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Director's Office:

Timothy Shanahan

Maureen Meehan

Irma Vazquez

Program Faculty & Staff:

William Teale

Flora Rodriguez-Brown

Cynthia Hynd-Shanahan

Shelley Maxwell

Barbara O'Laughlin

Susan Karwowski

Alison Toback-Hofeld

Michael Czerniawski

William Teale

William Teale is Professor of Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He teaches literacy methods courses in the preservice teacher education program, courses in reading diagnosis and correction, and advanced seminars in early and emergent literacy. Dr. Teale is internationally known for his research on emergent literacy and has worked with schools across the United States, as well as with Children's Television Workshop, public libraries, Head Start, public television stations, Reach Out and Read, and child care organizations in developing curriculum and programs focused on preschool and primary grade literacy development. The book Emergent Literacy: Writing and Reading, which he co-edited with Elizabeth Sulzby, is in its 6th reprinting and has become a standard reference in the field of early literacy. Professor Teale also served for seven years as editor of Language Arts and is currently co-editor of the Illinois Reading Council Journal.

Recent publications of Dr. Teale's include:

Teale, W. H., Leu, D. J., Jr., Labbo, L. D., & Kinzer, C. (2002). The CTELL project: New ways technology can help educate tomorrow's teachers of reading. The Reading Teacher, 55, 654-659.

Owens, R. F., Hester, J. L., & Teale, W. H. (2002). Where do you want to go today?: Inquiry based learning and technology integration. The Reading Teacher, 55, 616-625.

Teale, W. H. (in press). Reading aloud to young children as a classroom instructional activity: Insights from research and practice. In A. van Kleeck, S. A. Stahl, & E. Bauer (Eds.), On reading to children: Parents and teachers. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Yokota, J. & Teale, W. H. (2002). Literacy development for culturally diverse populations. In S. B. Wepner, D. S. Strickland & J. T. Feeley (Eds.), The administration and supervision of reading programs. (3rd ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.

 

 

 

Contact Info:

Phone #: 312-996-4669
Fax #: 312-413-8083
Email: wteale@uic.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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