by: Dr. Jennifer L. Altieri, Coordinator

The Division of Literacy Education currently has 24 Charleston County School District (CCSD) teachers participating in a special cohort-based Master of Literacy Education program. Members of this cohort will have completed four courses by the end of December. Successful program completers will graduate in May 2010.

This year the Summer Reading Clinic will again be held in July. Its primary target will be elementary grade children enrolled in high need schools on the Peninsula (City of Charleston). Applications and more information will be available beginning February 1, 2009. Please call 953-5097 beginning on that date to get a copy of the application.

Student Kudos

The division is also proud to announce that Ashley Pfeffer has been named teacher of the year at Pinckney Elementary School. Ashley graduated from Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan and taught two years in Michigan before moving to the Charleston area. This is her fourth year at Pinckney. She is on schedule to graduate with her M. Ed. in Literacy Education in the Summer of 2010.

Faculty Kudos

Jennifer L. Altieri published an article, "Fictional Characters with Dyslexia: What are We Seeing in Books?" in the October 2008 issue of Teaching Exceptional Children.