Margit E. McGuire, Ph.D.
Program Director and Social Studies

Margit is Director of Teacher Education and teaches social studies methods for the elementary MIT students and TEED 523, Middle School Field Seminar for both cohorts during Block II. She also coordinates the Arts Retreat with Katherine Schlick Noe.

Margit's areas of expertise include curriculum development and social studies education.  Margit served as president of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) in 1991-1992 and served on its Board of Directors from 1987 to 1994.  She co-chaired the national task force of NCSS on teaching and learning in the social studies.  In addition, Margit is a leader in teacher education policy for the State of Washington.

Margit has been involved in a wide range of activities related to social studies education, including membership on the Board of Advisors for the PBS series, "The American Promise."  Currently, she authors an integrated social studies program for elementary and middle school grades entitled Storypath.  She is also webmaster of the Storypath web site listed on our Professional Links page.

Katherine L. Schlick Noe, Ph.D.
Literacy

Katherine has taught at Seattle University since 1986. She teaches literacy methods for both elementary and secondary cohorts during Block II, coordinates the Arts Retreat with Margit McGuire, and teaches one section of TEED 540 during spring quarter. During spring quarter, she teaches an elective course taken by many MIT students, LITC 521 Teaching with Children's and Adolescent Literature. Katherine is also Director of the Literacy for Special Needs master's degree program, preparing reading specialists and special educators to work with children with specialized literacy needs.

Katherine's areas of expertise include children's and young adult literature, literacy development at all levels, content area literacy, literature circles, and the early development of reading and writing.  She serves on the board of the Seattle Reading Council and as Advocacy Chair for the Washington Organization for Reading Development (WORD), the state council of the International Reading Association.

She is the co-author of four books on literature circles all published by Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc.: Literature Circles and Response (1995); Getting Started with Literature Circles (1999); the Literature Circles Resource Guide (2001); and Literature Circles in Middle School: One Teacher's Journey (2003).  Katherine is also webmaster of several web sites for teachers listed on our Professional Links page.

Mark R. Roddy, Ph.D.
Mathematics, Science, and Technology

Mark joined Seattle University in the Fall of 1992.  He teaches in the Master in Teaching program, concentrating on mathematics and science education, the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning, and on assessment as a tool to do likewise.  During the summer he teaches a course on active learning in mathematics and science supported by technology. 

Mark's research interests focus on productive use of educational technology and on the ways in which teachers respond to the introduction of educational technology in their classrooms.  He is also interested in teachers' responses to changing practices and expectations in both classroom and external assessment.   Mark is active in the Washington State Mathematics Council (WSMC) and served as WSMC Director of Region VI (Puget Sound).

He is co-author of Teaching with the Internet: Putting Teachers Before Technology (1995) and webmaster of several web sites for teachers listed on our Professional Links page.