PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Council for Accrediation for Teacher Education Board of Examiners (NCATE BOE)
Louisiana Board of Examiners
Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
Louisiana Staff Development Council (LSDC, Charter Member)
International Reading Association (IRA)
Louisiana Reading Association (LRA)
Southeast Louisiana Reading Council (SLRC)
Reading Recovery Council of North America (RRCNA, Charter Member)
Phi Kappa Phi
AWARDS & HONORS
2011 - President's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
2006 - present - Faculty Fellow in Teaching, Center for Faculty Excellence
2005-2008 - Awarded the Merritt Family Endowed Professorship, College of Education and Human Development
2003-2005 - Awarded the Merritt Family Endowed Professorship, College of Education and Human Development
January 2003 - National Educational Telecommunications Association, First Place Award in Inservice/Staff Category for Literacy and Learning Module 3
Summer 2002 - Presidential Service Award from Louisiana Reading Association
Spring 2002 - Received national recognition for the Early Literacy Intiative Project at SLU in What Works in the Elementary Grades: Results-Based Staff Development