Robert Pianta
William Clay Parrish Jr. Professor of Education

Kids and Teachers: What Makes for Success in School
March 3, 2005
Charlottesville, VA

On the web

The University of Virginia serves over one million people every year through more than 400 public service and outreach programs. For more information about outreach at UVa, visit http://www.virginia.edu/outreachvirginia/, an interactive web-based listing of public service programs searchable by region, interest, audience, or type of program.
Some programs you can find in OutreachVirginia database include the following:

Book Buddies
Book Buddies is a one-on-one volunteer reading tutorial program that plays an integral role in the Charlottesville City Schools' goal to ensure all first and second grade students learn to read and write.

McGuffey Reading Center
McGuffey Reading Center is the oldest organization of its kind in the United States and offers diagnostic and remedial services in reading, writing, and spelling.

Motheread and Fatheread of the VFH
Motheread and Fatheread is a statewide literacy program using children's literature as texts and motivation to improve parenting and literacy skills, increase family communication, and address challenging family issues.

Reading Clinic for 1st through 5th Graders
College students from UVA-Wise involved in an advanced reading course will work with a child to assess reading skills and weaknesses then design lessons to tutor the child in reading.

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On the shelf

Successful Kindergarten Transition: Your Guide to Connecting Children, Families, & Schools, Brookes Publishing Company (May 1, 2003)

Enhancing Relationships Between Children and Teachers, American Psychological Association (APA) (March 1, 1999)

The Transition to Kindergarten, Paul H Brookes Pub Co (October 1, 1999)

High Risk Children in Schools: Constructing Sustaining Relationships, Routledge (June 1, 1996)

Beyond the Parent: The Role of Other Adults in Children's Lives (Jossey Bass Education Series), Jossey-Bass Inc Pub (November 1, 1993)

About the speaker

Robert Pianta is a professor of Clinical and School Psychology and holds the Novartis US Foundation Chair in Education. A former special education teacher, he is a developmental, school, and clinical child psychologist. He is particularly interested in how relationships with teachers and parents, as well as classroom quality, can help improve outcomes for at-risk children and youth. He is the author of numerous journal articles, chapters, and books in the areas of childhood development, school readiness, and parent-child and teacher-child relationships.

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