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Department of Teaching & Learning

Grand Forks, ND

Shelby Barrentine, Ed.D.
   
Shelby Barrentine
University of North Dakota
Department of Teaching & Learning  
Office:  Education 5-C
231 Centennial Dr. Stop 7189
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
701/777-3243 (Office)    701/777-3246 (FAX)
shelby.barrentine@und.nodak.edu

EDUCATION

Ed.D.       Education, University of California, Los Angeles 1993
M.Ed.      Curriculum and Instruction, Idaho State University 1983
B.A.Ed.    Elementary Education, Central Washington University 1978

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
2006-07           Professor, Department of Teaching & Learning,
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
2003-06           Chair, Department of Teaching & Learning,
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
1997-06           Associate Professor, Department of Teaching & Learning,
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
1992‑7             Assistant Professor in the Center for Teaching & Learning,
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 
1990‑2             Instructor and Field Studies Coordinator
University of California, Los Angeles. 

ELEMENTARY EXPERIENCE
1986‑9             Teacher, Sixth Grade, Bakersfield, California
1985‑6             Teacher, First Grade, Bakersfield, California
1983‑4             Teacher, First/Second Grade, Mountain Christian Academy, Martin, Kentucky
1980‑3             Teacher, First Grade, Pocatello, Idaho
1979‑80           Teacher, First Grade, Ontario, Oregon
1978‑9             Teacher, Migrant School Kindergarten, Ontario, Oregon

COURSES TAUGHT

TL 410   Reading & Writing in the Elementary School Classroom
TL 590   ST: Children’s Literature in the Classroom
TL 590   ST: Writing in the Elementary School Classroom
TL 530   Foundations of Reading Instruction

PUBLICATIONS

     Barrentine, S.J. & Amend, E.D. (2005). The mission left to us: Implementing process writing practices in a literacy foundations class.  The Reading Professor, 27(2), p. 109-139. 

     Stokes, S.M. & Barrentine, S.J. (2005).  Assessment: Understanding what we are being asked to do. Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 45(3), 14-19.

     Interviewed for article by Stokes, S.M. (2005).  Answers to questions about assessment: An interview with assessment experts. Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 45(3),    5-10.

     Barrentine, S.J. & Stokes, S.M. (Eds.). (2005). Reading assessment: Principles and practices for elementary teachers (2nd ed.). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.     

     Barrentine, S. J. & Amend, E.D. (2004).  Uncovering the personal past and uniting it with the Professional future: Preservice teachers explore their literacy histories.  Journal of   Reading Education, 30(1), 27-36. 

     Barrentine, S.J. (Ed.). (1999). Reading assessment: Principles and practices for elementary teachers. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

     Barrentine, S.J. (1999). Facilitating preservice students' development of thematic units.  The Teacher Educator, 34(4), 276-290.

     Barrentine, S.J. (1999).  Engaging with teaching through interactive read-alouds.  In T. McDermott (Ed.), Reading Research Anthology: The Why? Of Reading Instruction.  Consortium on Reading Excellence.  Novato, CA: Arena Press.  (Reprinted from The Reading Teacher, 50(1), 36-43). 

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

     Institute: Co-organizers—Shelby J. Barrentine & Sandra M. Stokes.  “Reading Assessment: Principles and Practices for Elementary Teachers”.  51st Annual Convention    of the International Reading Association.  Chicago, IL. April 30-May 4, 2006. 

      Co-presenter with Sandra M. Stokes.  “Reading Assessment: Principles and Practices for Elementary Teachers”.  32nd Conference of the Plains Regional Reading Association, Minneapolis, MN. November 9-12, 2005.             

     Presenter, “Teacher Read-alouds in the Primary Classroom.” Conference of the North Dakota Reading Association, Grand Forks, ND, April 2005.

