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Welcome to UIC Early Reading First

Staff Spotlight

Kenneth Brown

Kenneth Brown
Literacy Coach

"The most rewarding part of working on the CCL and APLLE projects is being able to help African American and Latino children bridge the gap in early childhood education." learn more...

Project Highlights

UIC-ERF Works - Again!
Read about how children in the third year of our CCL project and first year of the APLLE project made significant gains on tests measuring important early language and literacy skills. learn more...

IMPACT Funded.
A third UIC-ERF project has been funded. The U.S. Department of Education has funded the Early Reading First proposal that Jeffri Brookfield, Bill Teale, and Maureen Meehan submitted earlier in the year. We are very pleased to be able to expand our partnership with the Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Catholic Schools. For the next three years, we will work in 8 additional preschool classrooms in 5 different schools. learn more...

UIC-ERF personnel respond to the National Early Literacy Panel Report
Project PI William Teale; Jessica Hoffman, former UIC-ERF Research assistant and current Assistant Professor of Education at Miami University; and Research Assistant Kathleen Paciga have authored the article “Where Is NELP Leading Preschool Literacy Instruction? Potential Positives and Pitfalls.” You can read a copy of the manuscript by clicking on: learn more...

Conference Presentation:
From UIC-ERF, doctoral students Jessica Hoffman, Jennifer Garrette, and Katie Paciga, along with master’s student Samantha Richardson and project PI William Teale presented findings from the UIC-ERF projects at the 2009 International Reading Association Convention. learn more...

Published Authors!
A research paper by doctoral students Katie Paciga and Jennifer Garrette, along with project PI William Teale that reports on a study conducted in CCL-ERF classrooms will be published in the National Reading Conference Yearbook later in 2009. To read a prepublication copy, click here...

In the News:
The UIC Early Reading First projects have been featured in stories in the Chi-Town Daily News and UIC News. learn more...

The UIC Early Reading First projects are funded through grants from the U.S. Department of Education in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Literacy. We are a collaborative team of early childhood teachers, school administrators, university faculty, early literacy coaches, and advanced graduate students who are building centers of early literacy excellence for three- and four-year-old children in schools in urban Chicago.

This website provides general information about our projects in Chicago Public Schools Charter Schools and Archdiocese of Chicago Schools, as well as the federal Early Reading First program. It also offers family members in our or any ERF project activities to do at home to help their children in early reading, writing, and language development. learn more...

Current Projects

Charting a Course to Literacy Early Reading First
(CCL-ERF) 2006-2009
CCL-ERF is a partnership with three Chicago Public Schools Charter Schools: Chicago International Charter School Basil Campus, LEARN Charter School, and Passages Charter School. learn more...

Achieving Preschool Language and Literacy Excellence
(APLLE) 2008-2011
APLLE involves five Archdiocese of Chicago schools: Our Lady of Tepeyac School, St. Agnes of Bohemia School, St. Angela School, St. Ann School, and St. Gall School. learn more...

Instructional Model Program for All Children and Teachers: Early Language and Literacy Excellence (IMPACT) 2009-2012
IMPACT is our second partnership with Archdiocese of Chicago schools. Five schools are partnering in this work: Pope John Paul II Catholic School, St. Ethelreda School, St. Hyacinth School, St. Pius V School, and St. Sabina School. learn more...

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For more information on our projects, or to volunteer your assistance in the UIC-ERF efforts,
please contact the project director William Teale at wteale@uic.edu.

The developer of this website, the University of Illinois at Chicago, received Early Reading First grants from the United States Department of Education. The United States Department of Education has not reviewed, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, legal sufficiency under Federal law, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of the information contained on this website. Further, the contents of this website do not necessarily represent the policy of the United States Department of Education and the inclusion of information for particular items is not intended to endorse any views expressed or products, programs or services offered.