Teaching

Teaching and professional learning

Sam's teaching connects literacy education with practical questions about assessment, reading methods, writing, digital literacies, AI literacy, digital citizenship, and game-based learning.

University Teaching

Sam teaches literacy education courses at the University of Missouri, including literacy assessment, elementary reading methods, writing instruction, doctoral literacy seminars, and case study research methodology.

LTC 4211: Literacy Assessment and Development
LTC 4221: Contexts and Methods for Elementary Reading Instruction
LTC 8682: Focus on Writing in the Classroom
LTC 8900: Contemporary Perspectives on the Teaching of Reading
LTC 8900: Foundations in Literacies Education and Research
LTC 8950: Case Study Research Methodology

Graduate and Online Learning

His teaching includes online graduate course creation and doctoral seminars that connect literacy research, methods, and contemporary questions in education.

Contemporary Perspectives on the Teaching of Reading, online graduate course creator
Language and Literacies for Social Transformation Doctoral Seminar
Foundations in Literacies Education and Research doctoral course

Digital Literacies and Game-Based Learning

Sam has created and taught courses connected to video game literacies, game-based learning, learning technologies, and technology integration in reading and language arts.

GN HON 1050: Video Game Literacies
HCI 510X: Foundations of Game-Based Learning
CI 456: Integrating Technology into the Reading and Language Arts Curriculum

Teacher Education and Professional Learning

His background includes teacher education, reading clinic leadership, literacy mentoring, and PK-12 learning contexts.

Director, Texas A&M University Reading Clinic
Iowa State University Reading Clinic mentor
Teacher and supervisor, Ames Community Preschool Center Raising Readers Program