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“ Understanding the Program of Study and
The Pre-Qualifying Phase of the
COE ’ s MSIT Program
Kamania Wynter-Hoyte
Natasha Thornton
Tarika Sullivan-White
September 8, 2011

Moderator of Conversations in Doctoral
Preparation
• Dr. Peggy Albers , Professor,
Language and Literacy, Georgia
State University, Atlanta, GA,
USA, malbers2@gsu.edu

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Kamania
“ Understanding the Program of Study and
The Pre-Qualifying Phase of the
COE ’ s MSIT Program
Kamania Wynter-Hoyte
Natasha Thornton
Tarika Sullivan-White
Tarika
Natasha

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• Introductions
• Program of Study
• Residency Requirements
• Alpha Upsilon Alpha
• The Pre-Qualifying Phase

Being a graduate student is like becoming all of the Seven Dwarves. In the beginning you're Dopey and
Bashful. In the middle, you are usually sick (Sneezy), tired (Sleepy), and irritable (Grumpy). But at the end, they call you Doc, and then you're Happy.

Tarika Sullivan White
● I am Sneezy; Began the program in Spring 2009
● full time classroom teacher; part-time doc student
● Studied at two HBCUs before GSU
● Interests: home literacy, Reading Instruction during Recession; black women teachers ’ voice/position within a white, middle class educational system
● Pre-quals packet submitted Fall 2010
● Contact: tsullivan3@student.gsu.edu

Kamania Wynter-Hoyte
● I am Sleepy; Started program Spring 09
● Submitted Pre-Quals Fall 2010
● Former Classroom teacher for 6 years (K-
3; EIP; ESOL)
● GRA/GTA positions
● Research Interests: Urban Education,
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Scripted
Reading Programs
● Contact: kwynter2@student.gsu.edu

Natasha Thornton
● I am Bashful; Began program Summer
2010
● Taught in DeKalb County for 8 years (K and 4 th grade)
● GRA/GTA positions
● Southern Regional Educational Board
Doctoral Fellow
● Will submit Pre-Quals packet Fall 2011
● Research Interests: Literacy Instruction in
Urban Settings and Teacher Development
● Contact: nadams10@student.gsu.edu

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• Research Courses
• Social Foundations & Psychology of
Learning Core
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• EDCI 9660: Internships
• EDCI 9900: Critique of Educational
Research
• EDCI 9850: Research Seminar
• EDRD 8310: Theoretical Models
• EDRD 9870: Writing Support Seminar
• Electives

– Socio-, political, literacy
– Sociology of Inner-City Children
– Issues of Race, Class, & Gender
– Urban Sociology
– Directed Reading Course

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Residency Requirements
Conference
Presentations

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“ Read, dare to be wise ” .

Alpha Gamma Chapter
Natasha Thornton – President
David Brown – Vice President
Kamania Wynter-Hoyte – Secretary/Treasurer
Dr. Gertrude Tinker-Sachs – Faculty Advisor

AUA
Membership requirements are:
 Major in the Field of Reading or Language Arts
 Have completed a minimum of 9 semester hours in reading or related areas of study
 3.5 or higher GPA in all graduate work, and particularly in the field of concentration
Excellent way to fulfill the following residency requirements:
 Professional Memberships
 Service
 Writing and Submitting Manuscripts
 Conference Presentations

Joining AUA = Meeting
Residency Requirements
Professional Memberships
You can only join AUA if you are a member of IRA!
Writing & Submitting Manuscripts
AUA will host Fall and Spring
Writing Retreats to help students develop as writers and prepare
Manuscripts!

Joining AUA = Meeting
Residency Requirements
Service
CLUES Conference

Joining AUA = Meeting
Residency Requirements
Conference Presentations
 AUA plans to submit a proposal for the 2013
IRA conference.
 Sponsor students to attend IRA conference based on available funds

Monday, September 12 – 1 st Deadline to join
AUA for Fall Semester
Week of Monday, October 3 – Begin volunteering at Genesis
Week of October 17/PAW Week – Brief Q & A at all Reading/Language and Literacy Sessions and take up 2 nd round of applications
November – 1 st meeting, exact date TBD
December – Fall Semester Writing Retreat, location TBD

Sounds great!
How do
I join?

Become a Member
• Complete Application Packet
– Packet should include: 1.)Application with payment, 2.) Genesis forms, and 3.) Checklist and Survey (Don ’t forget Genesis Background
Check!)
• Give completed packet to MSIT receptionist by September 12!
• For further information, contact Natasha
Thornton ( nadams10@student.gsu.edu
)
We look forward to having you
AUA!
join

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I am a wife. I am a sister. I am a daughter. I am a student. I am an educator.
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“ As I listened to the professor and more seasoned graduate students, I wondered, what am I doing here? Say that word again?
And where is my dictionary? Many of these terms were new to me and I began to second guess my decision to pursue this degree.
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-Kamania Wynter-Hoyte

Where to from here?
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tsullivan3@student.gsu.edu
nadams10@student.gsu.edu
kwynter2@student.gsu.edu
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Thank you to
Kamania Wynter-Hoyte
Natasha Thornton
Tarika Sullivan-White
September 8, 2011

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Please join us for our next Doctoral
Web Seminar
Featuring
Dru Tomlin
“ Preparing for Comps/Quals ”
September 22, 2011 https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=221&miuid=68995
2AFE27AC99A50EC6DC03AEC3CA8

• Designing and Writing Grants, Sept. 29; https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=221&miuid=9C4DF74B
F7BE77E057B0939F6DF042F9
• Preparing, Writing, and Defending the
Prospectus, Oct. 13, https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=221&password=M.EF2
FBAAAE9B729C8A9B473B37F9979
• Writing for Publication, Oct. 27,
(link forthcoming)

• After tonight’s session, please take time to complete our survey; we are always trying to make these web seminars as relevant to you and your studies as they can be