CECILIA E. SCHRENKER
EDUCATION:
1979 Ph.D., Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Major: Elementary Education
Cognates: Reading, Educational Psychology
1972 M.A., Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Major: Elementary Education
1966 B.A., Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Major: Elementary Education
POSITIONS HELD:
1998-2003 Chair, Teacher Education, University of Wisconsin-Superior
1994-2003 Professor, Teacher Education, UW-Superior
1992-1994 Certification Officer, UW-Superior
1986 1994 Associate Professor, Teacher Education, UW Superior
1983 1985 Director of Planning and Analysis, UW Superior
1979 1986 Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, UW Superior
1981 1982 Administrative Intern, UW Superior
1980 1981 Program Development Specialist for the Northwest Wisconsin Teacher
Corps Project
1977 1979 Doctoral student, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
1966 1977 Teacher, Anderson (Indiana) Community Schools, grades 1 5
HONORS / ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Received UW-Superior Teaching Excellence Award (2002).
Received UW-Superior Faculty Development Grant - Attended National Conference on
Social Studies (1996).
Received UW-Superior Foundation Grant - Documenting the History of Teacher Education
at UW-Superior (1996).
Co-Received a UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity Grant: “Using Modern
Technology to Incorporate a Hispanic Perspective in Preparing Elementary Education
Majors to Teach Social Studies” (1995).
Received UW-Superior Faculty Development Grant - Attended Seminar on Cultural
Diversity - Harvard University (1991).
Recipient, UW System Retraining Grant: "Teaching 'At Risk' Elementary Level Students
One Semester Actual Classroom Teaching Elementary Level (1989).
Director, "Development of a Teaching Unit on Working with Hispanic School Children".
UW System American Ethnic Studies Coordinating Committee Grant (1987).
Editor, Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, (1980 1983).
UW-Superior Candidate for 1995 Regents Teaching Excellence Award.
Chancellor’s Award for Exemplary Teaching in the Division of Education (1991)
University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Superior Plan Award - Model Advising (1991-92) University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Co-Teacher of the Year (1989) - UW-Superior (Across Campus Student Vote)
Who’s Who In American Education (1990).
Award of Excellence for the University of Wisconsin-Superior - Teacher Educator
of the Year (Given by the State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction) 1989.
PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS: (Selected)
"The Usefulness of Memories in Teaching." Indiana Reading Quarterly,
Spring, 1978. X: 9.
"Guidelines for Reading Games." Illinois State Reading Council Journal,
April, 1979. 7:14 16.
"An Eight Step Spelling Technique That Works." Wisconsin State
Reading Association Journal, Winter, 1985, 29:20 23.
Response on Ability Grouping in Reading Selected and Published in
“Critical Questions” in The Reading Teacher, 49 (May 1996), 656-657.
“Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students Within Whole Group Reading Instruction.”
Ohio Reading Teacher. XXXI(3): 70-74.
"Developing Comprehension Abilities for Teaching and Monitoring Learning."
8th Great Plains Regional International Reading Association, Bismarck, N.D., 1980.
"Improving Student Comprehension Though Reciprocal Teaching."
Central Wisconsin Educators, 1987 Convention, March, 1987.
“Teaching Literacy Activities with Multicultural Literature” - Co-Presenter.
International Reading Association 9th Great Lakes Regional Conference,
Grant Rapids, Michigan, October 1991. Also at 39th Annual Convention International
Reading Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1992. Also at 20th Southwest IRA
Regional Conference, Tucson, Arizona, January 1993.
“Working with Gifted Readers Within Whole Group Reading Instruction.”
21st Plains International Reading Association, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 1993.
"Using Mysteries to Develop Literacy: the‘Who Dun It’ in the
Intermediate-Middle School Grades." 40th Annual Convention International
Reading Association, Anaheim, California, May 1995.
“Exploring the Concept of Time in Social Studies.” 79TH National Conference,
National Council for Social Studies, Orlando, Florida, November 1999.
“Using Games in Social Studies.” 80TH National Conference, National Council
for Social Studies, Phoenix, Arizona, November 2002.
“Probably Poetry.” Co-presenter, Wisconsin State Reading Association, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, February 2003.