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Literacy Intervention Specialist Program (LISP)

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LISP Trainees will gain understanding in:

  • Structures of written English and the five components of reading
  • Instructional strategies and methods (simultaneous, multisensory, systematic, cumulative, direct instruction, diagnostic teaching, synthetic and analytic instruction)
  • Progress monitoring for accuracy and fluency
  • Dyslexia, related written-language disorders, and identification of specific learning differences

 The Colorado College Literacy and Learning Center's (CLLC) Literacy Intervention Specialist Program (LISP) is the only training course in the state of Colorado accredited by the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC). Course content reflects the International Dyslexia Association’s (IDA) Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading. Individuals completing coursework may sit for the national Alliance Exam to qualify for certification with the Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA) at the following levels:

Colorado College’s Literacy Intervention Specialist Program, has been named by the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) as one of only nine university programs in the United States that meets the organization’s “Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading.”
The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) standards provide research-supported documentation of what every teacher ought to know and be able to demonstrate, whether they are teaching dyslexic students, other struggling readers or the general student population. See the Press Release. 

 

Training is built upon Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia,an Orton-Gillingham research-based and validated curriculum from the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.

 

Ready to Apply? 

Contact our office directly at 719-389-6935 PRIOR to completing the application process if you were unable to attend one of our previously scheduled and required Information Sessions.

In order to apply to the Literacy Intervention Specialist Program we will need the following:

  1. Completed New Student Master of Arts in Teaching Application if you are seeking the MAT along with the LISP program certifications, OR

  2. Completed New Student Non-Degree Seeking Application if you are seeking only the LISP certifications and NOT CC's Master of Arts in Teaching Degree, AND

  3. Completed LISP Program Promissory Note, and

  4. Letter of Intent to join the LISP program (and one for the MAT program if you wish to be enrolled in both), and

  5. Two letters of recommendation from a supervisor, colleague at your school, or previous college instructor in graduate work, and

  6. All undergraduate degree transcripts submitted to: The Colorado College / Attn: Summer Graduate / 14 E Cache la Poudre St / Colorado Springs, CO 80903. If submitting electronically use SummerGraduate@ColoradoCollege.edu, and

  7. One-time $50.00 application fee submitted to address above, and possibly

  8. Upon request: a writing sample following submission of materials and a scheduled interview

LISP students attend courses for two years on Colorado College's campus each summer as well as monthly seminars throughout the following, respective academic years in an "extended format."


Students enrolling in our program from out of state will attend the summer courses on our beautiful Colorado Springs campus, then utilize the college's unique distance learning capabilities to attend the monthly seminars throughout the school year.