and, can smaller names in literacy - practitioners, participants and other
thinkers, come together in an independent forum?  Fundraising and
sponsorship would be a challenge, but it would be useful to consider these
elements outside of any particular agency/entity's realm of influence, and
to really try to bring both fresh thinking to the topic as well as voices of
experience in the areas of research and practice.
 
Janet Isserlis



> From: <jalsails at aol.com>

> Reply-To: The Family Literacy Discussion List <familyliteracy at nifl.gov>

> Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:20:14 -0500

> To: <familyliteracy at nifl.gov>

> Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 921] Re: Big Names in Literacy?

> 

> Hi,


Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a forum where many of these leaders

> 

come together to discuss the present state and future direction of 
family

> literacy?  What questions would we as policy makers, project 

planners,

> practitioners in the field, and program evaluators pose? What 

action could

> such an event generate? Think about what happened to the 

reading field as a

> result of the National Reading Panel. Is it time to 

rethink family literacy

> designs and roles as an intergenerational 

educational intervention? We've

> swung back and forth from "first meet 

the needs of the adult

> learner/parent/guardian" to "prioritize 

performance outcomes for young

> children" - according to recent 

research, much of it done by these "big names

> in literacy" can we begin 

to think of fresh designs in terms of what works

> best in terms of 

targeted families' goals and are viable funding concepts?

> Where are we 

now? Where do we need to go next?

Jeri Levesque,

> Ed.D.

Evaluator, Missouri and Kentucky Even Start Programs
LIFT
University of

> Missouri-St. Louis



-----Original Message-----
From: Jeanne McGehee

> <jeannemcgehee at fanniebattle.org>

To: The Family Literacy Discussion List

> <familyliteracy at nifl.gov>

Sent: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 8:24 am
Subject:

> [FamilyLiteracy 919] Re: Big Names in Literacy?







 Jim Trelease, Reggie

> Routman



On 1/8/08, Jan Greenberg <jan at teachingstrategies.com>

> wrote:




Other names in early literacy/elementary literacy include:
David

> Dickinson

Dorothy Strickland
William Teale
Timothy Shanahan
Lesley Mandel

> Morrow

Don Richgels
Judith Schickedanz
Isabel Beck
Kathleen Roskos
Carol

> Vukelich

Joseph Torgeson
Linda Gambrell
James Christie
Patton Tabors
Renee

> Casbergue

Lea McGee
Grover Whitehurst
Marilyn Jager Adams
Barbara

> Foorman

Catherine Snow
Susan Burns
Steve Barnett
Barbara Bowman
Elizabeth

> Sulzby

Edward Kame'enui
 
I know I've left many other names off, but these are

> the ones that come 

immediately to mind.
 
 

Jan Greenberg
Senior Product

> Development Associate

 
Teaching Strategies, Inc.
7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite

> 700

Bethesda
, MD 20814
(301) 634-0818 x1747
(800) 637-3652  x 1747
(301)

> 657-0250 

> (fax)

www.TeachingStrategies.com

 



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[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov]
On Behalf Of Smith-moise, Sandra

> S.

Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:07 AM
To: The Family Literacy Discussion

> List


Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 904] Re: Big Names in Literacy?

 
I consider

> Dr. Susan B. Neuman a big name in early literacy.  She is 

currently a

> professor at University of Michigan.  We brought her to 

Miami for PD with

> early childhood, pre-k and kindergarten teachers, and 

for a presentation for

> parents at one of our family learning events.  

She is fabulous.

 
Sandy

> Moise

The Parent Academy
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Phone: 

> 305-995-2680

Fax: 

> 305-523-0505

www.theparentacademy.net

 
 
 

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> l.gov 

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On Behalf Of Greg Peter
Sent:

> Monday, January 07, 2008 7:52 PM

To:
familyliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject:

> [FamilyLiteracy 902] Big Names in Literacy?

 
I am curious who you would

> consider to be big names in literacy, both 

historically and

> currently?

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