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Objective
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Masters in Education: Curriculum, Technology, and
Education Reform (CTER)
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Highlights of Qualifications
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- Proven success in implementing educational change
- Communication and Presentation skills and experience
- Strong practical and theoretical foundation in curriculum
and instruction
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Professional Experience
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Teacher of English
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Champaign Centennial High
School
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1994 - Present
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Champaign Centennial High
School
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1978 - 1987
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Franklin Middle
School
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1972 - 1978
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Subjects taught: American
Literature, American Studies, English/Language
Arts
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Building Committees: Technology
Committee, Education for Careers
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State Committees: Illinois
Academic Standards Project:Language Arts
Co-Chair,Illinois Writing Assesment Validation
Team, Illinois Assessment Advisory
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University of Illinois: College
of Education Committee on Professional Affairs,
College of Education Committee on Minority
TeacherDevelopment
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Parkland Community College:Lead
teacher for PEAP-L listserve
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AchievementsLiteracy Achievement
Award, Delta Kappa Gamma
Ilinois Academic Standards Project, Language
Arts/English Co-Chair
Standards in Practice:Grades 3-5,
National Council of Teahers of English
English Department Chair, Centennial High
School
Jefferson Middle School, Champaign, IL
1992-1994
Principal
Achievements
Established School Business Partnerships:
Local Bank and Target
Lead School for Association Intermediate and
Middle Level Schools (AIMS)
Developed and presented first School
Improvement Plan for the School
Administrator's Academy
Recognition
Harvard University Principals' Center for
Leadership, selected participant
Champaign Community School District#4 1987-1992
Director of Secondary Curriculum
Achievements
Established District-wide Writing
Assesssment Program
Supervised the development and
implementation of a new rank in class system
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Education
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Masters in Administration and Supervision- University
of Illinois, Urbana Campus 1977
Bachelor of Science-English- Illinois State University
1971
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Additional Professional
Experience
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Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities:
Literature and the Creative Self
National Endowment for the Humanities:
Reconstructing the Canon
Illinois Writing Project
Courses
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Moveable Feast
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Summer, 1999
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Workshop in Curriculum and
Technology
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Summer, 1998
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Educational Uses of Educational
Networks
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Spring, 1998
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Inquiry Teaching and
Learning
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Spring, 1998
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Web Publishing
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Summer, 1997
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Collabortive
Environments
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Summer, 1997
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Web-based Curriculum
Development
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Spring, 1996
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Visual Thinking
Strategies
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Spring, 1996
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Year Round Student Teaching
Program Revision
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Summer, 1995
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Computers and Writing
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Fall, 1986
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Workshops
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Gifted and Talented
Training:Completed Training in Levels I, II, and
III Great Books Leadership Training
Integrated Curriculum
Problem Based Learning, Illinois
Math and Science Academy
TESA for Administrators?
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Presentations
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International Reading
Association : NCTE Reading Initiative at the
Secondary Level
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University of Illinois Novice
Teacher Support Project
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Catching Students in the Web: An
Interdisciplinary Unit in English Mathematics, and
Social Studies (Illinois Association for
Supervision
and Curriculum
Developement)
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On Board for Cyberspace!
(presentation for Foreign Language
teachers)
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Alternative Assessments: Rubrics
in the Classroom
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The Writing Challenge
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Publications
Illinois Academic Standards, Illinois
State board of Education, 1997
Standards in Practice:Grades 3-5,
National Council of Teachers of English, 1996
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Professional Affiliations
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Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Illinois Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development (IASCD)
Phi Delta Kappa
National Council of Teachers of
English
Illinois Council of Teachers of
English
Illinois Federation of Teaachers
Delta Kappa Gamma
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