Anne C. Ittner is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education. She has a Master's Degree in Language, Literacy, and Culture from Adams State College in Alamosa, CO, and a PhD in Literacy Education from University of Minnesota. She held positions as a classroom teacher, ESL teacher, and literacy coach for 14 years before transitioning to higher education and teacher education. Her research interests include literacy education for emergent bilinguals, word study, professional learning, and teacher education. Recent publications include Word Study for Literacy Leaders: Guiding Professional Learning with Frederick, Kiernan and Bear (Guilford, 2023).
Teaching philosophy
My teaching philosophy is rooted in my beliefs and values about schools and society and my understanding of effective practices and pedagogies. As a teacher educator, I am part of the collective responsibility to shape literacy practices to teach all students to become thriving readers, writers, and thinkers. I teach, research, and serve in a literacy profession that has a significant responsibility to improve literacy practices for all students. My utmost priority as a teacher educator is ensuring an equitable learning environment for all children. Children thrive when they are supported by a teacher who fosters caring and authentic relationships and encourages each child to reach their full potential. I aim to create learning environments in the university classroom with teacher candidates that are rooted in the journey toward equity. I work to prepare teachers to create an elementary classroom where children construct knowledge together, solve problems, engage in flexible thinking, and are part of a community of learners. In all my teaching, I encourage teacher candidates to leverage student’s linguistic and cultural resources in teaching and use them as an asset to the learning community.
My utmost priority as a teacher educator is ensuring an equitable learning environment for all children. Children thrive when they are supported by a teacher who fosters caring and authentic relationships and encourages each child to reach their full potential.
—Anne C. Ittner
Word Study for Literacy Learners: Guiding Professional Learning
Guilford Press, 2023
Edited by Anne C. Ittner, Amy Frederick, Darl Kiernan, and Donald R. Bear
Provided are principles, ideas, materials, and activities for use with teachers in a range of professional learning contexts. Key topics include word study foundations and orthographic knowledge; implementing collaborative coaching models, “learning huddles,” and workshops; and word study strategies for young children, emergent bilingual students, and adolescents.
