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Leslie D. Murrill 956 Colbourne Avenue Vinton, VA 24179 (540) 981-1754 RECENT EMPLOYMENT: Aug 1995-Present: Assistant Professor in Education Roanoke College, Salem, VA -Instructed EDUC 323, Middle School Methods -Instructed EDUC 315, Teaching Reading and Writing in the Content Areas -Instructed EDUC 314, Techniques of Reading Instruction and Diagnosis -Supervised ninety-three EDUC 216 Education interns in local schools -Current advising load: 69 students -Committee Service: Disabilities Advisory Board Academic Integrity Council Curriculum Committee
Aug 1992-Aug 1995: Visiting Instructor in Education Roanoke College, Salem, VA -Instructed EDUC 316, Diagnostic Teaching of Reading -Instructed EDUC 323, Middle School Methods -Instructed EDUC 314, Techniques of Teaching Reading -Supervised forty-six EDUC 216 Education interns in local school settings -Supervised seven EDUC 400 student teachers in local school settings Jan 1992-May 1992: Adjunct Professor in Education Roanoke College, Salem, VA -Supervised nine EDUC 400 student teachers in local school settings Aug 1989-May 1991: Course Instructor and Graduate Teaching Assistant Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN -Instructed EDUC 307, Corrective Reading for the Classroom Teacher -Supervised five graduate assistants RELATED EXPERIENCE (since 1984): -Employed as a Reading Tutor, Lafayette School Corporation, Lafayette, IN -Worked as a Children's Library Assistant, summers, West Lafayette Public Library, IN
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-Taught Fifth Grade, Grace Brethren Christian School, Temple Hills, MD -Provided services as a private reading tutor EDUCATION: Present: Ph.D. in progress, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; coursework completed May 1996 Area of Specialization: Elementary and Middle Level Language Arts Curriculum and Instruction Current GPA: 4.0 (on 4.0 scale) Named to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1996 M.Ed., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (thesis option) Area of Specialization: Elementary Reading and Language Arts Instruction Cumulative GPA: 6.0 (on 6.0 scale) B.S., Grace College, Winona Lake, IN Major: Elementary Education Cumulative GPA: 3.81 (on 4.0 scale) Awarded "Outstanding Prospective Teacher" by Education faculty Named to Who's Who, Alpha Chi Honor Society and held Merit Scholarship Residence Hall Advisor
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PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP: Conference Membership: American Educational Research Association Kappa Delta Pi National Reading Conference Virginia Conference of English Educators Conference Presentations: "Magical Images: Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden Reinterpreted on the Screen." Presented at the International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, March 1994. "The Relationship of Text and Illustration in The Tunnel by Anthony Browne." Presented at the International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, March 1995. "A Teaching Self-Study on the Process of Developing a Participatory, Democratic Classroom Experience with College Education Students." Presented at the National Reading Conference, December 1996.
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"Fostering Conditions for Social Change through Multi-Layered Collaboration." To be presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, April 1998. Publications: . Book Review of: Integrated Studies in the Middle Grades, by Stevenson and Carr, in Virginia English Bulletin, Fall 1994. Book Review of: Building Communities of Learners, by S.P. McCaleb, in Reading in Virginia, Fall 1995. "Do Young Readers Need Happy Endings?" Book chapter to be included in Reading and Children's Literature: Mysteries of Style and Audience, edited by Daniel Hade and Jill P. May. Publication scheduled for 1998. Local Presentations: "Early Literacy Experiences," at Virginia Western Community College, Fall 1992. "Portfolio Assessment," at Lincoln Terrace Elementary School, Fall 1995. PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES: Dr. Leslie Lambert, Department Chair Roanoke College Department of Education and Physical Education 221 College Lane Salem, VA 24153 (540) 375-2470 Dr. Rosary Lalik, Major Advisor Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University School of Human Resources and Education Department of Teaching and Learning Blacksburg, VA 24061-0313 (540) 231-5558 Professor Jill May, Former Major Advisor Purdue University School of Education Department of Curriculum and Instruction West Lafayette, IN 47907 (317) 494-2364
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