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The University at Albany's Teacher Education Program is designed to prepare responsive and reflective teachers framed by three key areas of educational research and instruction: (a) research informed practice, (b) teacher sensitivity to human diversity and the contexts in which learning occurs, and (c) professionalism associated with learning to learn. This program is accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) for a period of 5 years, from April 30, 2006 to April 30, 2011. In the Reading Department, this includes the MS in Literacy, MS in Special Education and Literacy (1 and 2), and MS in Early Childhood/Childhood (Literacy).

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British Library, Jan 6th, 2010

Last Updated: February 9, 2010

Recent Publications, Presentations, Awards, Grants

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Sheehy, M. (2010). Place stories: Time, space and literacy in two classrooms. Hampton Press.

Deeney, T., Dozier, C., Literacy Lab Study Group (2009, December). Transformative Practices, TransformativeLeadership: The Role of Literacy Labs/Reading Clinics in Developing Literacy Leaders. Alternative Session Paper presented at National Reading Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

Dozier, C. (2009, December). Keynote speaker. Responsive Literacy Coaching. Burlington, Vermont.

Johnston, P. Systems of Meaning and the Consequences of Teacher Talk. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia, PA. (November 20th, 2009)

Malavasic, J., & Rossetti, Z. (In Press). Youth negotiating the social intricacies of friendship. The Journal of Early Adolescence.

Dozier, C. Responsive Literacy Coaching: Developing Respectful, Caring Instructional Relationship. Texas Woman’s University, Early Literacy Institute. Dallas, TX. November 3, 2009.

Dozier, C. Responsive Teaching to Engage Learners. Texas Woman’s University, Early Literacy Institute. Dallas, TX. November 4, 2009.

Johnston, P. The threads of learning, resilience, comprehension and democracy in classroom talk. Workshop. Ethical Culture Center. New York, NY. November 7th, 2009.

Malavasic, J. Literacy behind the scenes: Exploring adolescent friendship and identity. Paper presented at the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers annual conference in Charlotte, NC. November 6, 2009.

Johnston, P., Afflerbach, P., Krist, S., Pierce, K., Spalding, E., Tatum, A., Valencia, S. (in press). Standards for the Assessment of Literacy. National Council of Teachers of English and International Reading Association.

Johnston, P. (2009). Commentary. In M. Nichols, Expanding comprehension with multigenre text sets. Scholastic, New York, NY.

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SPRING CLASSES started on January 20th, 2010.

Scholarship Announcements

The School of Education has a number of scholarships available. For details, click here.

Graduating in May?
March 26th is the deadline for applying for your degree. You can apply at MyUAlbany.

Waitlists for oncampus students seeking online courses

If you are an on campus Reading student and wish to take an online course that fits your program plan, it's too early to request to be on a waitlist. Waitlists for Summer and Fall courses are not yet available.

However, if you are thinking about it, be sure to read the policy and procedures for online waitlists--for example, only ONE course can be waitlisted. Click here for details.

Applying to our MS programs? The next deadline for applications is March 1st (to start in Summer or Fall, 2010). Click here for details.