Linda Vereline

Education

• B.A. Douglass College
• M.S.Ed. Rutgers University

Courses Taught

• ED 640 Secondary Methods:  Learning to Teach
• ED 641  Secondary Methods:  Making English Meaningful
• ED 656 Literacy in the Content Area
• ED 690 Teacher as Researcher

Brief Personal Bio/Message

I have worked as an educator for 34 years.  During that time I have been a classroom teacher in middle and high schools.  I have also worked as a teacher-consultant alongside classroom teachers in 4 of the 5 boroughs of New York City implementing structural and instructional reform.  Since 2001, I have worked as a teacher-educator with teachers who are completing their masters’ degrees through both traditional and alternate pathways to certification.  I am inspired by the classroom teachers with whom I work.

Publications

• “The Importance of Relationship in Learning to Teach:  Looking at the Support and Growth of New Teachers.” Linda Vereline et. al.  In CUE Point of View. Brooklyn, NY: The Center for Urban Educators, School of Education, Brooklyn Campus, Long Island University. June 2007.
• “Descriptive Inquiry as Transformative Teacher Preparation.” Co-authored with Cecilia Espinosa and Kathleen Kesson.  In Milan, J., Springgay, S., Sloan, K., and Carpenter, B. (Eds.), Curriculum for a Progressive, Provocative, Poetic and Public Pedagogy.  Troy, NY:  Educator’s International Press, Inc.  2006.
• “Literacy Practices at C.E.S 28 and C.J.H.S 117: A report to Community School District 9”. Co-authored with Barbara Batton. Institute for Literacy Studies, Lehman College. January 1997.

Presentations

• “Can Anybody Teach These Children?  Lessons Learned in Preparing Alternatively Certified Teachers for Urban Classrooms and Communities,” National Center for Alternative Certification, New Orleans, LA, February 2008.
• “Planning, Coordinating and Implementing a Two-Year, Multi-Section, On-line Teacher Preparation Program,” New York State Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Saratoga Springs, NY, April 2007.
• “Developing a Program Structure and Curriculum to Serve Students and Alternative Route Candidates,” National Center for Alternative Certification, San Diego, California,  February 2006.
• “Alternative Certification: The Impact On Higher Education in New York City,” National Center for Alternative Certification, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 2005.
• “Supporting Teaching Fellows and the People Who Support Them,” Alternative Teacher Preparation in New York State, New York State Education Department, Albany, NY, March 2004.
• “How Teacher Inquiry Strengthens Accountability,” New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Saratoga Springs, NY, April 2003.
• “Collaborative Conversations for Literacy- Possibilities for Classroom and Districts: Literacy Conversations for Systematic Change.” National Council of Teachers of English, Denver, Colorado, November 1999.