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Hybrid and Online Literacy Instruction Courses Fulfills the literacy course requirement for Michigan's Professional Teaching license. |
2010 National Reading Recovery & K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference
Michigan Reading Associaition Conference IRA Annual Convention |
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Who We Are

Paul Kurf
Ph.D., Michigan State University
kurf@msu.edu
Paul Kurf is a Specialist-Advisor in Teacher Education, Program Advisor for the MALIT and MATC and instructor in the MATC. His research and professional interests include professional preparation, organizational and administrative behavior, distance learning, collegial support networks as well as disability and equity issues in employment, K-12, and higher education. He is particularly interested in the cultural ...
Ph.D., Michigan State University
kurf@msu.edu
Paul Kurf is a Specialist-Advisor in Teacher Education, Program Advisor for the MALIT and MATC and instructor in the MATC. His research and professional interests include professional preparation, organizational and administrative behavior, distance learning, collegial support networks as well as disability and equity issues in employment, K-12, and higher education. He is particularly interested in the cultural ...
Meet Our Students

Kelly Thieme
My name is Kelly Thieme and I am a proud graduate of the Master's Literacy Instruction program at Michigan State University (2000). I entered the program wanting to strengthen my reading instruction skills. At the time, I was in my 2nd year of teaching first grade and felt reading/literacy instruction was the area where I had the most questions and needed the most guidance. Honestly, I chose MSU because my husband was working on his PHD at MSU and it ...
My name is Kelly Thieme and I am a proud graduate of the Master's Literacy Instruction program at Michigan State University (2000). I entered the program wanting to strengthen my reading instruction skills. At the time, I was in my 2nd year of teaching first grade and felt reading/literacy instruction was the area where I had the most questions and needed the most guidance. Honestly, I chose MSU because my husband was working on his PHD at MSU and it ...
