level? VirtualSC PD offers coursework for the R2S Literacy Specialist Endorsement to add to your South Carolina teaching certificate.

Before starting on the R2S Literacy Specialist Endorsement, all requirements for the R2S Literacy Coach Endorsement must be completed.

To earn the R2S Literacy Specialist Endorsement, educators must submit evidence of completion of four (4) approved courses taken as college coursework, or 12 credit hours total of professional development for 240 contact hours.

New titles are running with updates to the competencies. If you took the following courses before the update, they still count toward your endorsement:

  • Visible Learning for Literacy: Exploring Current Research in Literacy
  • Supervision and Administration of Literacy
  • Curriculum Development
  • Leadership in Literacy

They are listed in order of the corresponding current course.

These courses are pre-approved by the South Carolina Department of Education’s Office of Educator Services for earning the R2S Literacy Specialist certification endorsement. To add the endorsement once you have completed all courses, you must submit a request through My SC Educator Portal and have the College of Charleston send an official transcript.