

Tedrow ’99 Helping Parents Effectively Read to Their Childrenīeth Blase, a student in the Master of Science in Literacy Education program and preschool teacher based at John Kerr Elementary School in Winchester, Virginia, has created a video to help parents read to children in a way that allows children to more fully experience all the parts of a book. Online resources were gathered into one location for parents and indicate which ones are free or require a fee.” The aim is to incorporate literacy activities into everyday family life to keep students learning in a low-pressure, engaging manner. Over the course of approximately a month, the students began gathering resources on how to best connect with parents on the topic and then created a website and a flyer (for families without online access) in which they shared information. It was ‘How can you support literacy development in the home?’” When schools announced the shift to distance learning, the students in her class “suspended work that couldn’t be moved online (though several of the projects continued) and shifted to a new inquiry question, which they developed. However, the inquiry changed halfway through the semester as a result of the response to the coronavirus pandemic. In this particular course, those teachers, in their role as students, develop a question related to student achievement and literacy, work together to develop lessons, implement the lessons, and then evaluate their results, Tedrow said. in Literacy Education is primarily for teachers. Tedrow ’99, M.Ed., NBCT, who teaches for SOEL, said the students in her Collaboration in Teaching, Learning & Literacy (EDU 580) course in a Master of Science in Literacy Education cohort created a website designed to help parents keep elementary and middle school students engaged in literacy at home in low-key, fun ways. Shenandoah Valley Writing Project Mary K. Teachers in Shenandoah Graduate Program Compile Reading Resources for Families Students in Shenandoah University School of Education and Leadership (SOEL) undergraduate and graduate programs are using their expertise and Shenandoah training to improve the distance learning experience for children and families.
