Gail Choice
Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Master's in Reading Program
Several years in the education field have given Dr. Choice opportunities to teach and serve as a reading specialist, consultant and school administrator in a number of public school systems. She has authored Handbooks for School Reading Coaches and Teaching Second Language Learners. For three years she provided professional development and technical assistance in closing the achievement gap and literacy to 10 Florida Districts through the State Department of Education. She has directed several projects including the development and implementation of an online course available to educators statewide. Most recently she has taught both undergraduate and graduate language and literacy courses at the University of Florida. She is currently an assistant professor of Teacher Education at Stetson University and directs the Graduate Reading Program.
Education
- Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Central Florida
- M.A., Reading, University of Central Florida
- Modified Masters, Educational Leadership, Georgia State
- B.S., Elementary Education, Florida AandM University
Research
- Research interests include accelerating reading development in underresourced youth, increasing school achievement and success for minority students, and the impact of cultural competence in teaching and culturally relevant instruction
Courses
- Intermediate Reading
- Trends in Teaching Reading
- Applied Linguistics
- Primary Reading Instruction
Publications
- Handbook for Teaching Hispanic Bilingual Students to Read (Revised 1990)
- "Impact of Mediated Learning Experiences on Fourth- and Fifth-grade Alternative Education Students" (1997)
- Handbook for Literacy/Reading Coaches (2009)
- "Extending Relevant Teacher Education Beyond the Classroom," America Reading Forum Yearbook (2011)
- Culturally Relevant Reading Instruction Manuscript (2011)
