Professional profile
As a teacher of preservice teachers, I feel that it is important for them to see their potential and work to their highest potential.  Because I feel teaching is more than filling empty vessels but the facilitation of knowledge construction, it is imperative that preservice teachers are able to see the multiplicities each student brings to the classroom. After teaching in the public schools, where I have had both rural and urban experiences, I have learned that we must equip preservice teachers with the tools to be successful with all students.

My research interests include: culturally relevant pedagogy as it relates to literacy instruction, teacher dissonance in curriculum planning for the literacy classroom, and Freirian based approaches towards literacy education.

Location: Boyle
Room: 238
Phone: (920) 403-2903
Fax: (920) 403-4078

Mailing address:
St. Norbert College
Department Number: 14
100 Grant Street
De Pere, WI 54115-2099

tynisha.meidl@snc.edu

Academic credentials:
B.S., Penn State University
M.ed., University of Texas-Pan American
Ph.D., Penn State University

Courses taught:
EDUC 386 Reading Improvement in the Elememtary/Middle School
EDUC 350 Developmental Reading and Language Arts
EDUC 373 The Writing Process