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William Teale, Professor

Curriculum & Instruction


Mailing Address: 1040 W. Harrison M/C 147 Chicago IL 60607
Email: wteale@uic.edu
Office Phone: 312-996-4669


EDUCATION

1977 - Ed.D, University of Virginia, Reading Education/English Education

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Focal Research Interests

  • emergent literacy
  • beginning reading and writing instruction
  • children's literature and literacy education
  • technology and teacher education for literacy instruction

Teaching and Program Coordination:

MEd Program in Literacy Language, & Culture

  • Program Coordinator
  • CI 527 - Reading Specialists as Literacy Leaders
  • CI 546 - Children's and Adolescent Literature

 PhD Program in Literacy Language, & Culture

  • CI 583 - Research in Beginning Reading and Writing
  • CI 586 - Research in Children's and Adolescent Literature

 Current Projects:

  • “Charting a Course to Literacy” Early Reading First project in Chicago Public Schools Charter Schools (see http://www.uic.edu/educ/erf/)
  • "APLLE: Achieving Preschool Language and Literacy Excellence" Early Reading First project in Archdiocese of Chicago schools (see http://www.uic.edu/educ/erf/)
  • "IMPACT: Instructional Model Program for All Children and Teachers—Early Language and Literacy Excellence" Early Reading First project in Archdiocese of Chicago schools (see http://www.uic.edu/educ/erf/)  

 



SELECTED PUBLICATIONS  (more)


in press - Teale, W. H., Paciga, K. A., & Hoffman, J. L. (in press). What it takes in early schooling to have adolescents who are skilled and eager readers and writers. In K. Hall, U. Goswami, C. Harrison, S. Ellis & J. Soler (Eds.), Interdisciplinary perspectives on learning to read: Culture, cognition and pedagogy. London: Routledge.

in press - Paciga, K. A., Garrette Lisy, J., & Teale, W. H. (in press). Examining student engagement in preschool read-alouds. 58th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference, 330-347.

2009 - Koss, M. D., & Teale, W. H. (2009). What's happening in YA literature? Trends in books for adolescents. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 52(7), 563-572.

2009 - Teale, W. H., Hoffman, J., Paciga, K. Garrette, J., Richardson, S., & Berkel, C. (2009). Early literacy: Then and now. In Y. Goodman & J. Hoffman (Eds.), Changing literacies for changing times (pp. 76-97). New York: Routledge/ Lawrence Erlbaum.

2009 - Scott, J. L., & Teale, W. H. (2009). Effective literacy instruction for urban children: Voices from the classroom. The Reading Teacher, 63(4), 338-341.

2009 - Teale, W. H. (2009). Children learning English and their literacy instruction in urban schools. The Reading Teacher, 62(8), 699-703.


HONORS AND AWARDS


2009 - 2009-2012: United States Department of Education Early Reading First Grant. Brookfield, J., Teale, W. H., & Meehan, M. IMPACT: Instructional Model Program for All Children and Teachers: Early Language and Literacy Excellence--Early Reading First in Archdiocese of Chicago Schools.

2008 - 2008-2011: United States Department of Education Early Reading First Grant. Teale, W. H., Brookfield, J., & Meehan, M. APLLE: Achieving Preschool Language and Literacy Excellence--Early Reading First in Archdiocese of Chicago Schools.

2006 - 2006-2010: United States Department of Education Early Reading First Grant. Teale, W. H., Meehan, M., & Brookfield, J. Charting a Course to Literacy: Early Reading First in Chicago Charter Schools.

2003 - Reading Hall of Fame


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES


Trustee, National Council of Teachers of English Research Foundation (2007-2010); Column Editor, "Issues in Urban Literacy", The Reading Teacher (2007-2010)

Research Activities: My main research activity at this time centers around three Early Reading First projects, Charting a Course to Literacy Early Reading First (CCL-ERF, 2006-2010), Achieving Preschool Language and Literacy Excellence (APLLE, 2008-2011), and Instructional Model Program for All Children and Teachers: Early Language and Literacy Excellence (IMPACT, 2009-2012). In CCL-ERF, we have established a partnership between the University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Literacy and three Chicago Public Schools Charter Schools. In APLLE and IMPACT we are working with a total of ten Archdiocese of Chicago schools. Over the course of each project, we are creating in these urban preschool classrooms centers of early literacy excellence by enhancing instruction and classroom environments. The projects' design relies heavily on scientifically-based research practices in language, cognition, and early literacy; an intensive coaching model; and an innovative, nationally recognized approach to project evaluation. More information is available at http://www.uic.edu/educ/erf/.