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edu Released: June 2012

Marquette University professors receive Way Klingler Teaching Enhancement Award

MILWAUKEE Dr. Kathleen Clark, associate professor of educational policy and leadership, and Dr. Maura Moyle, assistant professor of speech pathology and audiology, have been named the recipients of Marquette Universitys 2012 Way Klingler Teaching Enhancement Award. Clark and Moyle developed an interdisciplinary course that will teach undergraduates in Marquettes education and speech-language pathology programs to collaborate on language and literacy development, particularly for urban, lowincome children. While many speech-language pathologists work in school settings after graduation, they receive limited hands-on training in collaborating with classroom teachers. Conversely, elementary education students are expected to place literacy and language development high on the list of learning outcomes for students, but opportunities to actually instruct culturally and linguistically diverse children in the areas of phonological awareness and oral language development are limited. To combat this need, Clark and Moyle developed their new, team-taught course, which will be available for up to 32 students from Marquette education and speech-language pathology programs during the fall 2012 semester. Were hoping our course will increase cross-disciplinary collaboration, especially when colleges can work on mutual goals across disciplines, Clark said. One of the biggest advantages of this type of learning is that students graduate with a broader perspective and a different way of thinking. The course, Excellence in Literacy Instruction: An Innovative Approach for Preparing Pre-Service Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists, will emphasize new approaches to collaboration and coaching to help students work together and learn from the other discipline. Students in the course will also work together to design and implement a full program of literacy instruction for children from the Hartman Literacy and Learning Centers local partner schools. Literacy, especially in culturally diverse children, is a huge task that takes many different viewpoints, Moyle said. School models are changing to accommodate extra professional in the classroom to support literacy, and this course if preparing students to hit the ground running and effect real change.

The Way Klinger Teaching Enhancement Award is intended to foster the development of effective and sustainable changes and innovations in teaching approaches within specific courses. This annual award is given to a team of two or more faculty to develop, implement and evaluate a specific teaching project. One award of up to $20,000 will be given to the selected project team for one fiscal year. ###