Submitted by leeallen on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 2:17pm.
Kathleen Cooter presented “Rousing Minds to Life: Ways to Kindle Vocabulary Learning” at the Virginia State Reading Association in Richmond, VA.
Robert Cooter presented “Meet the Editors of the Reading Teacher”at the International Reading Association Conference in Atlanta, GA, “Building and Sustaining University-Community Research Partnerships” at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference in New York, NY; and
“I’ll Agree to Engagement If You Promise To Be Faithful: Striving Readers Research in Inner-City Middle Schools” at the Virginia State Reading Association Conference in Richmond, VA.
J. Helen Perkins and Marshetta Shavon Brazely presented "Daddy Loves His Little One: Making A Difference in Reading" at the 3rd Annual Teen Fathers' Conference, a collaboration between Memphis City Schools Division of Parent Community Engagement and LeBonheur Center for Children and Parents, held at The Urban Child Institute.
J. Helen Perkins, Robert Cooter Jr., Alfred Tatum and William Teale presented at the International Reading Association in Atlanta, "Research Trends in Urban Literacy Education: Transforming Practice in Urban Schools". J. Helen Perkins and Robert Cooter, Jr. presented at the same conference "Getting Published: Writing for The Reading Teacher".
J. Helen Perkins, Jill Feldman, Ric Potts, Elizabeth Heeren, and Rorie Harris presented "Will That Work for Us? Interpreting Research from The Memphis Striving Readers Project (MSRP) About Implementation Fidelity, Efficacy, and Effectiveness" at The International Reading Association in Atlanta, GA.
J. Helen Perkins presented "Cobblestones Needed to Pave the Way Toward Enhanced Literacy Acquisition" at The Texas Reading First (TRF) Advanced Coaching Institute (ACI) III in Houston, Texas.
Lee Allen presented “Online Teaching and Learning: Creating Virtual Communities” at the Memphis In May Student Affair Conference (MIMSAC).
