Teaching

Dr. McIver’s teaching focuses on effective writing practices for classroom teachers at the elementary and secondary levels. In addition to redesigning the writing section of the Integrated Reading/Writing for the Elementary School course, she developed The Writing Teacher, an online course for Houghton Mifflin Company and Teaching Writing in the Content Areas, a multi-day professional development course for secondary content-area teachers.

Courses taught:

EDUC 4321 Integrated Reading/Writing for the Elementary School

This course is designed to familiarize prospective teachers with research-based knowledge and practical techniques for teaching reading and writing in the elementary grades (K-6). The primary goal of this course is to develop practitioners who are knowledgeable about research-based practices in language and literacy teaching, and are able to apply that knowledge in the design of curriculum and lessons that meet the needs of diverse learners.