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Accreditation Report 2002
Core Campuses: Bloomington and Indianapolis
for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
and the Indiana Professional Standards Board
Faculty Vita
Tasha Laman, M.S.
Title: Associate InstructorOffice: W. W. Wright Education Building, room 3048 H
Campus: Bloomington
Year of appointment: 1999
Academic Degrees
| M.S. | Indiana University | 2001 | Education |
| B.S. | University of Cincinnati | 1992 | Elementary Education |
Professional Experience
| 2000-2002 | Educate Indiana Preservice Grant Graduate Assistant. Indiana University: Researching preservice teacher education with Dr. Mitzi Lewison and Dr. Amy Seely Flint and Katie Van Sluys; Administrating grant budget and reports. |
| 2002-Present | Collaboration fro Peace Grant: Researching issues of critical literacy and social justice with teachers and children in Indianapolis and Bloomington, IN with Dr. Mitzi Lewison, Dr. Chris Leland , and Kathy Abel; Administrating grant budget and reports. |
| 1999-Present | Associate Instructor, Department of Language Education: Teaching literacy methods courses addressing theoretically grounded practice; Coordinating and facilitating field experiences for preservice teachers on site at Clear Creek Elementary School. |
| 2002-Present | Writing Consultant: Supporting teachers through classroom demonstrations and presentations as they establish a Writing Workshop curriculum in their classrooms |
| 2001-2002 | Summer Writing Institute Consultant: Facilitating and presenting the teaching of writing sections for the 2002 Institute for the Teaching of Writing with the Indiana Partnership for Young Writers in conjunction with the Teachers College Writing Project. Co-facilitators included: Carl Anderson, Katie Van Sluys, Susan Adamson, and Beth Berghoff; Facilitated teacher writing sections for the 2001 Institute for Teaching of Writing with the Indiana Partnership for Young Writers in conjunction with the Teachers College Writing Project. Co-facilitators included Randy Bomer, Gaby Laden, and Katie Van Sluys. |
| 2000-Present | Teacher Study Group Facilitator: Facilitator for teacher study groups examining the teaching of reading and process writing as part of the Educate Indiana grant |
| 1996-1998 | Teacher Educator: Facilitated monthly professional workshops for practicing teachers including language arts, reading, science and math curriculum; Implemented literacy camps in conjunction with teachers in rural villages focused on. |
| 1992-1996 | Elementary Classroom Teacher: Planned and participated in school based curriculum standards; Designed and Implemented center and workshop based classroom; Participated in High-Scope training and classroom workshops; Presented literacy workshops for parents and community members. |
Selected Publications
- Tropp, Tasha. (2001). Esperanza Rising. [Review of the book Esperanza Rising]. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 43,334-335.
Tropp, Tasha. (ED) (2000) in Recipes for Wired Teachers. Ryan, Kevin (Ed). Navigate the globe. 34-36. Japan Association of Language Teaching.
Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships
- International Reading Association
- National Council of Teachers of English
- National Reading Conference
Conference Presentations
- Oxford Ethnography in Education Conference
2002: Rethinking Reading: The Intertextual Frameworks of Emergent Literacy. Presented paper in Oxford, England.
National Council of Teachers of English Conference Presentations 2001: Literacy Practices, Ideologies, and Power: Responding to and Writing Social Issues Texts. Co-presented with research panel including: Mitzi Lewison, Lee Heffernan, Amy Seely Flint, Jane Hammel, Natalie Legan and Katie Van Sluys in Baltimore, Maryland.
National Reading Conference Presentations. 2001: Expectations, Conceptions, and Realizations: Exploring Critical Literacy with Undergraduate Teacher Education Students. Co-presented with Natalie Legan and Katie Van Sluys in San Antonio, Texas.
Whole Language Umbrella Conference Presentation. 2001: Beyond the Book: Exploring Social Issues Through Text Sets and Invitations Co-presented with Rise Paynter and Katie Van Sluys in Chicago, Illinois.
Belize Ministry of Education 1996-1998: Conducted workshops for classroom teachers in Belmopan, San Ignacio, and Orange Walk, Belize
Service/Outreach Projects
- National Reading Conference Proposal Reviewer. 2002
Honors/Awards
- Ruth G. Strickland Memorial Fellowship Fund Recipient, 2002-2003.
Harste Alternative Literacies Fellowship Recipient, Indiana University, 2001-02
Deans List, University of Cincinnati, 1987-1992
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