Lourdes University - Education
Literacy Specialist/Coach at Self-Employed
Dr. Barbara
Braker-Walters
Toledo, Ohio Area
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
o Literacy Assessment Consultant-Pan American Schools -Brazil (2012-2015)
o Common Core Standards Initiative-State of Ohio (2010)
o Literacy Consultant-Toledo Catholic Diocese (2009-present)
o American Federation of Teachers (AFT)-Educational Research and Dissemination (ER&D) Presenter-(2002 to 2009)
o State of Ohio Praxis III Assessor
o Summer Conference for NCATE accreditation (2007)
o Reading Consultant-Cleveland Public Schools (2007)
o Toledo Area Association of Young Children-Teacher of the Year-(2007)
o Faculty Excellence Award Nominee-Lourdes College (2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2011)
PUBLICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND AWARDS
o Redefining Guided Reading (Invited presentation). Pan American School, Puerto Alegre, Brazil (2014).
o Informational Text and the Common Core: A Content Analysis of Three Basal Reading Programs. Published article-Sage Online (2014).
o Using Assessment to Drive Instruction; Assessments for Multiple Intelligences. Pan American School, Puerto Alegre, Brazil (2013).
o Using Picture Books to Enhance Academic Vocabulary; How Spelling Supports Reading(Invited Presentation). Whiteford Agricultural Schools, Temperance, Michigan (2013).
o Seated to Online: Easing the Transition into the Virtual College Classroom (Invited Presentation). Ohio Association for Teacher Educators (OATE). Columbus, OH (2010).
o Using Trade Books to Stimulate Mathematical Concept Instructional Conversations (Invited presentation). National Association for Young Children (NAEYC)-Regional Conference. Bowling Green State University (2010).
o From Simulations to Computer Games: Enhancing Literacies in the Classroom (Peer-reviewed International presentation). International Reading Association Annual Conference. Phoenix, AZ. (2009)
Master's of Education
Early Childhood
Literacy Specialist
Reading Teacher Education
Sage Online
The author conducted a quantitative content analysis comparing the text genres of the most widely purchased U.S. basal readers with the recommendations of the Common Core/English-Language Arts.
Sage Online
The author conducted a quantitative content analysis comparing the text genres of the most widely purchased U.S. basal readers with the recommendations of the Common Core/English-Language Arts.
ProQuest
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