University of Wyoming Literacy Research Center and Clinic

University of Wyoming Literacy Research Center and Clinic The University of Wyoming Literacy Research Center and Clinic page Two advisory groups have been formed.

Vision

The center vision focuses on four areas:

Statewide engagement – The primary purpose of the Literacy Research Center and Clinic is that of service to the state of Wyoming. Currently there are partnerships spread across Wyoming with many more in the developing stage. These partnerships include school districts, statewide family organizations, libraries, child development centers, and indivi

dual students, teachers and schools. Tutoring students – The Center provides free tutoring to children, families, and teachers in the state. This is accomplished both in-house at the clinic and via video distance technology for those who are unable to come to the physical location. Advancing educators – In order to make a lasting impact on literacy, the Center educates both future teachers as well as educators already in the classroom. The Center has many existing professional development programs, conferences, and educational opportunities for teachers, librarians, and others to strengthen literacy education at all levels. Discovery – Faculty and graduate students conduct research in the clinic, in collaboration with other literacy researchers nationally, and in collaboration with the many partners located throughout Wyoming. Governance

Growing the broad support needed to bring the LRCC to its launch has been a multi-year, multi-partner, multi-funder process. One key to the project’s success is the institutional commitment represented in the Center’s inclusion in the UW academic planning process. Becoming a university priority raised the LRCC’s visibility, especially with potential donors. Private funding, matched by state funds provided by the Wyoming Legislature, ultimately made the launch possible. An Outreach Advisory Board, spearheaded by the First Lady Carol Mead, a leading spokesperson for literacy initiatives. This board has played a major role to secure the financing for the building. Also, a Research Advisory Board of UW education faculty, to promote research in Literacy.

04/29/2022

Susan Bednasek was awarded the Carol Mead Leaders in Literacy award for her amazing and dedicated work with children ages birth to five in Platte County.

Endowed Chair Dr. Leigh Hall recently gave a TedX talk in Lander on how reading instruction fails students. It has now ...
03/24/2022

Endowed Chair Dr. Leigh Hall recently gave a TedX talk in Lander on how reading instruction fails students. It has now gone live and can be viewed here:

Providing excellent reading instruction to adolescents is not enough for those who experience regular difficulties in school. Understanding where we go wrong...

Check out the new LRCC podcast:
02/25/2022

Check out the new LRCC podcast:

Listen to episodes and learn more about Teaching Reading & Writing. The official podcast of the Literacy Research Center and Clinic at the University of Wyoming. In this podcast, we explore issues related to teaching reading and writing from birth through adulthood. Educators, students, parents, res...

There's still time to register!
07/02/2021

There's still time to register!

              2021 Embracing Literacy Conference The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) announces the second-annual Embracing Literacy Conference, which will be held virtually in July 2021. The conference focuses on the science of reading and is open to educators across the state and beyon...

So honored to be able to support this work to revitalize the Arapaho language through dual immersion curriculum.
05/05/2021

So honored to be able to support this work to revitalize the Arapaho language through dual immersion curriculum.

The plan to build an immersion program at St. Stephens Indian School in Fremont County had been years in the making. Immersion language programs use

Our next issue brief summary is available. Alexander (2020) discusses the shifts needed in reading in the digital age.co...
05/03/2021

Our next issue brief summary is available. Alexander (2020) discusses the shifts needed in reading in the digital age.
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Reading Research Quarterly, 55(S1) pp. S89-S97 ISSUE BRIEF: “What Research has Revealed About Readers’ Struggles with Comprehension in the Digital Age:” Reading Research Quarterly, 55(S1) pp. S89-S97

Free downloadable texts with high decodability yet more natural-sounding language and text that holds meaning. Check 'em...
05/02/2021

Free downloadable texts with high decodability yet more natural-sounding language and text that holds meaning. Check 'em out.

Education, decodable book, decodable reader, beginning reading, decodable, decodables, phonics, Julia Lindsey, Nell Duke

04/08/2021

Leigh E. Rohde, Katie A. Paciga, and Christina M. Cassano discuss how phonological awareness instruction is essential to early literacy development. “It must be effective and efficient,” they say,” but we must remember that it must always be equitable.”
http://bit.ly/LTy_BeyondWhatsEssential

03/24/2021

Serving as the dean from 2015 to 2020, Ray Reutzel looked back on his time saying, “Let’er buck means more to me now than ever!”

Tackling massive budget reductions, transformational iniatives, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Reutzel provided incredible leadership for the College of Education in his term.

Read more here: https://issuu.com/uwyo/docs/coed2020_web/6

03/24/2021

Our explores how literacy educators can examine their own identities, as well as the effects their own backgrounds and implicit biases have on teaching and learning. Presenters address how to question oppressive systems and policies that impact learner outcomes—and proactive steps literacy and school leaders can take to dismantle them.

Keynote by Gloria Ladson-Billings and presentations by Lucía Cárdenas Curiel, Guofang Li, and Matthew R. Kay.

Sponsored by Stenhouse Publishers.

Available on demand.
http://bit.ly/CulturallyRelevantIntensive

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Laramie, WY
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