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Email: gespass [at] rider.edu

Phone Number: 609-895-5669

Office Location: Bierenbaum Fisher Hall

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Email: gespass [at] rider.edu

Phone Number: 609-895-5669

Office Location: Bierenbaum Fisher Hall

Academic Background

  • 1989 Doctor of Philosophy, Teaching and Teacher Education, Elementary Education Major, Applied Linguistics Minor, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Dissertation: Control and Use of Pronouns in the Writing of Native American Children. Dissertation Director: Kenneth Goodman.
  • 1981 Master of Education, Elementary Education with a focus in Language and Literacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
  • 1975 Teaching Credential, Upper Valley Teacher Training Program, Hanover, New Hampshire.
  • 1974 Bachelor of Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York.

Selected Presentations

  • October 1981 鈥淭he Role of Children鈥檚 Literature in Literacy Development鈥�(with Melisa Choroszy).Southwest Regional Conference of the International Reading Association, Tucson, Arizona.
  • March 1981 鈥淎 Literate Environment for Literacy Development鈥�(with Dr. Yetta Goodman). Language Arts Conference of the National Council of teachers of English, Portland, Oregon.
  • February 1982 Symposium on Research in Language and Literacy, Elementary Education Conference, Tucson, Arizona.
  • May 1982 鈥淧ronouns in Freddie Miller,鈥� center for the Expansion of Language and Thinking, Boulder, Colorado.
  • October 1982 鈥淩eaders and Pronouns,鈥� Southwest Regional English Teachers鈥� Conference, Phoenix, Arizona.
  • December 1982 鈥淭ext Features as They Relate to Miscues- Pronouns,鈥� Miscue Analysis Conference for Teacher Educators, Tucson, Arizona.
  • November 1983 鈥淭aking the Cue from the Reader,鈥� National Reading Conference, Austin, Texas.
  • November 1984 鈥淯sing Miscue analysis to Study Text,鈥� Miscue Update Conference, Detroit, Michigan.
  • November 1986 鈥淐ontrol and Use of Pronouns in the Writing of Native American Children,鈥� National Reading Conference, Austin, Texas.
  • October 1987 鈥淭he History of Whole Language,鈥� Tri-County Reading Association, Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
  • November 1990 鈥淯sing Miscue Analysis,鈥� Central Jersey Teachers Applying Whole Language, Princeton, New Jersey.
  • February 1991 鈥淟ooking into Whole Language Classrooms,鈥� New Jersey Lenape Teachers Applying Whole Language, Hampton, New Jersey.
  • March 1992 鈥淭heme Cycles in the Classroom鈥�(with Shirley Paris), Tri-County Reading Association, Flemington, New Jersey.
  • August 1992 鈥淢erging Miscues and Think-Alouds鈥�(with Carol Brown), Whole Language Umbrella, Niagara Falls, New York.
  • August 1992 鈥淣othing But the Truth: One School Moving Towards Whole Language鈥� (with Beth Bayuk, Kathy Gumlack and Susan Meeks) Whole Language Umbrella, Niagara Falls, New York.
  • November 1992 鈥淧ronoun Use in the Work of Young Writers,鈥� National Council of Teachers of English, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • August 1993 鈥淐lassroom Use of Miscue Analysis with Expository Texts鈥� (with Shirley Paris), Whole Language Umbrella, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  • October 1993 鈥淢iscue Analysis, 鈥淩ound table presentation at the Fall Conference of Central Jersey Teachers Applying Whole Language, Hightstown, New Jersey.
  • February 1994 鈥淒eepening Responses to Literature,鈥� Tri-County Reading Association, Flemington, New Jersey.
  • July 1994 鈥淯sing Reading and Writing to Teach Math and Science鈥� (with Janet Woods), Whole Language Umbrella conference, San Diego, California.
  • September 1994 鈥淩eader Response,鈥� New Jersey Lenape Teachers Applying Whole Language, Hampton, New Jersey.
  • November 1994 鈥淩eading Strategies for the Intermediate Grades,鈥� Tri-County Reading Association, Flemington, New Jersey (invited).
  • April 1995 鈥淪elf-Monitoring Strategies for Reading Comprehension,鈥� Central Jersey Teachers Applying Whole Language, Princeton Junction, New Jersey (invited).
  • May 1995 Introduction of keynote speaker, Paula Dansiger at the International Reading Association Annual Convention, Anaheim, California.
  • July 1995 鈥淩eading: Using What We Know About the Process鈥� (with Y. Goodman and B. Altwerger), National Council of Teachers of English International Conference, New York, New York.
  • April 1996 鈥淯sing Writing to Teach Mathematics in the Primary Grades鈥� (with J. Woods) National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, San Diego, California.
  • May 1997 鈥淚n-Process Reading Assessment: Coining Miscues and Think-Alouds for Classroom Use鈥� (with C. Brown, C. Cappelli and J. Woods), International Reading association, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • March 1998 鈥淕uided Reading,鈥� Central Jersey Teachers Applying Whole Language, West Windsor, New Jersey (invited).
  • May 1998 鈥淭he Joy and Uniqueness of Editing Professional Publications,鈥� International Reading Association Publication Series, International Reading Association, Orlando, Florida (invited).
  • February 1999 鈥淧reservice Teachers鈥� Perceptions of the Connections Between Education Course Content and Field-Site Experience鈥� (with Judith Fraivillig), Eastern Educational research Association, Tampa, Florida.
  • May 1999 Participation in the IRA Publication Series (invited), International Reading Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • November 2001 National Council of teachers of English Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD
    鈥淧erspectives on field site experiences for pre-service teachers before student teaching: Deciding what鈥檚 important from varying points of view鈥�
    Presentation that highlighted university-school partnership with Dutch Neck School as an innovative pre-service teaching field experience. Presented with the assistant principal, Tudy Tanzillo and teachers Diane Miness, Kristi Mattingly and Ginny McNeil.
  • March 2002 New Jersey Reading Association Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ.
    Presentation with members of the Summer Institute of the Trenton Area Writing Project.
  • February 2003 鈥淭hinking With Children About Stories and Books: Making Connections鈥� Lawrenceville, NJ
    Conference to celebrate the new Early Childhood Education Program at 小优视频 鈥淔ocus on Young Children鈥檚 Thinking.鈥�
  • November 2003 Who鈥檚 in charge here? When student teachers and supervisors share power, responsibility and purpose. Chicago, IL NAEYCTE Annual meeting with Cynthia Paris.
  • February 2004 鈥淪upporting Inquiry-based Teaching and Learning Through Virtual Learning Communities鈥� Chicago IL. AACTE Annual Meeting with Judith Fraivillig, Carol Brown, Judy Burry-Stock, and Janet Jackson
  • May 2005 (accepted) 鈥淒oes Johnny鈥檚 reading teacher love to read? Is this important?鈥� San Antonio, TX, Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, with Sharon Mckool.

