Elaine Pierce Chakonas, Ed.D.
Teacher Education
EdTPA Coordinator-Elementary Education
Expertise
Literacy methods, planning for instruction, differentiated instruction, differentiated assessment.
- ELED 301: Curriculum of the Elementary School
- ELED 302: Methods of Teaching Language Arts
- ELED 306A: Methods of Teaching Reading
- ELED 328: Curriculum Experience in Elementary Education
- ELED 329: Student Teaching in Elementary Education
Research Interests
Literacy methods, mentoring teacher candidates, differentiated planning for instruction, and differentiated assessment.
Education
Loyola University, Chicago Curriculum and Instruction, Ed.D.
Loyola University, Chicago Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties, M.Ed.
B.A. English Education. University of Illinois, Chicago.
Selected Publications
Chakonas, E.P. (Winter 2007) “Literacy Methods Preparation of Pre-Service Teachers: Illinois Reading Council’s (IRC) Student Members’ Perspectives”. Eastern Education Journal.
Arnoff, K., Ed. (2007) So To Teach: Inspiring Stories that Touch the Heart. Kappa Delta Pi Publications. “Teacher, My Name is Evangelia”, pp. 81-84.
Chakonas, E.P. (Spring 2007) “Are You Raising Good Greek Sons?”. Mia Magazine.
Chakonas, E.P. (Winter 2006) “Electra, Plato, Stacy and Christina: Meet the Characters in Books Featuring Greek Children”. Mia Magazine.
Chakonas, E.P. (Fall 2006). “The Greek Orthodox Churches of the Chicago Archdiocese”. Mia Woman Magazine, , pp. 31-32.
Chakonas, E.P. (Summer 2006). “Words of Wisdom”. Mia Woman Magazine , pp. 100-101.
Chakonas, E.P. (Spring 2006. vol. 13). “Principles of Effective Teaching”. New Teacher Advocate,, pp. 8-9.
Chakonas, E.P. (Winter 2006). “You Know Who You Are: A Greek Girl Finds Herself Renamed”. Mia Woman Magazine.
Chakonas, E.P. (Winter 2006). “Teacher, My Name is Evangelia”. Kappa Delta Pi Record, p. 96.
Perino, F., Chakonas, E.P. (Summer 2006, vol. XIII) “A Qualitative Analysis of Pre- Service Teachers’ Responses to Program Effectiveness”. Critical Issues in Teacher Education, the journal of the Illinois Association of Teacher Educators.
Chakonas, E.P. (2005). “Growing Up Greek in Chicago: A First Grader’s Perspective”. Greektown Chicago: Its History-Its Recipes, by Alexa Ganakos, p. 32.
Passman, R., McKnight, K.S., & Chakonas, E.P. (Summer 2005). Nouns do Noun-y Things: A preliminary model for introducing a discourse of grammar(s) of English in middle school language arts classrooms. Illinois English Bulletin.
Chakonas, E.P. (Fall 2004). “Mentoring Pre-Service Teachers: The Role of the Professional Organization”. Illinois ASCD Newsletter.
October 1982 Curriculum Review Review of Developmental Learning Materials Reading to Learn: Focus on Being a Consumer
August/September 1982 Curriculum Review Review of Pitman Learning SporTellers
February 1982 Curriculum Review Review of How To Increase Reading Ability
November 1981 Curriculum Review Review of Holt Reading Skills for the Content Areas
June 1981 Curriculum Review Review of Holt, Rinehart and Winston Discovering Language with Children
November 1980 Curriculum Review Review of SRA Reading for Understanding Kit
November 1980 Curriculum Review Review of Series R: Macmillan Reading Program
February 1980 Curriculum Review Review of Modern Curriculum Press Phonics is Fun Program
December 1979 Curriculum Review Review of Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich Bookmark Reading Program
May 1979 Curriculum Review Review of Learnco’s Reading and Classifying Words
December 1978 Curriculum Review Review of Rand McNally’s Young America Basic Reading Series
Selected Performances
August 1996 Chicago Public Schools Cable TV show on Channel 23 featured the Chicago Public Schools Prep Program, “Life in the Middle Ages” throughout the month of August.
May 19-20, 1998 Interview with Linda MacLennan on WBBM. Channel 2 News “Homework: How Much Is Too Much?”