Biography

Victoria Oglan is a Clinical Associate Professor in Secondary English Education / Language and Literacy at the University of South Carolina. She is a veteran teacher at both the K-12 and higher education levels. She teaches graduate classes in classroom methodology & assessment, qualitative teacher research, and content/disciplinary literacy. As well, Victoria. Oglan conducts professional development workshops and presentations on a variety of topics related to K-12 education. For several years, she has partnered with the Department of Juvenile Justice to offer both professional development and literacy endorsement courses for certification to their teachers. She has leadership expertise having worked as the Co-Director of the Midlands Writing Project (MWP), Co-Director of Project RAISSE (Reading Assistance Initiative for Secondary School Educators), Director of the USC Accreditation Team for SCISA (South Carolina Independent School Association), Board of Directors member for the Writing Improvement Network (WIN), Board of Directors for the Midlands Arts Conservatory (MAC), and has served as a member of the South Carolina Reading Initiative (SCRI) Teaching Team working with middle school literacy coaches.

Publications

Selected Publications (2019-2020)

Goodman, J. & Oglan, V. (2020). University of South Carolina & Student Success Data in Li, N. (Ed.). A Research Perspective: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Academic Success Across South Carolina. (pp 205-232). Information Age Publishing Inc.

Oglan, V. & Goodman, J. (2020). Confidence Builds Competence: Creating Literate Identities as Readers and Writers. South Carolina Association for Middle Level Education Journal (in review)

Oglan, V. & Goodman, J. (2019). Be Bold and Try Something New: Helping Teachers Embrace Change in Their Classroom Practice. South Carolina Association for Middle Level Education Journal, 37-44.

Rasmussen, C. & Oglan, V. (2019). How Veteran Teachers Can “Do Better” by Learning from Novices: One Teacher’s Experiences with Writing Instruction.” South Carolina English Teacher Journal, 10-15

Oglan, V. (2019). Edge Christian Academy, West Columbia, SC., SCISA Basic Accreditation Report/Checklist. South Carolina Independent School Association, Orangeburg, SC.

Oglan, V. (2019). Whole Life Christian Academy, Augusta, GA., SCISA Basic Accreditation Report/Checklist. South Carolina Independent School Association, Orangeburg, SC.

Oglan, V. (2019). As-Sabeel Academy of Greenville, Greer, SC., SCISA Advanced Accreditation Report/Checklist. South Carolina Independent School Association, Orangeburg, SC.

Oglan, V. (2019). Glenforest School, West Columbia, SC., SCISA Basic Accreditation Report/Checklist. South Carolina Independent School Association, Orangeburg, SC.

Oglan, V. (2019). Marlboro Academy, Bennettsville, SC., SCISA Basic Accreditation Report/Checklist. South Carolina Independent School Association, Orangeburg, SC.

Oglan, V. (2019). Faith Christian Academy, Cheraw, SC., SCISA Basic Accreditation Report/Checklist. South Carolina Independent School Association, Orangeburg, SC.

Oglan, V. (2019). Montessori School of Florence, Florence, SC., SCISA Basic Accreditation Report/Checklist. South Carolina Independent School Association, Orangeburg, SC.

Oglan, V. (2019). The Chandler School, Greenville, SC., SCISA Basic Accreditation Report/Checklist. South Carolina Independent School Association, Orangeburg, SC.

Presentations

National Presentations (2018-2020)

Li, N., Goodman, J., & Oglan, V. (2019). Closing the Disparity Gaps: Promoting academic success of pre-service teachers across South Carolina through collaborative research. Presented at the annual conference of Southern Regional Association of Teacher Educators (SRATE). Orlando, FL.

Styslinger, M., Oglan, V., Goodman, J., Long, H., & Wyland, L. (2019). Collaborative inquiry behind the fence:Reflecting on our literacy processes and practices with incarcerated youth. Presented at the annual conference for National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Baltimore, MD.

Styslinger, M., Oglan, V., Goodman, J., & Bunch, T. (2019). Challenging deficit perspectives: Reading and writing with incarcerated youth. Presented at the annual conference of the National Youth at Risk (NYAR). Savannah, GA.

Selected State Presentations (2018-2020)

Goodman, J., & Oglan, V. (2019). Reading in the 21^st century K-12 classrooms: Strategies for success. Presented at the annual South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) Teachers Conference. Orangeburg, SC.

Oglan, V., & Goodman, J. (2019). Writing in the 21^st century K-12 classrooms: Strategies for success. Presented at the annual South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) Teachers Conference. Orangeburg, SC.

Oglan, V., & Goodman, J. (2019). Keeping it real: Metaphorical thinking across content areas. Presented at the annual conference South Carolina Council of Teachers of English (SCCTE). Kiawah Island, SC.

Oglan, V., & Goodman, J. (2018). From silos to launching pads: Encouraging metaphorical thinking across content areas. Presented at the annual conference South Carolina Council of Teachers of English (SCCTE). Kiawah Island, SC.