John Bergeland

Job Titles

  • Adjunct Professor and Thesis Advisor
    Teaching (M.A.), Graduate School
  • Adjunct Instructor of Education
    Education, College of Arts and Sciences

Highlight

Content Area Literacy, Disciplinary Literacy, Vocabulary Instruction, Teaching Reading, Middle School Education

Started at Bethel

2005

Education

  • Concordia College - B.A. in Elementary Education, French, 1991
  • Bethel University - M.Ed. in Middle School Education, 1997

Biography

  • Invested in Education for the past 31 years: Middle School (23), District Literacy Coordinator (3), Elementary (5)
  • Married for 29 years to my amazing wife Jamie
  • Father of two incredible young men Jack and Jakob

Courses Taught

  • EDUC 665
  • EDUC 755
  • EDU 321

Awards

  • Teacher of the Year Candidate, Education Minnesota, 2011-12
  • Teacher of the Year, Centennial Schools, 2010-11

Publications

  • Conceptualization and Enactment of Content Area Vocabulary Instruction: Teachers' Beliefs and Practices (2019)
  • Ability Grouping and Its Effects on Reading Achievement (1997)

Certificates and Licenses

  • Reading K-12
  • English/Language Arts 6-8
  • Social Studies 6-8
  • Elementary 1-6
  • French K-12
  • Coaching 7-12

Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards

  • International Literacy Association
  • ASCD
  • Centennial Education Association
  • MWCA
  • Minnesota Reading Association

Hobbies and Interests

  • Coaching & Officiating Wrestling
  • Reading
  • Home Improvement
  • Cycling, Golfing, & Fishing

Areas of expertise

Developing Literacy in the Academic Disciplines, Vocabulary Instruction, Teaching Reading and Writing