READING
DEPARTMENT

Trudy Walp   Part-time Lecturer Online Program Advisor University at Albany State University of New York School of Education-333 Albany, NY 12222 518-442-5102 trudy@chestercreekpress.com

About Trudy Walp...

Trudy Walp is a part-time instructor and online program advisor in the Reading Department.   She was a Reading Specialist in the elementary grades at North Warren Central School, Chestertown, New York where she taught for 24 years. She completed her Master's of Science Degree (Reading Specialization) at Plattsburgh State University College.   She also holds teacher certification in Music, K-12.

Trudy has taught literacy-related graduate courses as an adjunct instructor at The College of Saint Rose and the University at Albany for a number of years.   Her research interests include the literacy development of at risk students and response to literature. She was co-recipient (along with Dr. Sean A. Walmsley) of the New York State Reading Association's 1990 Outstanding Research Award. She received the 2005 Excellence in Teaching Award from the University at Albany School of Education.

Trudy is an avid organic gardener for the two-month growing season (some call it summer) at her home in the Adirondacks. The other ten months of the year she fills her free time with skiing, snowshoeing, and, in general, trying to keep warm.

Trudy teaches the following courses:

ERDG 500: Introduction to Literacy Teaching & Learning, B-6 (online)

ERDG 615: Teaching Writing, B-6 (both on-line and on campus)

ERDG 617: Teaching Social Studies and Language Arts in Preschool and Elementary Settings (OL, OC)

Some of Trudy's publications include:

Walp, T.P., & Walmsley, S.A.   (1995).   Scoring well on tests or becoming genuinely literate: Rethinking remediation in a small, rural school.   In R.L. Allington & S.A. Walmsley (Eds.), No quick fix:   Rethinking literacy programs in American elementary schools . Newark, DE:   International Reading Association and   New York:   Teachers College Press.

Walmsley, S.A., Fielding, L.G., & Walp, T. P.   (1992).   A study of 2nd graders' home and school literacy experiences .   Albany NY:   Center for the Learning and Teaching of Literature.

Walmsley, S. A., & Walp, T. P.   (1990).   Integrating literature and composing into the language arts curriculum:   Philosophy and practice.   Elementary School Journal , 90 (3), 251-274.

Walp, T. P., & Walmsley, S. A.   (1989).   Instructional and philosophical congruence:   Neglected aspects of co-ordination.   The Reading Teache r, 42 (6), 364-368.

Walmsley, S.A., & Walp, T.P. (1989).   Teaching literature in elementary school (Report 1.3).   Albany NY:   Center for the Learning and Teaching of Literature.