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Certification:
Nebraska Professional Certification: English, 7-12; Reading K-12
Middle Level Certification (provisional): Language Arts, Social Sciences, History, 4-9

Education:
Doctor of Philosophy , University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1990; Department of Educational Psychology: Interdepartmental Area of Psychological and Cultural Studies.
Masters of Education , University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1979; Department of Elementary Education, Major: Developmental Reading.
Bachelor of Science in Education , University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1973; Department of Secondary Education: Major: English and Reading; Minor: Social Science.

Recent LPS Staff Staff Development:
Beginning Internet
Intermediate Internet
Macintosh Basics
ClarisWorks for Beginners
ClarisWorks "Look What I Can Do"
Outcomes I, Gifted Education
School-to-Work Institute
Literacy and Learning Inservice: Four-Eight

Teaching Experiences:
Lincoln Public Schools (1974-Present)
Goodrich Middle School : 7th grade English; 7th grade Study Skills; 6th and 7th grade English-Social Studies block; 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grade reading.
Goodrich Middle School (1988-1992) : 7th and 8th grade Writing and Reading Workshop.
Dawes Middle School (1992-1997 ): Middle Level Intern Facilitator, working with first year teachers in English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Math, and Special Education.
Dawes Middle School (1997-1998) : 8th and 9th grade Social Studies and English.
Science Focus Program, Zoo School (1998-Present) : English

Additional LPS Professional Experiences:
Building Level:
Manager of Nebraska Learn and Serve Grant
Principal's Advisory Council
Ad hoc facilitator Pilot Service Learning Team
Reading Committee
Gifted Education Planning Committee
Interdisciplinary Team Member and Leader
Multicultural Steering Committee & Cooperating Teacher for practicum students & Festival Planning Committee student teachers
District Level:
English Liason
Reading and LiteracyStudy Committees
LPS/UN-L Middle Level Education Planning Committee
LPS and UN-L Middle Level Graduate Certification Planning Committee

Additional Teaching Experiences:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1986-1996)
Middle Level Mothods in Reading, summer, 1996
Middle Level Methods in Language Arts, Action Research in the Middle School, 1993-1997, summer, 1996
Applied Psychology for the Middle School Student, 1990-1996
Seminar for Middle Level Interns, 1992-1997
Educational Psychology of the Adolescent, 1986-1989

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