About Us

 

STAFF

Joanne photo

Joanne Chapman, Director
jochapman@fullerton.edu

Carla photo

Carla Salcido, Associate Director
casalcido@fullerton.edu

 

Our tutors are either literacy specialists or are graduate students completing their final semester in the Master's Degree in Literacy and Reading Education and/or a Reading and Literacy Leadership Specialist Credential. 

A tutor teaching a student in front of a computer


MISSION

Our mission is to:

  • provide expert reading assessment and education assessment to school-age children in the community;
  • provide teacher education to increase the ability of educators to positively impact their students' literacy skills;
  • provide a model center with research based instruction, assessment, and technology;
  • advance the professional knowledge base related to literacy development and instruction;
  • provide opportunities for alumni literacy and reading specialists to serve the community and further their own professional development;
  • develop opportunities to collaborate with school districts and other community organizations to promote literacy develepment;
  • promote tenets of  just, equitable and inclusive education in every program we offer.

 


GET INVOLVED!

Learn more about our Leadership Council and how to become a partner at 657-278-2758 or readingcenter@fullerton.edu .

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Our Leadership Council serves as an integral component of the organizational structure and includes community sponsors, educational leaders, faculty, and staff of the Reading Center. The Leadership Council members serve as advisers, supporters, ambassadors, and community liaisons.

Council members for 2022-2025 pictured below are Zoila Gallegos, MaryLouise Hlavac,  Linda Vander Wende, Kathryn Bartle Angus, Maureen Provenzano, Heather Krstich, Joanne Chapman, Diane Sanchez (1st photo) and Joyce Gomez-Najarro, Erica Bowers,  Shannon Wilson, Jackie Romo, Catherine Kelly, Madeleine Mejia, and Lisa Miller (2nd photo). Not pictured: Carla Salcido and Candace Morales Dickerson    

Literacy Council Photo 2022-2025

Zoom Literacy Council Photo 2022-2025

 


PARTNERS

  • Center for Careers in Teaching
  • Center for Healthy Neighborhoods
  • Department of Literacy and Reading Education
  • Department of Child and Adolescent Studies
  • Orange County Reading Association
  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
  • Boys and Girls Club
  • Fullerton Public Library
  • Teacher Created Materials
  • Edison Elementary School (Anaheim Elementary School District)

CONTACT US 

 

California State University, Fullerton
College of Education
Hazel Miller Croy Reading Center
P.O. Box 6868
Fullerton, CA 92831-6868

 

Phone:   (657) 278-2758

Email:   readingcenter@fullerton.edu

Location:   Education Classroom Building (EC), Room 24 (Campus Map and Directions)PDF File Opens in new window

 

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