Elizabeth Klein
(she/her)
Clinical Professor and Program Leader
Elizabeth Klein is a Clinical Professor of Special Education. Her teaching focus is on teaching of reading and writing for students with specific Learning Disabilities, techniques to build positive classroom culture and clinical practices. She currently leads a program for teachers in the New York City Teaching Fellows who teach students in District 75 schools. Elizabeth draws from years of experience in the field of education as a teacher, leader and curriculum developer. She has presented on numerous topics from vocabulary development to play-based pedagogy, trauma-informed classroom practices and feedback. Elizabeth was an ACERT Fellow at Hunter College from 2023-2024. She is also a Faculty Associate and curriculum designer as part of a decision making grant and is currently developing programs in dyslexia, dysgraphia and structured literacy. She is trained in peacemaking and conflict management and has integrated these practices into her coursework.
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Education
- Hunter College – Advanced Certification in Educational Leadership
- Hunter College – Masters of Science – Special Education-Learning Disabilities
- Pratt Institute – Bachelors of Fine Arts – Drawing/Illustration
Publications
Klein, Elizabeth (2024) “The Pedagogy of Play in Teaching of Reading: Low Tech and High Tech Interactive Reading Methods,” The Language and Literacy Spectrum: Vol. 34: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/lls/vol34/iss1/4
Positions
Projects
- Event coordination – Special Education Teacher Appreciation Event, CUNY conference committee, conference committee New York State Reading Association, past conference coordination – Restorative Justice conference committee Lehman College
- Current presentations include facilitation of a workshop on Advancing Self-Care: A Nod to Self (CUNY Human Resources conference), The Gift of Vocabulary (New York State Reading Association conference in Albany, New York and Trauma Informed Practices – Hunter College Student Teaching Conference, pending – New Jersey CEC (Council for Exceptional Children – Presentation on a panel for the Hunter College/ DDPC decision making grant.
Academic Interests
Play-based pedagogies, joy in teaching, values teaching, writing process, improving clinical practices, adult learning
