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RFTEN Book Cover
Preparing Effective Teachers of Reading:
Putting Research Findings to Work for Student Learning

Release Date: February 2008
Dr. Boyce C. Williams, Editor

The RFTEN book will introduce educators and administrators (K-12 and higher education) of the project, show them how a higher education intiative used collaboration and partnerships to respond to one of the greatest needs facing the nation - improving the reading achievement of poor and minority children. Read more...
RFTEN Webconference LIVE Webcast: June 15, 2006
RFTEN Project Initiative Video
RFTEN Interactive Map

The RFTEN Project is pleased to announce a new partnership with the National Visionary Leadership Project (NVLP) founded by Renee Poussaint and Camille Cosby. NVLP captures priceless first-person oral histories with remarkable African American elders and then shares this wisdom to educate and inspire tomorrow’s young leaders. The NVLP website at www.visionaryproject.org is an excellent resource for American history, social studies, and language arts teachers. Click on "Visionaries" from the home page to see, hear, and experience the rich legacy of video clips from the Visionary interviews. The Teacher Resources area features a unique set of lesson plans on the Civil Rights Movement (www.visionaryproject.org/teachers).
News
AACTE 60th Annual Meeting & Exhibits
February 7-10, 2008 - New Orleans, LA

Special Note: The "13th Annual HBCU Family Reunion - Reclaiming the Legacy Part 2" will be held on February 7 from 8 am - noon (more details later).

"Preparing Effective Teachers of Reading: Putting Research Findings to Work for Student Learning" Book Release and signing (check back for date and times).

ATE's 2008 Annual Meeting
Will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans, February 24-27, 2008. Theme for the Annual Meeting is "Multiple Realities in Teacher Education: Exemplars that Address Dilemmas, Conundrums, and Processes.


Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
NCATE adopts the 2007 revised ACEI standards, incorporating the five essential components of reading into their new NCATE program standards. These standards reflect what elementary teachers are expected to know and be able to do when teaching in the classroom. Institutions who prepare elementary teachers should use these standards to develop and implement their teacher education programs. View the standards here.

NICHD/NCATE Report
In spring 2007, NICHD and NCATE collaborated on a child and adolescent development project involving roundtables of knowledgeable researchers and teacher educators. View the release and report.

New Release
"Moving Beyond National Standards and Assessment" by Boyce C. Williams in the recently published book "Still Not Equal: Expanding Educational Opportunity in Society" Editors: M. Christopher Brown II with assistance from RoSusan D. Bartee.

Purchase a copy.

RFTEN Outreach Extended Internationally in 2007
In 2007 Boyce Williams presented on the RFTEN project in Toronto, Budapest, and Dubai. See more...



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An Interview with Rod Paige, August 2006
Louisiana Universities Surmount Hurricane Damage
Meeting of Reading First State Directors, May 2005
IRA Annual Convention, May 2005
RFTEN Task Force, April 2005
9th Annual HBCU Family Reunion, February 2005
TRAINING
Diana W. Rigden, PhD: Licensure Tests and Effective Reading Instruction September 2006
RFTEN Live Webconference, Norfolk State University, June 2006
IRA Conference, May 2006
RFTEN/ATE Conference, February 2006
SBRR and English Language Learners
Using Research Evidence in Reading Instruction
Oglala Lakota Summer Reading Institute, June 2005
Collaborative Seminar, January 2005
Collaborative Seminar, July 2004
Collaborative Seminars, March 2004
RFTEN Consultant Manual

PRESENTATIONS
IRA Conference, May 2006
RFTEN/ATE Conference, February 2006
RFTEN Dean's Institute, September 2005
Oglala Lakota Summer Reading Institute, June 2005
Meeting of Presidents, February 2004
Meeting of Deans, December 2003
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