ENG 361
EDU 350
EDU 501
EDU 540
ENG 103

PhD Curriculum, Teaching, Educational Policy; Research Focuses: teacher induction and learning, mentoring, English education, K-12 language arts

Michigan certification: 7-12, English, Journalism, Sociology

Professional Development Experiences in the Last 3 Years

• Assistant Professor of Education, Spring Arbor University
• Memberships: ASCD, AERA, NCTE
• Literacy Tutor Training, English as a Second Language Training
• Assessment Conference with Fred Newmann
• Blackboard and hybrid course development training

Familiarity with K-12 Curriculum Framework and MEAP Asssessment

• Michigan Language Arts Frameworks development team member
• used curriculum frameworks and MEAP to design and assess curriculum as high school English and journalism teacher and K-12 Curriculum Director
• Use frameworks and MEAP in education methods courses

Special Awards and Recognition

• Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship;
• Dean's Scholar Award;
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers, multiple nominee;
• Book Chapter (1999): Two teachers help student writers reflect on their portfolios: What do they see in high school?

P-12 Collaborative Work

• Creation of Red Cedar Writing Project professional development for in-service teachers in Content-area Writing/Writing in the Disciplines;
• MLPP teacher trainer;
• Web-based teacher induction materials developer/forum facilitator