Faculty and Staff

Travers, Tricia

Project Coordinator

Office Phone: (541) 346-2063

Cell Phone:

Office Location: RRP 215

Email: ttravers@uoregon.edu

CTL Work Group: Research Group

Biography:

Patricia currently serves as a Reading Coordinator for the Center on Teaching and Learning (CTL) at the University of Oregon. In her position, Patricia works with the CTL Research Group on an IES Grant that is studying the effects of enhanced Tier 1 and Tier 2 reading instruction. She works directly with elementary schools and provides professional development and in-classroom coaching support. In addition, Patricia assists the CTL Professional Development Group in the development of reading related content and tools for dissemination. Patricia worked for 7 years as both the Project Coordinator and a Reading Coach on the Oregon Reading First project. She is a former college instruction and response to intervention/special education consultant for the Idaho State Department of Education. In her previous life, she was a special education teacher for 12 years in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts. These experiences have helped her appreciate the complexity and challenges of bringing about sustainable change in public education.

Selected Publications

Smith, J. L., Fien, H., Basaraba, D., & Travers, P. (2009). Planning, evaluating, and improving tiers of support in beginning reading. Teaching Exceptional Children, 41, 16-22.

Selected Presentations

Basaraba, D., Chaparro, E., & Travers, P. (May 2010). Making sense of Nonsense Word Fluency: Tools for interpreting student performance. Poster presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association: Denver, CO.

Chaparro, E. A., Smith, J.L., Baker, D. L., Sanford, A., Park, H. & Travers, T. (2010). When the Growing Gets Tough: A Discussion About Growth Measures. Symposia for the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois.

Travers, P., & Basaraba, D. (February 2010). The Nature of NWF and Instructional Implications: Ode to Ehri’s Theory. DIBELS Summit 2010: Albquerque, NM.