Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language & Literacy (CISLL)

1. Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language & Literacy (CISLL) Annual Retreat June 18, 2012

2. CISLL Mission • CISLL is an interdisciplinary center for the study of lifespan language and literacy across diverse populations and contexts, both regionally and globally, with the commitment to: • Engage in basic and applied research in language and literacy. • Develop and apply innovative research and assessment methodologies to address complex issues • Identified and promote best practices in language and literacy. • Provide evidence-based outreach that generates results.

3. CISLL Leadership Co-Directors Laurie Elish-Piper & Joseph Magliano Research & Outreach Strand Chairs Sonya Armstrong, Anne Britt, Janet Holt, Janet Olson, Emily Prieto, M Cecil Smith, Robert Reichle Graduate Assistants Rahmi Hartati Melissa Terry

4. CISLL Strands • Acquisition of and Transitions in Language and Literacy. Sonya Armstrong & Janet Olson • Processing of Language and Literacy. • Anne Britt & Robert Reichle • Influences on Language and Literacy. • Emily Prieto • Assessment and Interventions for Language and Literacy. • M Cecil Smith • Methodologies for Studying Language and Literacy. • Janet Holt

5. Methodology Strand Chair • We are grateful to Janet Holt for her years of service to CISLL as the Methodology strand chair. • She was instrumental in helping establish CISLL as a center. • We are pleased to announce that Laura Ruth Johnson has accepted our invitation to become the new Methodology strand chair.

6. Graduate Student Advisory Panels (GSAP) Leadership • Antoinette Jones (Literacy Education) • Brent Steffens (Psychology) • Kris Kopp (Psychology) – COSSA Rep 2011 - 2012 • Melissa Terry (Psychology) • Rahmi Hartati (Instructional Technology) • Robert Williams (Literacy Education) • Vanessa Segundo (Counseling, Adult and Higher Education) • Aundrea R. Lane (Psychology) – COSSA Rep 2012 -2013

7. Continued Funding for CISLL • Funding renewed by Strategic Planning for fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014 • As a result, CISLL was able to: • Expand the 2nd GA position • Increase student funding opportunities

8. CISLL Funding Opportunities • Faculty Proposal or Pilot (PoP) Grants • Purpose: To fund the collection of pilot data associated with a future proposal or the writing of a proposal • Student PoP Grants • Purpose: To fund a student research that is preliminary work for a major project (thesis, dissertation, programmatic research) • CISLL Outstanding Student Scholar Award (COSSA) • Purpose: To acknowledge the contributions of an outstanding student to CISLL • Student Research Fellowship Award (SRFA) • Purpose: To fund a student mentored research project that fits within the mission of CISLL

9. Faculty Funding for 2011-2012 • Susan K. L’Allier • Michael Manderino • Paula Di Domenico • Literacy Education Department • Title : “High School Literacy Coaching Study”

10. Faculty Funding for 2011-2012 • Robert Reichle • Jim Clinton • Foreign Languages and Literatures Department • Title: “Working Memory and Nativelikeness in the Processing of Verb Agreement: An Event-Related Brain Potentials Study”

11. Faculty Funding for 2011-2012 • M Cecil Smith • Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations Department • Christopher Parker • Psychology Department • Title: “Project PAR: Validating Reading Comprehension Assessment”

12. Student Funding for 2011-2012 • Student Research Fellowship Award (SRFA) • Jocelyn Ortiz • School Psychology • Title: “Latino English Language Learners’ Social Emotional and Academic Outcomes: The Role of Social Support”

13. Student Funding for 2011-2012 • CISLL Outstanding Student Scholar Award (COSSA) • Aundrea R. Lane • School Psychology • Current research project title: • “Examining the Utility of the Tools Used to Measure the Achievement Gap”

14. Student Funding for 2011-2012 • Student Proposal of Pilot (PoP) Grant • Paula Di Domenico • Literacy Education Department • Project Title: • “High School Literacy Coaching Study”

15. Student Funding for 2011-2012 • Student Proposal of Pilot (PoP) Grant • Vanessa Segundo • Counseling, Adult and Higher Education • Project Title: • “Developing Education Centered Communities through Language and Cultural Sensitivity: • Latino Parent University and the Student Leadership Summit”

16. Certificate of Graduate Studies • Interdisciplinary course approved, Spring 2012 • Course number: IDSP 596 • Course will include the CISLL seminar series and other related readings • Next Step: Proceed with the process of having the Certificate approved

17. Affiliate Accomplishments • M. Anne Britt • Presidential Teaching Professorship • Joseph P. Magliano • Presidential Research Professorship • They join an illustrious group of CISLL affiliates who have also received Presidential Professorships in past years. • Rebecca Butler (Presidential Teaching Professor) • Laurie Elish-Piper (Presidential Teaching Professor) • Richard Orem (Presidential Teaching Professor) • Donald Richgels (Presidential Research Professor) • Rhonda Robinson (Presidential Teaching Professor)

18. CISLL as Interdisciplinary Unit • CISLL can be designated as an interdisciplinary unit on your grant proposal. • 10% of indirect costs go to CISLL • These funds are used to support funding opportunities and affiliate research support and in no way compromise the amount that goes to your department. • In return, you have access to: • Strand Chair Expertise • GA support for development and implementation • Use network to identify collaborators • Methodology workshops

19. Acknowledge CISLL Support If you received financial support from CISLL (i.e.. PoP Grant or student funding award), we request that you list CISLL as an Interdisciplinary Unit on grant applications that result from that work. If you have benefited from the intellectual support of CISLL (e.g., seminars, workshops), please consider listing CISLL as an Interdisciplinary Unit. Please acknowledge the support of CISLL on publications and presentations and pass that information on to cisll@niu.edu.

20. Fall Seminar Series, 2011 Common Core Standards • Jim Pellegrino, “Promises & Pitfalls in the Drive Toward Common State Standards and Common Assessments : The Good, The Bad, and The Possibly Ugly” • Nolan Cabrera, “The State vs. Ethnic Studies: Bearing witness in Tucson, Arizona”

21. Fall Seminar Series, 2011 Common Core Standards • Gloria Ladson-Billings, “Pushing Past the Achievement Gap” • Jessica Zacher Pandaya, “Overtested: How High-Stakes Accountability Fails English Language Learners” • John Sabatini, “The Role of Cognitive Assessments of Reading Comprehension in the New World Order of the Common Core State Standards: Progress of Two Multi-Year, Research-Based Initiatives”

22. Spring Seminar Series, 2012 Second Language Learning • Annie Tremblay, “Non-Native Listeners’ Differential Use of Segmentation Cues” • Bill Van Patten, “Missing Verbal Inflections as a Representational Problem: Evidence from Self-paced Reading” • Affiliate Poster Session • “The Many Voices of Literacy: Stories from English Language Learners”

23. Methodology Workshops, 2012 • Janet Holt, “Growth Modeling” • Laura Johnson, “Qualitative Approaches to Ethnographic Literacy Research”

24. CISLL Media Resources • Website : www.niu.edu/cisll • Video from each seminar event • Weekly updated information

25. CISLL Media Resources • Facebook • In the Facebook search box, please type: “Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy” • Like us on Facebook to receive reminders about upcoming events, grants opportunities, policy updates, job posting and other useful information

26. CISLL Media Resources • Twitter • Follow us on #cisll1

27. CISLL Media Resources • Online Library • More than 50 books available for check out, including research handbooks, methodology manuals, and software guides.

28. Upcoming Seminar Topics Fall 2012: Typical and Atypical Early Language Development Ideas for Spring 2013: • Cognitive processes that support literacy • Production/writing • Methodologies • Suggestions?