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Gerlinde Grandstaff-Beckers
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Gerlinde Grandstaff-Beckers began working with the LSU College of Education as coordinator for the Validated Practices Initiative grant with Assistant Professor Paul Mooney. Her work with this grant built upon 20 years of experience working with adults and children with all levels of disabilities.
Gerlinde Grandstaff-Beckers taught children with disabilities in both the public and private sectors. She worked in three schools in Livingston Parish, she was a care giver and trainer for foster children and adults with low-incident disabilities in Louisiana and Florida and she was an instructor at Southeastern Louisiana University in the Department of Teaching & Learning.
Set to receive her PhD in December 2006, Grandstaff-Beckers also received an educational specialist degree and certification as an educational diagnostician from the LSU College of Education in August 2006. She received the American Association of University Women scholarship Award in 2006. Grandstaff-Beckers attended Southeastern Louisiana University, graduating magna cum laude with a bachelor’s in special education also earning a master’s in education with an additional 30 hours of coursework in administration and supervision of instruction at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Gerlinde Grandstaff-Beckers joins the College as an instructor, teaching courses related to instructional practices for students with disabilities, characteristics for individuals with exceptionalities, and education, school and society. She is part of the Division of Integrated Studies in the Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice and will focus her research and service activities on the reading skills of low achieving students and students with disabilities as well as teacher preparation.
EDUCATION:
PhD, 2006
M.A., Education
B.S., Special Education, Southeastern Louisiana University
PUBLICATIONS:
Armenta, T., & Beckers, G. (2006). The I.E.P.: What it demands and pitfalls to avoid. Principal Leadership, 6(9), 22-26.
PRESENTATIONS:
Beckers, G.G., & Mooney, P.J. (2007, December). ADHD: A description and suggestions for the real world. Presented at the annual conference of LSU & SU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Orlieb, E.T., Grandstaff-Beckers, G., & Cheek, E. (2007, December). Differentiating how urban and rural reading teachers meet the needs of their students. Presented at the American Reading Forum, Sanibel, Florida.
Beckers, G. & Ortlieb, E. (2007, November). Real life reading: The roots of content area literacy. Presented at the annual conference of the Louisiana Association for Public, Community, and Adult Education, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Grandstaff-Beckers, G., Cheek, E., & Orlieb, E.T. (2007, November). Content area reading: Effective practices designed to meet the diverse needs of adolescent learners. Presented at the annual Southwest Regional IRA Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Orlieb, E.T., Grandstaff-Beckers, G., & Napoli, K. (2007, November). Quick and effective vocabulary instruction. Presented at the conference of the Louisiana Reading Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Beckers, G. (2007, June). Content area reading: Effective practices to meet the needs of diverse learners. Presented at the University of Arkansas’ Literacy Symposium, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Beckers, G. (2007, January). Reading comprehension assessment designed to improve instruction at the secondary level. Presented at the annual conference of the Louisiana Council for Exceptional Children on Special Education, Lafayette, Louisiana.
Beckers, G., Mooney, P., Breaux, J. (2006, April). Reading comprehension strategies for high school students with learning and behavior concerns. Presented at the Louisiana Council for Exceptional Children 25th Annual Conference on Special Education, Lafayette, Louisiana.
Mooney, P., Beckers, G., & Breaux, J. (2006, March). Validated practices initiative. Presented at the Louisiana Council for Exceptional Children 25th Annual Conference on Special Education, Lafayette, Louisiana.
Mooney, P., Beckers, G., & Breaux, J. (2006, March). Validated practices initiative. Presented at the National Association of Social Workers Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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