A Late Introduction

From: Sharon Pitcher (spitcher@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 14 1996 - 22:35:43 EST 

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From: Sharon Pitcher <spitcher@umd5.umd.edu>
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I have been reading and at times responding to messages on this 
listserve but have not introduced myself.  I am a doctoral candidate 
at the University of Maryland in a program with a concentration in 
literacy.  I am also a reading specialist and have just recently gone 
back into an elementary school.  I developed and supervised adult 
literacy programs for welfare mothers for the last seven years.  
Working with low literacy welfare mothers led me naturally to family 
literacy.  I developed and facilitated a family literacy program for 
welfare families and homeless shelter families.  I took three training 
programs with NCFL.

My experience with family literacy changed my life.  I am a different 
educator because of it.  I plan to do my disertation on family 
literacy.  This summer, though, I made the decision to go back into a 
public school as a reading specialist because I believe family 
literacy has to be part of school curriculum if we are going to stop 
the cycle of illitercy.I am in a Title 1 school and slowly making 
changes.

I enjoy reading this listserve and have found it to be extremely 
healthful for my doctoral studies.

Sharon Pitcher
Baltimore County Public Schools, Maryland
spitcher@umd 5.umd.edu

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