“We need to do a better job of preparing our future generation of teachers so that their voice can be effective in the classroom,” she said.
Grillo is developing a second app, called VoicePractice, through her other NIH grant, which came in 2021, that will allow teachers and others to practice healthy ways of using their voices. Research has shown students’ learning is hindered in classrooms where teachers have voice problems, she said. It’s critical that teachers’ voices are preserved, and not just for them, Grillo said. “They also need a voice to get loud over noise of the classroom, and they need a healthy voice to yell on the playground, in the gym, in the cafeteria.”Īnd, lastly, they require a voice to talk quietly and confidentially with students so that no other students can hear, she said. “They need a good voice for one-on-one communication with students,” she said. Teachers need to master the use of multiple voices to be effective, she said. Artist: The Wonder Years, Tour: Acoustic Holiday Parties, Venue: The Note, West Chester, PA, USA. She found that those who got the training fared better, voice-wise. The Wonder Years at The Note, West Chester, PA, USA. Grillo has instructed and monitored student teachers at West Chester as part of her research. Sometimes “the belt” - or yelling - is needed, but there’s a healthy way to do that, too, she said. (Universities such as Temple, Penn State, and the University of Pennsylvania are R1, meaning they have “very high” research activity.)
Other R2 colleges in the area include Villanova, Lehigh, Rowan, Thomas Jefferson, and Rutgers-Camden. West Chester was founded as a teachers college and, like other universities in the state system, is best known for its emphasis on teaching. West Chester, which recorded $6.4 million in research in 2020, is one of only two universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to be classified as R2. That designation, given by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education last year, means the school has “high research activity.” To qualify, a school must have awarded at least 20 doctorates during an academic year and have accrued at least $5 million in research expenditures.
» READ MORE: Why West Chester at 150 years old has emerged as the state system's best She is among more than 30 West Chester professors whose work will be highlighted Friday afternoon as the 17,552-student university celebrates its new status as a Research 2 (R2) university. Grillo, a speech-language pathologist, has the distinction of being the only West Chester professor to have received two grants from the National Institutes of Health for her work, totaling $797,000. Managing a classroom takes a lot, including a strong voice that can lift over the chatter of 30-some students.Įnter Elizabeth Grillo, a West Chester University professor whose research centers on helping teachers adjust their voices to avoid strain - and that’s no small thing, considering that studies show more than half of teachers will experience voice problems during their career.
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