UCLID | Charlene Trovato




Charlene A. Trovato, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh UCLID Core Faculty, Education UCLID Training Coordinator Professional Profile BS, Speech Pathology, Carlow College, Pittsburgh, PA, 1969 M.Ed., Reading and Language Arts, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1974. Certifications in Special Education, Early Childhood Education, and Reading Specialist. PhD, Language Communications, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1978 Interests Currently, I am a faculty member in the Educational Leadership Program where I teach courses in the School Leadership Development Specialization to aspiring K-12 principals and supervisors of curriculum and instruction. I am extremely interested in issues of leadership and serve as the Training Director at the UCLID Center where I co-teach a seminar on developmental disabilities and teach a seminar on leadership in developmental disabilities. During the past three years, I have conducted seminars for pediatric medicine fellows, family practice fellows, division chiefs in pediatric medicine at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and students in the School of Dental Medicine on mentoring, building leadership capacity, and portfolio development. My research interests spans the age range. I am interested in evaluation of early literacy programs in early childhood centers as well as transition to adulthood. Publications Trovato, C.A. (2002). Passage to adulthood for young adults with special health care needs: facing the challenges, building capacity, initiating change, and sustaining momentum. Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education. Trovato, C.A. (2002) Early literacy Learning. In Pennsylvania Literacy Framework. Pennsylvania Department of Education. Courses & Training School of Education, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, School Leadership Development Program ADMPS 2100 Developing Learning Communities ADMPS 2109 Integrating Educational and Instructional Leadership ADMPS 2110 Curriculum Development Leadership ADMPS 2111 Student Development and Assessment School of Education, Department of Instruction and Learning, Reading Education and Special Education I&L 2238 Teaching Reading in the Elementary and Middle School I&L 2594/3594 Interdisciplinary Leadership Seminar in Developmental Disabilities Collaborations, Consultations, and Service Allegheny County Health and Ready to Work Transition Pilot Project, Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education Starting Points Early Literacy Task Force – Professional development Subcommittee Early Literacy Position Paper Subcommittee I am very involved at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education 2001-2004 Elected Faculty Representative to School Council, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh. 2001-2003 School Council Faculty Liaison to Academic Affairs Committee, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh. 2001-2002 Chair, Admission Committee, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh. I serve as a reviewer for the Catalyst for Change, Journal of the National School Development Council, Texas A&M University – Commerce, Commerce, Texas 75200.