Former Director

Nancy L. Shanklin, Ed.D.

Associate Professor, Literacy, Language, and Culturally Responsive Teaching
School of Education and Human Development
University of Colorado Denver

Education

Professional Experience

1991-

Associate Professor, Reading and Writing, English Education Programs, University of Colorado at Denver & Health Sciences Center

2001-

Co-Director, Secondary Literacy Network, University of Colorado at Denver

2001.2004

Coordinator, Division of Professional Learning and Advancement Networks, University of Colorado at Denver

1984-1991

Assistant Professor of Reading and Writing, School of Education, University of Colorado at Denver

1982-1984

Visiting Assistant Professor of Reading, Kent State University, Kent, OH

1980-1982

Assistant Professor of Reading, Lewis Clark State College, Lewiston, ID

1975-1976

Teacher, English, Psychology, Grades 10-12, Mitchell School Corporation, Mitchell, IN

1974-1975

Teacher, English, Grades 10-11, Rensselaer School Corporation, Rensselaer, IN

1973-1974

Teacher, English, Grades 7& 9, Richardson Independent School District, Richardson, TX

Selected Publications

2003

Shanklin, N., Kozleski, E.B., Meagher, C., Sands, D., Joseph, O., & Wyman, W. Examining renewal in an urban high school through the Lens of Systemic Change. School Leadership and Management, 23(3), 357-78.

2002

Quate, S. & Shanklin, N. Here it comes! Colorado Basic Literacy Act in the secondary school. Colorado Reading Journal, 13(1), 25-34.

2002

Shanklin, N. NCTE Reading Initiative Inquiry Cycle: Developing adolescent writers. Urbana, IL: National Council Teachers of English.

2001

Shanklin, N. NCTE Reading Initiative Inquiry Cycle: Developing adolescent readers. Urbana, IL: National Council Teachers of English.

1999

Conrad, L. and Shanklin, N. Using miscues to understand students’ reading. Colorado Reading Council Journal, 10(1), 21-32.

1997

Shanklin, N. “Run-away horse: Reining in committee work in schools of education,” Partnerships for Learning: Real Issues and Real Solutions, 2(1), 160-163.

1993

Rhodes, L. & Shanklin, N. Windows into Literacy: Assessing learners, Gr. K-8. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

1991

Shanklin, N.L. Whole language and writing process: One movement or two? Topics in Language Disorders, 11(3). 45-47.

1990

Rhodes, L. and Shanklin, N. Classroom miscue assessment. The Reading Teacher, 44, 252-254.

1990

Shanklin, N.L. Improving the comprehension of at-risk readers: An ethnographic study of four Chapter I teachers, gr. 4-6. Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities. 6, 137-148.

1989

Shanklin, N.L. & Rhodes, L.K. Transforming literacy instruction: A university-public school collaboration. Educational Leadership, 46, 59-64.

1989

Shanklin, N.L. & Rhodes, L.K. Comprehension instruction as sharing and extending. The Reading Teacher, 42, 496-501.

1982

Shanklin, N.L. Relating reading and writing: Development of a transactional theory of the writing process. Monographs in Language and Reading Studies, Bloomington, IN: School of Education.

Program Awards

2005

IRA/NCATE Approval of Program for Reading Teachers and Reading Specialists under new guidelines and posted electronically.

1987

National Council Teachers of English Center of Excellence Award to Denver Public Schools Elementary Chapter I Program.

1987

Secretary of Education's Initiative Award to Denver Public Schools Elementary Chapter I Program.

Selected Grant Awards

1994

Co-Principal Investigator, Literacy for Secondary Level Limited English Proficient Students. U.S. Department of Education. Office of Bilingual Education, $540,000 (over three years), (funded).

1991

Assessment Coordinator, Literacy for Limited English Proficient Students: A Staff Development Program. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Bilingual Education, $590,368 (over three years), (funded).

1990-1991

Research Team Member, The Colorado Literacy Study, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, $75,000 (funded).

Current Projects

2007-

Columnist for Voices from the Middle

2005-

Survey of Literacy/Instructional Coaches Roles, Responsibilities, and Needed Supports in the State of Colorado

2004-

Consultant to Teaching/Learning Team of Denver Public Schools for rewrite of 9th and 11th grade English curriculums

2004-

Development and teaching of Colorado Reading Project

2003-

Development of the Online Adolescent Literacy Certificate Program

2003-

Development of programs to help English/LA Arts teachers become qualified in reading with Jefferson County Public Schools and Cherry Creek Public Schools