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Kerry Decker is the Principal of PS/IS 126 and the Manhattan Academy of Technology, a Pre-k to 8 school in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.  This is Kerry's sixth academic year as Principal of the school.  Kerry dual majored in English and Spanish at University of Wisconsin-Madison and then attended National Louis University in Chicago where she received a Masters in Teaching.  She started out her teaching career in Villa Park, Illinois before moving to the Middle East to teach at the American School of Kuwait, a State Department School.  After four years abroad, Kerry moved to New York City in 2001 to attend Teachers College, Columbia University where she attained her Ed.M in Educational Leadership.  Post graduation she worked as an Assistant Principal at Middle School 51 in Park Slope, Brooklyn before taking the helm at PS/IS 126 MAT in Manhattan in June 2004.

 

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AMERICAN EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
Annual Meeting
Denver, CO
May 2, 2010

Unison Reading: Engaging, Effective, Heterogeneous Small-Group Reading Instruction, K-8
Poster Session by Cynthia McCallister & Kerry Decker
 

INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION
Annual Convention
Chicago, IL
April 25-28, 2010

Genre Practice: A 'Principled' Pedagogy for Adolescent Literacy
Symposium by Cynthia McCallister, Kerry Decker, Amy Piller & Jacqueline Aiello

Genre Practice: A Pedagogy fo Student Responsibility for Literacy Learning
Symposium by Cynthia McCallister & Tara Clark 

Unison Reading: Engaging, Effective Small-group Reading Instruction, K-8
Symposium by Cynthia McCallister, Kerry Decker, Amy Piller, Tara Clark & Jacqueline Aiello

Genre Practice: A Pedagogy for Literacy that Supports Avoidant and Low Achieving Students Research Poster Session by Cynthia McCallister, Kim Greene & Kerry Decker

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
Annual Convention
November 19-22, 2009
Philadelphia, PA

Supporting English Language Learners with Genre Practice
Jaela Kim, Karen Fournier Elisa Sansone & Jacqueline Aiello
Friday, November 20, 2009 from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM

Engaging Reluctant Learners through Genre Practice: Literacy Instruction that Supports Engagement and Achievement
Sabina McNamara, Erin Scutt & Ede Blabac
Friday, November 20, 2009 from 12:30-1:45

Genre Practice: A Model for Accountability for Literacy Learning
Cynthia McCallister, Kerry Decker & Ariel Ricciardi
Saturday, November 21 from 8:00-9:15 AM

Radical Freedom and Genre Practice: How Children Still Learn What's Expected When They're in Control of Reading Workshop
Rachel Goren, Lilian Ng & Emily Jarrell
Saturday, November 21 from 1:15-2:30

Feelings, Emotions, and Genre Practice: Restoring Joyfulness into Standards-Based Literacy Education
Priscilla Fields, Meagan Klemchuk & Becky Terrigno
Saturday, November 21 from 4:15-5:30 PM

 

 59th NATIONAL READING CONFERENCE
Annual Meeting
Albuquerque, NM

Acquiring English Literacy through "Genre Practice": Accounts of K-8 English Language Learners
Cynthia McCallister, Kerry Decker, Jaela Kim & Ariel Ricciardi
Friday, December 4, 2009 from 10:15 to 11:45

 

 

 

RECOMMENDED READING

"The Cambridge Handbook of Literacy, by David R. Olson and Nancy Torrance, is a comprehensive and descriptive survey of literacy across a full range of social and psychological functions. The authors' treatment of the topic of literacy extends far beyond the narrow concerns of learning to reading and write, offering a constellation of insights that hold promise to guide the reconceptualization of literacy instruction." Cynthia McCallister, Ed.D.

 FRIENDS OF GENRE PRACTICE

Jenny Brown, has a great web site devoted to childrens' books. 

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Amy Simone Piller is a poet, teacher and blogger.

 

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