North Panhandle Times

Dr. Angela Curfman Serves on Statewide Literacy Council

West Liberty University Associate Professor of Reading Dr. Angela Curfman attended the inaugural meeting of the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) Leaders of Literacy Advisory Council recently in Charleston. 

“I am pleased to serve on this council and help with its important work of increasing literacy in West Virginia,” said Curfman, who has been a member of the WLU faculty since 2017.

Curfman has a doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction with a minor in literacy, from West Virginia University. Curfman earned a master’s in education, with a minor in elementary reading and literacy at Walden University and a bachelor’s in education, with a minor in elementary education at Ohio University.

The purpose of the council is to engage a network of stakeholders in the WVDE’s Ready, Read, Write, West Virginia literacy initiative. More than 30 individuals representing government, businesses, non-profits, education, families and communities participated.

According to WVDE, Ready, Read, Write is West Virginia’s effort to increase literacy proficiency among students in grades K – 12. It is rooted in research and the belief that all students can learn to read with effective reading instruction. Based on the science of reading, Ready, Read, Write equips students with tools and strategies that allow them to grow as strong readers using the five pillars that include phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension as well as writing.

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