     Presenter, “Understanding Readers and Writers from the Inside Out: Reading Education that Focuses on Real Readers.”  Delray Beach, FL: College Reading Association Conference, October/November 2004.
2004    Presenter, “My Teacher’s a Poet.” Conference of the North Dakota Reading Association, Minot, ND, April 2004.

     Co-presenter, Barrentine, S.J. & Amend, E.D. (2003).  “Bridging the Personal Past and the Professional Future.”  Orlando, FL: 48th Annual Convention of the International Reading Association. SIG: Organization of Teacher Educators in Reading.

     Presenter, “Dear Teacher. . .Letter Writing in the Curriculum.” Conference of the North Dakota Reading Association, Fargo, ND,  April 2002.

     Presenter, “Guided Reading: A Mainstay of Reading Instruction.”  North Dakota Title Conference, 22-23 October 2001, Bismarck, ND.

     Presenter, “Strategy Instruction for Readers.” 28th IRA Plains Regional Conference, Sioux Falls, SD, October 2001,

     Presenter, “Re-packing the Suitcase: Re-crafting Narratives with Young Writers.” Conference of the North Dakota Reading Association, Dickinson, ND, April 2001.

     Presenter, “Practices with Promise.” North Dakota Migrant Education Conference, 05 June 2000, Fargo, ND.

     Presenter, “Strategy Instruction for Strugglers.”  North Dakota Title I Conference, 11-12 October 2000, Bismarck, ND.

     Presenter, “Sharing the Thrills of Being Literate.” Conference of the North Dakota Reading Association, Bismarck, ND, April 2000. 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

1991‑07           American Educational Research Association (AERA)
1982‑07           International Reading Association (IRA)
1992-07           Lake Agassiz Reading Council (LARC)
1991‑07           National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
1993-07           North Dakota Reading Association (NDRA)
1992‑07           Phi Delta Kappa (PDK)
1998-07           Southern Poverty Law Center

CONSULTING

2005    Barrentine, S.J. & Shea, S.  “Engaging with Reading Through Interactive Storybook Reading”.  September 24, 2005. Largo, FL. Pinellas County Public Schools, Early Childhood Education.

APPOINTMENTS & PROGRAM COORDINATION           

2006-7             Graduate Director for Masters in Reading Education
2003-6             Chair, Department of Teaching & Learning
2000-2             Graduate Director for Masters in Reading Education
1995-2             Graduate Director for Masters in Elementary Education
1997-9             Undergraduate Coordinator, Elementary Program Area
1996                Elected to full membership of the Graduate Faculty, University of North Dakota 

AWARD

           

2002    UND Foundation Thomas J. Clifford Faculty Achievement Award for Outstanding Faculty            Development and Service, February 28, 2002.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

2005    Accreditation, Accountability, and Quality: An Institutional Orientation and Professional            Development Conference. AACTE & NCATE.  Arlington, Virginia;
March 30-April 2, 2005.
2005    Celebrating Collaborative Leadership in Education/  AACTE 57th Annual Meeting & Exhibits.             February 20-23, 2005. Washington, DC.
2003    Accreditation, Accountability, and Quality: An Institutional Orientation and Professional            Development Conference sponsored by AACTE & NCATE.  Arlington, VA. October1-4, 2003.          2003    An Introduction to Guided Reading:  Looking at Children, Books.  Teaching and Teaching for            Comprehending in the Reading Workshop, Grades 3-6: Independent Reading, Guided Reading,            and Literature Study.  Irene C. Fountas & Gay Su Pinnell. Heinemann Workshops.  Minneapolis,            MN. November 18-19, 2003. 
2002    Attended the 31st Annual International Bilingual/Multicultural Education Conference. Philadelphia,            PA.  March 2002. 
2002    Developmental Leave for the academic year, 2002-03.           

MASTERS' AND DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS           

     Barrentine, S.J. (1993). Teachers' comprehension building practices during storybook reading events. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.           

     Barrentine, S.J. (1983). Field dependence‑independence and its relationship to finding the main idea. Unpublished master's thesis, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.

 

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