Clara Beier, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Literacy
Office: TH W261 Phone: (716)679-4680
Email: clara.beier@fredonia.edu
Introduction
Dr. Clara Beier teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Literacy including courses in assessment and general methods. From 2005 to August 2007, she served as the graduate and undergraduate Program Coordinator for Literacy. She played a lead role in the recent submission of the IRA/NCATE SPA report which received full, national, recognition.Scholarly/Teaching Interests
- Digital media and children’s literature
- Emergent Literacy
- Assessment
- Critical literacy and social justice
- Pre-service teacher knowledge
- Emergent literacy
- Literacy coaching
Other Activities
- Member: International Reading Association Manuscript Review Board
- Past co-editor: New York State Reading Association Language and Literacy Spectrum (2004-2006)
- Lead author: 2007 submission of the IRA/NCATE SPA report. Due to a joint effort with colleagues, the report received full, national, recognition by the International Reading Association
Recent Publications
- Herbeck, J. & Beier, C. (2003). A critical literacy curriculum: Helping preservice teachers to understand reading and writing as emancipatory acts. Thinking Classroom , 4, (4) 37-42.
Recent Presentations
2007- November, 2007 New York State Reading Association "Digital Bookmaking: Pre-Service Teachers Using Digital Media" Jennifer Moon Ro and Clara Beier
2006
- May, 2006 International Reading Association, Chicago "History in the Trenches: Exploring Critical Literacy" Jill Marshall, Clara Beier, Joyce Herbeck, Mira Berkley
2005
- November, 2005 National Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburgh "Middle School Perceptions of Critical Literacy" Joyce Herbeck, Clara Beier
- May, 2005 International Reading Association, San Antonio, Texas "Exploring Critical Literacy and Social Justice Through the History Workshop" Clara Beier, Jill Marshall, Mira Berkley, and Joyce Herbeck
2004
- November, 2004 New York State Reading Association in Saratoga Springs, "Assessing Dispositions of Graduate Literacy Professionals" Barbara Mallette, Clara Beier, Greg Harper, Anna Thibodeau
- May, 2004 International Reading Association, Reno, Nevada, May, 2004 "Exploring Critical Literacy through Drama, Readers' Theatre, and Young Adult Literature" Clara Beier, Joyce Herbeck, Judy Ulrich
- February, 2004 National AACTE conference, Chicago "Developing Leadership Skills: Graduate Reading Specialists Mentoring Paraprofessionals" Clara Beier and Elke Schneider
- February, 2004 Faculty Research Exposition "Through Participants' Eyes: Graduate Students Mentoring Paraprofessionals" Clara Beier
2003
- November, 2003 New York State Reading Association in New York City, "Through Participants’ Eyes: Mentoring Reading First Paraprofessionals" Clara Beier and Tamara Neu
- 2003 International Reading Association national conference in Orlando written and submitted jointly with Joyce Herbeck and Judy Ulrich "Questioning Our Beliefs and Practices: Creating Classrooms for Critical Literacy and Social Justice"
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in San Antonio Topic: Mathematics and the language arts curriculum Jamar Pickreign and Clara Beier
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, 1994, University of Arizona Teaching and Teacher Education Minor in Reading, Language and Culture Dissertation: Preservice Teachers' Conceptualizations of the Integrated Curriculum
- Masters of Science in Education, 1979 Western Oregon State University Area of emphasis: Early Childhood
- Bachelor of Science in Education, 1973 Oregon State University Elementary Education
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