Publications

  • February 1982 Analysis of Text Structures as They Relate to Patterns of Oral Reading Miscues (with K.S Goodman), Final Report Project NIE 6-80-0057
  • March 1983 Text Features as They Relate to Miscues- Pronouns (K.S. Goodman), Occasional Paper, Arizona Center for Research and Development, University of Arizona.
  • 1984 Textual Cohesion (with M.Maguire and A. Marek), in a Two-Year Case Study Observing the Development of Third and Fourth Grade Native American Children鈥檚 Writing Processes by Y. Goodman, Final Report, NIE grant No. NIE-G-81-0127
  • Spring 1987 鈥淲hole Language Evaluation: An Integral Part of the Curriculum鈥� (with Y. Goodman), The reading Instruction Journal, Vol.30, No.3, pp.25-30.
  • November 1992 鈥淗e Got Hone Before He Could Get Him,鈥� Pronoun Use in the Work of Young Writers in Literacy Events in a Community of Young Writers, Y. Goodman and S. Wilde (eds.), Teachers College press.
  • Fall 1994 鈥淓xploring Disjuncture鈥檚 Between Theory and Practice in Literacy Education鈥� (with Carol Brown), Focus on Education.
  • 1999 Case commentaries in Cases in Literacy for Preservice Teacher, Janet Richards (ed.), Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • November 2001 Examining the Mismatch Between Learner- Centered Teaching and Teacher- Centered Supervision (with Cynthia Paris) The Journal of Teacher Education 52, 5, 398-412

Professional Affiliations

  • International Reading Association (Early Childhood Assessment Committee, 1993-1995)
  • National Council Of Teachers Of English
  • New Jersey Reading Association (co-chair, Parents and Reading Committee, 1986-1987, co-editor Reading instruction Journal, 1994-2001)
  • Central Jersey Teachers Applying Whole Language (chair, Nominating Committee, 1992-1993; Program Committee, 1992-1994)
  • Whole Language Umbrella, Member Teacher Educator Special Interest Group
  • New Jersey Association for Teacher Educators
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  • National Association for the Education of the Young Child

Service to the Profession and the Community

  • 2001-present SELECT VLC Responsible for the mentoring aspect of developing a virtual learning community with Cynthia Paris
  • Conducted workshop on mentoring for Hopewell Valley School District, April, 2002
  • 2001 Training Program for Literacy Tutors for Princeton Young Achievers, June
  • 2000-2002 Co-director with Carol Brown of The Trenton Area Writing Project
  • 1994-Present Member of Advisor Board, Princeton Young Achievers, Chair, Program Committee, 1998-present.
  • 1994-1996 Member of Advisory Board, Multicultural Recruitment Committee, Princeton Regional Schools.

Current Research Agenda

  • Long term study of the impact of learner-centered instructional and supervision practices during teacher preparation on the work of practicing teachers in the early years of their careers. Recent study of how teachers鈥� personal reading habits affect the way they teach and promote reading the their classrooms.

Honors

  • Selected Andrew J. Rider Scholars (students with the highest GPA in the school of Education) as the person who influenced them most at Rider; 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004

Courses Taught

  • ELD 301 Emergent Literacy
  • ELD 308 Fostering Language and Literacy
  • SED 431 Content Reading in the Secondary School
  • GLTP 502 Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision of Reading Language Arts
  • READ 501 Psychology of the Reading Language Process
  • ECED 507 Emergent Literacy
  • EDU 464 Student Teaching and Seminar
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