Outstanding Adviser Receives National Recognition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 9, 2005
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
530-898-4260
Outstanding Adviser Receives National Recognition
The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) has selected Peter Kittle, the 2004-2005 Outstanding Advisor for California State University, Chico, as an Outstanding Advising Certificate of Merit recipient.
NACADA’s National Awards Program for Academic Advising honors individuals and institutions making significant contributions to the improvement of academic advising. Award recipients will be presented with their awards at a reception in Las Vegas in October 2005.
Kittle received a BS in English education, an MA in English, and a PhD in English, all from the University of Oregon. He came to Chico in 1998 and has taught Reading Literature, Literature of the Child, Advanced Composition, and Literature, Language and Composition: A Synthesis.
Kittle is co-director of the Northern California Writing Project and routinely provides in-service education in academic literacy for secondary teachers.
Kittle advises more than 100 English education students and incoming credential students. Four years ago, as the new English education advisor, he established a Web site used by subject-matter competency and pre-credential candidates in the Chico area.
Kittle works with other single-subject advisors on campus and keeps abreast of campus developments in teacher education. He regularly attends CSU English Council meetings. He served on the panel that created the new state standards for approved subject-matter programs in English and is in close contact with developments at the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
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