Sarel P. Fuchs Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Home: Work:

3011 Elm Road Education Department

Reading, PA 19605 Albright College

Tel: 610-921-8688 P.O. Box 15234

Reading, PA 19612-5234

Tel: 610-921-7792

Fax: 610-921-7683

E-Mail: sfuchs@alb.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Education (Renaissance History) Johns Hopkins University 1972

M.A. Classics Johns Hopkins University 1965

B.A. (cum laude) Latin College of Notre Dame of MD 1964

PA Teacher Certification in Latin and English

Areas of Specialization:

History of Education (especially Renaissance); Educational Philosophy;

Educational Psychology; Teaching Methods/Pedagogy (especially Secondary);

Teaching of Reading; Teacher Certification; Student Teacher Supervision;

Teaching of Latin; Latin Literature (especially of the Golden Age);

Classical Etymology and Philology; graduate and undergraduate courses

Employment:

Albright College, Reading, PA (1972 - present)

Professor of Education and Classics

Director of Secondary Education

Dean of Graduate Studies (2003 � present)

Chair, Classics Department (1986 � present)

Director of Graduate Education Program (2002-2003)

Chair, Education Department 1985 � 2002)

Certification Officer (1992 � 2002)

Lecturer in Education, Johns Hopkins University (1971 � 1972)

Lecturer in Education and Classics, College of Notre Dame of MD (1966 � 1970)

Latin Teacher, Baltimore City Public Schools (1963 � 1965)

Honors and Awards:

Received Distinguished Teaching Award from United Methodist Church � May 1997

(presented at Albright commencement)

Professional Activities:

Doctoral Dissertation:

The Education of a Prince: A comparative Analysis of Desiderius Erasmus� Institutio Principis Christiani, Thomas More�s Utopia and Guillaume Bud�s De L�Institution du Prince

Curriculum Consultant and Evaluator of Berks County Historical Association

Project on Ethnic Studies (HEW funded) 1978 � 80

Fellow at Folger Shakespeare Library: Seminar in Education in Society and Renaissance England 1983

NEH Summer Institute for Educators; Middlebury College 1985

ERIC � �Foreign Language Performance Tests for Prospective Student Teachers�;

Presented at ACTFL National Conference, November 1987

PA Governor�s Workshop on Urban Education 2000

Responsible for PDE Review and Re-approval of Teacher Certification Programs at Albright College 1981, 1990, 1994, 2000 (Prepared documents and supervised team visit)

Programs approved through 2005; Initiated Elementary Education Certification Program at Albright College 1989

Work with PDE:

• Chaired certification program review teams at:

  St. Joseph�s University (1988); St. Francis College (1988); Beaver (now Arcadia) College (1989); Lycoming College (1990); Wilkes University (1990); Point Park College (1991); La Roche College (1992 and 1993); Geneva College (1994); Rosemont College (1995); Cabrini College (1996) Swarthmore College (1997); Millersville University (1998); Baptist Bible College (1998); La Roche College � Masters Program (1999); Holy Family College (2001); Lancaster Bible College (2003)

• Served on team to write Pennsylvania state teacher certification guidelines for English (1999)
• Served on PDE/ETS team to validate PRAXIS Latin test score (2004)

Middle States Evaluation Team: St. Thomas Aquinas College, N.Y. (1997)

• England, France, Italy (1971)
• Greece and Turkey (1999) � investigation of archaeological site at Akrotiri on Santorini

Current Projects:

• Work in Progress: �Methods and Materials for teaching Latin in the Lower Schools, 16^th and 17^th Century England� (presented at Folger Shakespeare Library Seminar)
• Continued development and implementation of the Albright College master�s degree program in Education; submitted proposal for Albright�s first graduate program � PDE initial approval 2002; currently Graduate Dean and teaching graduate courses