About Us

STAFF

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Joanne Chapman, Director
jochapman@fullerton.edu

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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.

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 2025-2028 pictured below are (Row 1) Kathryn Bartle Angus, Joanne Chapman, Susan Snell, MaryLouise Hlavac, (Row 2) Carla Salcido, Shannon Wilson, Angela Henderson, (Row 3) Soomin Chao, Joyce Gomez, Maureen Provenzano, Candace Morales Dickerson, (Row 4) Madeleine Mejia, Heather Krstich, and Diane Sanchez. Not pictured: Erica Bowers, Zoila Gallegos and Lisa Miller.

2025-2028 Literacy Council