Natalie Sue Svrcek: SUNY Brockport

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Natalie Sue Svrcek, Ph.D

(She/Her)

Assistant Professor: (585) 395-5503
nsvrcek@brockport.edu
Office: Brown Building 285

Education

Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin, 2019

Curriculum and Instruction, Language and Literacy Studies
M.Ed. The University of Texas at Austin, 2010

Curriculum and Instruction, Language and Literacy Studies
B.S. The University of Texas at Austin, 2004

Applied Learning and Development, Reading Specialization

Areas of Specialty

Literacy Teacher Education
Preservice Teacher Field Placement
Reading Assessment & Development

Courses Taught

Academic Planning Seminar
Emergent Language and Literacy
Literacy Assessment
Literacy, Language, and the Learner
Literacy Policy, Advocacy, and Coaching
Teaching Reading to Students with Diverse Needs

Research Interests

Critical Qualitative Methods
Literacy Teacher Education
Asset Based & Humanizing Pedagogies
Inclusive Children’s Literature

Recent Publications
- Svrcek, N. S. & Abugasea Heidt, M. (2022). Beyond levels and labels: Applying self-determination theory to supporting readers. Literacy. http://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12286
- Pizzo, J., Svrcek, N. S., Colantonio-Yurko, K. (2022). A framework for discussion in a post-COVID world: supporting discussion in virtual learning spaces. In P. Bawa (Ed.), Preparing faculty for technology dependency in the post-covid-19 era. IGI Global.
- Mosley Wetzel, M., Daly, A., LeeKeenan, K., & Svrcek, N. S. (2021). Practicing racial literacy in mentoring preservice teachers. Journal of Literacy Research 53(4), 539-562. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086296X211052246
- Svrcek, N. S., Rath, L., Olmstead, K., & Colantonio-Yurko, K. (2021). “We are still putting out fires”: Considering educator intentionality in remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Education and Information Technologies, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10679-w
- Svrcek, N. S., & Miller, H. C. (2021). Developing critical communities for critical conversations in k-12 classrooms.Language Arts Journal of Michigan, 36(1), 10-19. https://doi.org/10.9707/2168-149x.2265
- Hoffman, J. V., Lammert, C., DeJulio, S., Tily, S., & Svrcek, N. S. (2020). Preservice teachers engaging elementary students in an activist literacy curriculum. Research in the Teaching of English, 55(1), 9-31.
- Miller, H. C. & Svrcek, N. S. (2020). Challenging dominant perspectives and textual hierarchies in English and literacy teacher professional development. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas. https://doi.org/10.1080/00098655.2020.1801565
- Miller, H. C., Olmstead, K. M., Colantonio-Yurko, K., Shema, A., & Svrcek, N. S. (2020). Moving from inaction to action: Challenging homo-and transphobia in middle school English language arts. Middle Grades Review, 6(1), Article 5.
- Hoffman, J. V., Svrcek, N. S., Lammert, C., Daly-Lesch, A., Steinitz, E., Greeter, E., & DeJulio, S. (2019). A research review of literacy tutoring and mentoring in initial teacher preparation: Toward practices that can transform teaching. Journal of Literacy Research, 51(2), 233-251. doi:10.1177/1086296X19833292
- Wetzel, M. M., Svrcek, N. S., LeeKeenan, K., & Daly-Lesch, A. (2019). Coaching through the hard parts: Addressing tensions in teaching with one preservice teacher learning to teach literacy in a fifth-grade classroom. Teaching and Teacher Education, 82, 43-54. doi:10.1016/j.tate.2019.02.006
- Wetzel, M. M., Vlach, S. K., Svrcek, N. S., Steinitz, E., Omogun, L., Salmerón, C., … & Villarreal, D. (2019). Preparing teachers with sociocultural knowledge in literacy: A literature review. Journal of Literacy Research, 51(2), 138–157. doi:10.1177/1086296X19833575.
- Wetzel, M., Hoffman, J. V., Maloch, B., Vlach, S. K., Taylor, L. A., Svrcek, N. S., … & Lavender, H. (2018). Coaching elementary preservice teachers: Hybrid spaces for cooperating teachers and university field supervisors to collaborate. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 7(4), 357-372. doi:10.1108/IJMCE-12-2017-0074
- Worthy, J., Svrcek, N. S., Daly-Lesch, A., & Tily, S. (2018). “We know for a fact”: Dyslexia Interventionists and the authoritative discourse of dyslexia. Journal of Literacy Research, 50(3), 359-382. doi:10.1177/1086296X18784759
- Worthy, J., DeJulio, S., Svrcek, N. S., Villarreal, D. A., Derbyshire, C. LeeKeenan, K., … Salmerón, C. (2016). Elementary teachers’ understandings and perspectives about dyslexia. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 65, 436-453. doi:10.1177/2381336916661529
Presentations
- Miller, C., Svrcek, N. S., & Colantonio-Yurko, K.C. (2022, November). Building a professional learning community for social justice using young adult and children’s literature [Lecture]. Conference on English Leadership Annual Convention, Anaheim, California.
- Svrcek, N. S., Pizzo, J., & Colantonio-Yurko, K. C. (2022, November) Supporting thoughtful multimodal discussion in ELA blended learning spaces [Lecture]. National Convention for Teachers of English Annual Convention, Anaheim, California.
- Colantonio-Yurko, K., Pizzo, J., & Svrcek, N. S. (2022, September). Encouraging better reading of course texts. Center for Learning and Teaching (CELT), SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY, United States.
- Miller, C., Svrcek, N. S., & Colantonio-Yurko, K.C. (2022, June). Young adult and children’s literature as professional development for social justice. Leadership for Professional Learning Symposium, Dublin, Ireland.
- Pizzo, J., Svrcek, N. S., Colantonio-Yurko, K. (2021, November). Enhancing teaching and learning with digital tools. Center for Learning and Teaching (CELT), SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY, United States.
- Miller, H. C., Svrcek, N. S., Colantonio-Yurko, K. C. (2021, September). Mornings with the professors. Mornings with the Professors, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY, United States.
- Svrcek, N. S. (2018, November). “I decided to lean into it instead of shy away:” A multicase study of critical literature units. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Indian Wells, CA.