GRANTS:

Developing the Effectiveness of Teachers’ Instruction in Word Decoding and Spelling (with Dr. Louise Swerling), $7134, awarded Spring 2003

Improving Novice Teachers’ Instruction in Phonemic Awareness and Word Decoding (with Dr. Louise Swerling), $6644, awarded Spring 2002

Unification of Teacher Preparation Programs, CT State Improvement Grant, Office of Special Education Programs, Washington, DC. 2001 – present. Co-chair of grant program with Dr. Vincent Breslin, School of Arts and Sciences. Grant goal is to develop a system to unify and integrate all university requirements at SCSU with education courses required for the Collaborative Elementary / Special Education Teacher Certification Program. 2001 – present. $ 350,000.

SCSU Curriculum Grant: with Dr. Robert Piazza, 2000-2001, to develop phonemic awareness materials for middle to secondary readers. $5000

SCSU Curriculum Grant: with Dr. Robert Piazza, 1999 – 2000, to develop a practice study guide for the Special Education Praxis II exam required of all candidates for special education certification in CT. $ 5000

SAMPLE PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS:

Brucker, P., Spear-Swerling, L., & Alfano, M Novice teachers perceptions of the iimportance of field experience in the acquistion of course content. Sumitted for publication.

Spear-Swerling, L; & Brucker, P. Teachers’ Word-structure Knowledge and Children’s Progress during Tutoring. Conference presentation at International Dyslexia Association, November 2004.

Spear-Swerling, L., & Brucker, P. (2004). Preparing novice teachers to develop basic reading and spelling skills in children. Annals of Dyslexia, 54, 332-364.

Granfield,J; Brucker,P.; & Breslin, V. Unification of Teacher Preparation Programs. Conference presentation at American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, January 2003.

Spear-Swerling, L; & Brucker, P. (2003). Teachers’ acquisition of knowledge about English word structure. Annals of Dyslexia, 53, 72-103.

Spear-Swerling, L; & Brucker, P. What Affects Teachers’ Knowledge Base about English Word Structure? Presentation at Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, June 2003.

Brucker,P.& Piazza, R. Phonemic Awareness for Middle and Secondary Students: a Approach. Presentation at Council for Exceptional Children international conference, April 2002.

Brucker,P.& Piazza, R. (2002) Reading for Older Students. CEC Today. Council for Exceptional Children, September – October 2002, 12-13.

Brucker,P. Content literacy strategies for secondary readers. Inservice Presentation, Madison Public Schools, and Area Cooperative Educational Services,January 2002.

Brucker,P. Diagnostic Uses of the Woodcock- Johnson III Tests of Achievement, Inservice Presentation for Hamden Public Schools, August 2001.

Brucker, P. The role of phonemic awareness in reading, Inservice Presentation for Hamden Public Schools, January 2001.

Brucker, P. Birth to Three: lessons learned, conference presentation for CT Early Childhood Education Association, April 2001.

Brucker,P. (1999). Characteristics of an Effective Birth to Three Program, UMI, Ann Arbor, MI.

Brucker,P. (1994). The advantages of inclusion for students with learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27 (9), 581-582.