{"id":664,"date":"2018-08-10T17:08:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T17:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/college-of-education\/?page_id=664"},"modified":"2023-08-19T00:00:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T00:00:24","slug":"rhonda-fritz-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/college-of-education\/college-of-education-office\/faculty\/rhonda-fritz-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronda Fritz, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/256\/2020\/04\/RondaFritz_W2020.jpg\" alt=\"Ronda Fritz\" class=\"wp-image-1676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/college-of-education\/files\/2020\/04\/RondaFritz_W2020.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/college-of-education\/files\/2020\/04\/RondaFritz_W2020-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phone: <a href=\"tel:5419623380\">541.962.3380<\/a><br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:rfritz@eou.edu\">rfritz@eou.edu<\/a><br>Office: ZH-234<br><strong>Schedule an Appointment: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fritz-education.youcanbook.me\">https:\/\/fritz-education.youcanbook.me<\/a><br><strong>Office Hours Zoom Link: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eou.zoom.us\/j\/5419623380\">https:\/\/eou.zoom.us\/j\/5419623380<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ph.D. in Special Education: University of Oregon<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BA in Elementary Education: Boise State University<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MA in Education and Reading<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ronda Fritz is an Associate Professor of Education, specializing in elementary education and early literacy instruction. Prior to coming to EOU, Ronda was a K-12 teacher for 19 years. She taught kindergarten, Title I Reading, middle school Language Arts, 4th and 5th grade, and ended her K-12 teaching career as a Reading Specialist, where she discovered a passion for developing systems and interventions for improving outcomes for struggling readers. This passion led her to University of Oregon&#8217;s Special Education department where she received her Ph.D. in 2016. Her research interests include prevention and intervention of reading difficulties, teacher preparation, and the link between behavior and academic outcomes. Ronda is currently investigating the ways teacher knowledge of reading instruction impacts teacher efficacy and student outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ronda currently serves a Secretary for the Oregon Council for Exceptional Children. She is also a member of the Council for Learning Disabilities and The Reading League, and serves as a board member for the Children&#8217;s Institute. Ronda is the founder and Executive Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/reading-clinic\/\" data-type=\"page\">EOU Reading Clinic <\/a> which serves struggling readers of the region while training pre-service and in-service teachers in evidence-based methods for teaching literacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><br>ED 202 Linguistic and Cognitive Development<br>ED 383\/483 Individual Differences in Elementary and Primary<br>ED 412 Student Teaching Seminar<br>ED 437 Emergent Literacy<br>ED 616\/617 Learning\/Development\/Classroom Dynamics<br>ECED 317 Literature for Young Children<br>ED 384 Exceptionality: Elementary<br>ED 560 Foundations of Literacy Learning<br>ED 561 Emergent Literacy<br>ED 590 Foundations of Literacy, and Dyslexia<br>ED 591 Language, the Reading Brain, and Dyslexia<br>ED 592 Literacy &amp; Dyslexia Assessment<br>ED 593 Structured Literacy Intervention Methods<br>ED 594 Field Placement: Assessment &amp; Intervention of Reading Difficulties<br>EDU 312 Classroom Management<br>EDU 314 Intro to Elementary Literacy<br>EDU 318: Early Literacy Methods<br>EDU 320: Exceptionalities<br>EDU 615: Elementary Classroom Management<br>EDU 625: Early Literacy Foundations Methods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Faculty Phone: 541.962.3380Email: rfritz@eou.eduOffice: ZH-234Schedule an Appointment: https:\/\/fritz-education.youcanbook.meOffice Hours Zoom Link: https:\/\/eou.zoom.us\/j\/5419623380 Ronda Fritz is an Associate Professor of Education, specializing in elementary education and early literacy instruction. Prior to coming to EOU, Ronda was a K-12 teacher for 19 years. 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