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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers Today: Striving for Excellence

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ELIZABETH SURPLUS, ED.D         

                

EDUCATION:

*Ed.D., Educational Leadership, Rowan University
*Principal Certification, Elementary School
*Reading Specialist Certification, Grades K-12
*M.A., Reading Education, Rowan University                      
*B.S., Elementary Education, The College of New Jersey       

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

*Assistant Professor of Education, Education Department, Lincoln University
*Reading Consultant
*Adjunct Professor of Education
*Elementary School Principal
*Classroom Teacher; Reading Specialist

COURSES TAUGHT AT LINCOLN:

*Education 601: Theoretical Foundations of Reading Instruction
*Education 603: Reading and Language Disabilities
*Education 607: Literature and Literacy
*Education 609: Planning and Organizing the Reading Program
*Education 625: Methods: Elementary School Mathematics

CURRENT RESEARCH:

*Emergent literacy
*Reading instruction PK-6
*Building community in the classroom
*Fostering student engagement through empowerment and relationship building

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

*Paper accepted for presentation at The Organization of Teacher Educators in Reading Meeting, IRA Convention, Minneapolis, MN. Surplus, E., & DeBoy, J., (2009, May). Determining Important Ideas in Content Area Reading: Using Mentor Texts to Model the Use of Comprehension Strategies and Techniques.

*Paper presented at The Organization of Teacher Educators in Reading Meeting, IRA Convention, Atlanta, GA. DeBoy, J., & Surplus, E. (2008, May). An analysis of pre-service teachers’ understanding of critical reading and its effect on their evaluation of students’ reading.

*Accepted for publication: Surplus, E.E. Examining Community Building Techniques That Foster Student Engagement in a College-level Developmental Reading Course, The Journal of College Reading and Learning.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES:

*Kappa Delta Pi Adviser, Graduate Center
*Advising Thesis Students
*Member of Graduate Council
*Committee member for thesis oral defenses

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Phone: 215-590-8258
Email: esurplus@lincoln.edu

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