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UT Tyler School of Education

Virginia Fender, Ed.D.

Title: Senior Lecturer
Department: UT Tyler School of Education
Building: BEP 247C
Email: gfender@uttyler.edu
Phone: 903.566.7279

Degrees

M.Ed. Stephen F. Austin State University

BA Stephen F. Austin State University w/ Elementary Teaching Certificate

G/T Endorsement UT Tyler

Biography

Courses Taught

READ 5388 - Reading in the Secondary School

EDUC 5335 - Approaches to Classroom Management and Discipline

READ 4360 - Methods and Materials

READ 4337 - Middle in the Intermediate and Middle School (Grades 4-8)

READ 4338 - Reading in the Content Area (Grades 8-12)

READ 4366 - Corrective Reading for the Classroom

EDUC 3310 - The School in the Social Setting

ELED 4310 - Elementary School Teaching Skills

Research and Professional Interests

Recruitment and Retention of Students in the School of Education

Educator Dispositions 

Curriculum Vitae