Jan Lacina

Since 2005

Associate Professor, Literacy

817-257-6786

j.lacina@tcu.edu

Educational Background

B.S. (Baylor University), 1993

M.S. (Texas Woman’s University), 1996

Ph.D. (University of Kansas), 1999

Teaching Responsibilities

EDEC 30213 Promoting Language and Literacy: Early Literacy

EDMS/EDSE 40213 Promoting Literacy in the Content Areas

EDMS/EDSE 50223 Practicum in Reading/ESL

EDMS/EDSE 50173 Development of Written Communication

Research Interests

English Language Learners (ELL) and reading and writing instruction

Collaboration between mainstream and ELL teachers

New literacies

Selected Publications

Lacina, J., & Hannibal, M. A. (2008).   University/school partnerships: Working together to benefit children.  Childhood Education. 85 (2), 68-70.

Lacina, J., & Watson, P. (Eds.) (2008). Focus on literacy: Effective content teachers for the middle grades.  Olney, Maryland:  Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI). 
 
Lacina, J., Levine, L., & Sowa, P. (2008).  Collaborating for success:  Urban teachers in Texas, Missouri, and Florida meet the needs of their ELL students.  Balanced Reading Instruction, 15 (1), 109-124.
 
Block, C.C., & Lacina, J. (2008).  Comprehension instruction in primary grades.  In Israel, S.E. and Duffy, G.G. Handbook of Research on Reading  Comprehension.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
 
Lacina, J. (2008).  Teacher resources for designing comprehension lessons. In Block, C. C., & Parris, S. R. (Eds.). Comprehension instruction (2nd edition).  Guilford Press.
        
Lacina, J. (Winter, 2008).  Palm pilots: An assessment power tool.  Childhood Education, 85 (2), 134-135.

Lacina, J. (Summer, 2008).  Learning English with iPods.  Childhood Education., 84 (4), 247-249.

Lacina, J. (December, 2007).  Computers and young children. Childhood Education.  84 (2), 113-116.

Lacina, J. (2007).  Inquiry based learning and technology: Designing and exploring webquests.  Childhood Education, 83 (3).

Lacina, J., Griffith, B. & Hagan, L. (2006) Developing a writing workshop classroom: Stories from a Charter School principal, 2nd grade teacher, and university professor. The Teacher Educator 42, (1), 63-75.
 
Lacina, J., New-Levine, L., & Sowa, P. (2006). For all our students: collaborative partnerships among ESL and classroom teachers: Pre-K-Elementary schools volume. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Inc.       
 
Lacina, J. (2006). Rethinking grammar instruction: Integrating technology in the context of a writer’s workshop. English in Texas, 36 (1), 15-19.
 
Lacina, J. (2005). Behind the pine curtain: Lessons learned on school achievement.  Voices from the Middle, 13 (1), 21-24.
 
Lacina, J. & Sowa, P. (2005). Preparing for multicultural schools: Teacher candidates dialogue online with teachers from Egypt, Japan, Ghana, and the U.S. Teacher Education Quarterly, 32 (1) 61-75.

Lacina, J. (2002). Dialogue journals: Encouraging culturally responsive teaching. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 18 (3), 95-101.

Recent Presentations

Lacina, J., & Watson, P. (2008).  Focus on literacy: Effective content teachers for  the middle grades.  ACEI Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
 
Lacina, J. (2008).  More than just meeting standards:  Sheltered English and the SIOP model  ACEI Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
 
Lacina, J. (2007).  Teachers who address achievement disparities through  research-based practices in content area instruction.  International Reading Association (IRA) Conference, Toronto, Canada.
 
Lacina, J. & Gresham, J. (2006). Teaching grammar in an online writer’s workshop. International Reading   Association (IRA) Conference, Chicago, IL.
 
Lacina, J., Levine, L.N., Sowa, P. (2006). Collaborative partnerships for all our students: Elementary Academic Session. TESOL Annual International Conference, Tampa, FL.
 
Lacina, J. (2005). Studying our communities: Creating virtual field trips in an online methods course.   ACEI Annual International Conference, Washington D.C.

Professional Affiliations/Service

Guest Editor, Childhood Education

2010 Thematic Issue

Theme:  University/School Partnerships

Member, NCATE/TESOL Review Team for ESL Standards for P-12 Teacher Education Programs, 2003-2009
Lead Program Reviewer, NCATE/TESOL Review Team for ESL Standards for P-12 Teacher Education Programs, 2004-2009
Column Editor/Writer of Technology in the Classroom, published in international journal, Childhood Education, Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI), 2003-present
Editor, Focus on Middle School, published quarterly by the  Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
Journal Editorial Review Boards, 2004-present
    * 2007-present, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, published by the International Reading Association
    * 2003- present, Childhood Education
    * 2006-present, Journal of Teacher Education
    * 2006-present, Journal of Research in Childhood Education
    * 2004-present, Teaching and Teacher Education (An International Journal of Research and Studies)

Member, Publication Committee, Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) 2003-present
Consultant, Vaughn Gross Center for Reading & Language Arts, University of Texas at Austin, 2002-2006
Advisory Board, Higher Education Collaborative (HEC), Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts, 2002-2005