Area 2: In-service Teacher Education/Professional Development in Literacy

Dana A Robertson, University of Wyoming

Kindergarten and First Grade Teachers’ Knowledge of Reading at Rural, High-Poverty Schools - Rebecca Lee Payne Jordan, Appalachian State University

Local Knowledge as a Pressure Balance for Improved Instruction - Vicki Stewart Collet, University of Arkansas

“How Do We Find That Balance?”: A Case Study of Sociocultural Knowledge Development in Inservice Teacher Education - Laura A. Taylor, The University of Texas at Austin; Saba Vlach, The University of Texas at Austiin; Melissa Mosley Wetzel, University of Texas at Austin

Writing Development through the Primary Years: An Examination of School and Home Influences on Students’ Identities as Writers - Anna Hall, Clemson University; Ysaaca Axelrod, University of Massachusetts at Amhurst