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Phase 2 - Language Arts, Reading and Language Arts, Writing

Project Team
Dr. Diane Foucar-Szocki - Research/Principal Investigator
Barbara E. Gibson - Project Management
Marcia Phillips - Lead Specialist
Edmund Vitale, Jr. - Curriculum
Susan Holt - Instruction
John Anderson - Editorial Assistant
John Vaughan - Technology Specialist

Consultants
Dr. Tamara L. Jetton - Associate Professor of Reading, James Madison University
John M. Reier, Language Arts Consultant and author of McGraw-Hill's GED Language Arts, Reading
Dr. Kenn Barron, Assistant Professor of Psychology, James Madison University

Field Test Sites
Northern Shenandoah Adult Education - Janet Frye, coordinator. Instructors: Bobbie Eller, Paula Gould, Tonya Miller
Prince William County Public Schools, Adult Education - Susan Garlock, coordinator. Instructors: Eileen Rakshys, Vickey Logan, Debbie Casselli
Regional Adult Education, Planning District 9 - Phyllis Metzger, coordinator. Instructors: Susan Fox, Carol Robertson, Clysta Walters

Special Contributors
Gwen Smith, Specialist for Literacy Projects, Office of Adult Education and Literacy, Virginia Department of Education
Jim Kennedy, consultant for the GED Testing Service for writing
John Hodges, Production Manager, James Madison University, School of Media Arts and Design
Dr. Yvonne Thayer, Director, Office of Adult Education and Literacy, Virginia Department of Education
Norvell Communications
McCabe Pillow Graphic Designers

Special Contributors - Supplementary CD Materials
Marcia Phillips, Projects Specialist, Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center
Susan McShane, Senior Reading Initiative Specialist, National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL)
Dr. William R. Muth, Assistant Professor of Reading Education and Adult Learning, Virginia Commonwealth University

 

Located at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU School of Education), is funded by the Office of Adult Education and Literacy, Virginia Department of Education, the Project was begun by Virginia's Workforce Improvement Network (WIN), a partnership between James Madison University and the Virginia Literacy Foundation. This final phase was developed by The Literacy Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Information Publisher: Workforce Improvement Network
Last Updated: January 5, 2010 | Copyright © 2004 VA Dept. of Ed. All rights reserved

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