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Dr. Kathy S. Froelich

Assistant in Middle and Secondary Education and Undergraduate Reading Program Coordinator
G118 STB
Phone: (850) 644-2997
E-Mail: kfroelich@fsu.edu

Kathy S. Froelich is the Undergraduate Reading Coordinator and an Assistant-In in English Education in the School of Teacher Education. She has worked in the public schools in varying roles for 34 years, teaching reading, language arts, and English language learners in middle, high school and university settings. She has worked as a professional development specialist throughout the country concentrating on literacy coaching. At Florida State she coordinates the English Education orientation and advisors students in the department.

Dr. Froelich’s research interests include literacy in content areas, literacy coaching and reading development. She currently teaches Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas, Teaching Second Language Learners and Teaching Reading the Elementary School. She has co-authored two texts on coaching: The Literacy Coach: Guiding in the Right Direction (2007) and The Literacy Leadership Team: Sustaining and Expanding Success (due in December, 2009). In 2007 she co-authored an article entitled “The Art and Science of Coaching” published in JoELLE and had a co-authored section in The Literacy Principal by David Booth.

Dr. Froelich is an active member of the International Reading Association, the Florida Reading Association, The National Council Teachers of English, the Florida Council Teachers of English, and the American Reading Forum.