Education Professor Presented at National Conference
Posted on Monday, December 7, 2009
Dr. Charlene Klassen Endrizzi, Westminster professor of education, and Pam Redfoot, second-grade teacher at New Wilmington Elementary School, presented ther collaborative research project at the National Council of Teachers of English annual conference Nov. 21 in Philadelphia.
"Family Literacy Journals: Conversations that Connect Home and School Reading Lives" was part of roundtable presentations on "literate Lives of Children: Topics and Trends in Elementary Education." The presentation centered on Klassen Endrizzi's and Redfoot's continuing inquiry with the families of Redfoot's students.
Westminster senior elementary education and intercultural studies major Emileigh Drylie, a student teacher in Redfoot's classroom, helped organize the weekly written exchanges between families and children that became the focus of the presentation.
"I have found that I look at my students differently by being more sensitive to their home environments," Drylie said. "I consider how to build connections to the home so that learning can be a continual process. It is not the teacher's sole job to teach, but to welcome and support a working relationship with the home of each student, so that every child has the opportunity to succeed in learning."
Drylie is a daughter of Robert and Deanna Drylie of Oakmont and a graduate of Riverview High School.
Klassen Endrizzi, who joined the Westminster faculty in 1993, earned undergraduate and master's degrees from Fresno Pacific College and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona.
Contact Klassen Endrizzi at (724) 946-7189 or e-mail endrizck@westminster.edu for more information.
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