Assistant Professor of Practice
Phone: 903.565.5699
Email: jillcarter@uttyler.edu
Building: BEP 248 A
Department: Education
Jill Carter
Degrees
- Ph.D. Adult, Professional, and Community Education, Texas State University
- M.Ed. Advanced Literacy, Concordia University Texas
- M.A. Linguistics, Louisiana State University
- B.A. Spanish, Louisiana State University
- B.A. Philosophy, Louisiana State University
Biography
Jill Carter’s professional background includes over twenty-five years of experience working with learners of all ages, including emergent bilingual learners, both in the United States and Guatemala. She is has served in a variety of roles including first and second-grade teacher, reading interventionist, dyslexia interventionist, English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Instructor to adults and children, ESOL teacher trainer/educator, and university professor. Dr. Carter is especially passionate about language and literacy instruction.
Professional Interests
- Early Literacy Instruction
- Adult ESOL and Literacy Instruction
- Literacy Teacher Education
Current Courses
- READ 3320 Literacy Development in the Early Years
- READ 4320 Literacy Assessment & Instruction I
- READ 3326 Teaching Writing in Language Arts