Dr. VIRGINIA J. GOATLEY Associate Professor, Reading Department and Vice Dean, School of Education University at Albany State University of New York School of Education-332 Albany, NY 12222 518-442-4988 vgoatley@csc.albany.edu
About Ginny Goatley.. PhD, Michigan State University In 1995, Dr. Ginny Goatley moved from Michigan to Albany to join the Reading Department. After attending Michigan State University for her B.S. in Elementary Education, she taught in both preschool and first grade classrooms. She pursued her M.S. in Reading with an emphasis on literacy difficulties, due to her strong awareness of the need for high-quality teaching in this area. With work experience in a library running a summer reading program, she wanted to see how schools could do a better job of bringing in high quality literature to classrooms. While working on her PhD in Educational Psychology/Literacy at Michigan State, Dr. Goatley participated in the Book Club Project, allowing her to help design a literacy program that brought together literature, discussion, and literacy. Since joining the faculty at UAlbany, Dr. Goatley has continued to bring these literacy interests together. She continued her publications with the Book Club Project, in many cases focusing on the students who had been identified with special literacy needs. In her project with National Research Center for English Learning and Achievement (CELA), she studied the integration of literacy and social studies across the elementary grades. In this project, she has traced the literacy/social studies learning of several students as they moved through each grade from second to seventh. Currently, she is analyzing data on a project designed to understand the benefits and issues between on-campus and online graduate courses. Currently, Dr. Goatley is also the Vice Dean in the School of Education. As Associate Dean for Professional Studies (2003-08) she led the effort toward successful accreditation of the UAlbany Teacher Education Program via the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC). In addition, she coordinates the "Undergraduate Pathways" for all undergraduate students participating in the educational studies minor. She is a regular participate in national and state-wide efforts for teacher education, including the NY P-16 Partnership Task Force. Her publications from these projects have appeared in several journals including, Reading Research Quarterly, Reading and Writing Quarterly, Language Arts, Reading Research and Instruction, and Journal of Educational Research. She is co-editor of The Book Connection: Literacy Learning and Classroom Talk (TC Press/IRA, 1997). Ginny Goatley teaches the following courses: EDU 390 Community Service Project ERDG 615 Teaching Writing, B-6 ERDG 617 Teaching Language Arts and Social Studies in Preschool and Elementary Classrooms ERDG 600 Identifying and Correcting Classroom Reading Difficulties ERDG 656 Language and Learning to Read ERDG 756 Texts and Teaching in Literacy Learning Recent Publications: McMahon, S. I., Raphael, T. E. With Goatley, V. J. and Pardo, L. S. (1997). The Book Club Connection: Literacy Learning and Classroom Talk. NY: Teachers College Press. McGill-Franzen, A. & Goatley, V. J. (2001). Title I and Special Education: Support for children who struggle to learn to read. In S. Neuman & D. K. Dickinson (Eds.), Handbook of Early Literacy Research (pp. 471-484). NY: Guilford Press. Goatley, V. J. (2000). Exploring school learning communities: Students' early literacy transformations. Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Disabilities, 16, 337-360. Rogers, R. & Goatley, V. J. ( 2000). Multiple forms of evidence: A longitudinal case study of student achievement. In T. Shanahan, & F. Rodriquez-Brown (Eds), National Reading Conference Yearbook (pp. 305-320). Goatley, V. J. (1997). Encouraging parent and teacher communication:Discourse to support at risk students. In K. Hinchman, D. J. Leu, & C. K. Kinzer (Eds), Inquiries in literacy theory and practice. Forty-sixth yearbook of the National Reading Conference(pp. 114-126). Chicago: National Reading Conference. Goatley, V. J. (1996). The participation of a student identified as learning disabled in a regular education book club: The case of Stark. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 12, 195 214. McMahon, S. I., & Goatley, V. J. (1995). Fifth graders helping peers discuss texts in student-led groups. Journal of Educational Research 89 (1), 23-35. Goatley, V. J., Brock, C. H., & Raphael, T. E. (1995). Diverse learners participating in regular education "book clubs." Reading Research Quarterly 30 (3), 353-380. Comments and Suggestions to Ginny Goatley vgoatley@csc.albany.edu
Selected Publications:

McMahon, S. I., Raphael, T. E. With Goatley, V. J. and Pardo, L. S. (1997). The Book Club Connection: Literacy Learning and Classroom Talk. NY: Teachers College Press.

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