|
Don Aker |
| Current Occupation: |
teacher, young adult novelist |
| Areas of Specialty: |
English and evaluation |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Hitting the Mark |
|
|
|
Tricia Armstrong |
| Current Occupation: |
Science Editor |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Making information make sense; creative thinking; research into consciousness; investigating connections among the various fields of learning and between subjective and objective means of gaining knowledge
|
| Contact: |
tjarmstrong@telus.net |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Information Transformation, Whole-Brain Solution |
|
|
|
Marlene Asselin |
| Current Occupation: |
Associate Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Literacy education, information literacy, and school librarianship. |
| Past Roles: |
Marlene spent time as an early childhood teacher, and was Head Teacher at the UBC Child Study Centre from 1983-1987. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Literacy, Libraries, and Learning |
|
|
|
Bob Barton |
| Current Occupation: |
Bob has spent many years as a storyteller in schools with Prologue to the Performing Arts and Learning Through the Arts. He also works as an instructor of dramatic arts at OISE, UT.
|
| Areas of Specialty: |
oral storytelling, drama in education, children's literature and poetry |
| Major Presentations in the Past: |
Smithsonian Institute, National Storytelling Festival, Hans Christian Andersen Storyhour (21 consecutive appearances)
|
| Personal: |
Bob is married with two children and five grandchildren. His hobbies include cooking, reading, and gardening. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Telling Stories Your Way; Poetry Goes to School (co-authored with David Booth); Story Works (co-authored with David Booth) |
|
|
|
Deborah P. Berrill |
| Current Occupation: |
Professor at the Faculty of Education, Queen's University |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Helping to create school cultures where all students feel like they belong |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Penpal Programs In Primary Classrooms, Tutoring Adolescent Readers |
|
|
|
Ann Birch |
| Awards: |
1995 Teacher of the Year — for City of Etobicoke, appeared on CBC-TV as "Grammar Guru" |
| Areas of Specialty: |
essay and poetry writing |
| Personal: |
Married, 2 sons |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Essay Writing Made Easy |
|
|
|
Harry S. Black |
| Current Occupation: |
author and illustrator |
| Areas of Specialty: |
science, history and fine arts |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Canada and the Nobel Prize, Canadian Scientists and Inventors, 2nd Ed. |
|
|
|
David Booth |
| Current Occupation: |
OISE/U of T |
| Areas of Specialty: |
literacy |
| Pembroke Titles: |
David's numerous books include: Reading & Writing in the Middle Years, Even Hockey Players Read, Literacy Techniques, The Arts Go to School, Reading Doesn't Matter Anymore..., and most recently, The Literacy Principal, 2nd Edition. |
|
|
|
Maureen Botrie |
| Current Occupation: |
retired; former principal, consultant
|
| Areas of Specialty: |
literacy, parenting, organizational development, inner city issues |
| Personal: |
married, 3 children and a dog |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Teachers and Parents Together
|
|
|
|
Faye Brownlie |
| Current Occupation: |
Faye still teaches one day a week. She works in on-going staff development with schools, districts, and ministries of education, and acts as head of a design team and consortium for a multi-district, performance-based reading assessment. |
| Awards: |
Winner of the David Kendall Master Teacher Award from the British Columbia Council for Exceptional Children. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
literacy, thinking strategies, assessment that informs instruction, inclusion and teaching to meet the needs of all learners. |
| Personal: |
married, one daughter
Contact: FayeBrownlie@shaw.ca, fax: 604-327-6010 |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Student Diversity, 2nd Edition, Learning in Safe Schools |
|
|
|
Kellie Buis |
| Current Occupation: |
Kellie is currently a grade one teacher in the Delta School District (B.C.), and also works as a consultant for early literacy with a specialty in teaching writing. Kellie consults with school districts across Canada and the United States. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Teaching writing to teachers. Writing with elementary students. Storytelling and collecting the stories of others. |
| Personal: |
Kellie has been married for 30 years, with 3 children and one cat. Her passions include tropical water gardens, flying, and scuba diving. |
| Contact: |
Please feel free to contact Kellie at the Hummingbird Teaching/Learning Consulting Group, via kbuis@dccnet.com or at
kbuis@deltasd.bc.ca |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Reclaiming Reluctant Writers, Writing Every Day, Making Words Stick |
|
|
|
Maria Carty |
| Current Occupation: |
Maria is currently working as a middle-level program consultant. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
literacy |
| Personal: |
Married with three children, Maria enjoys travel, playing soccer, gardening, and spending time with her family and friends. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Exploring Writing in the Content Areas |
|
|
|
Beth Critchley Charlton |
| Current Occupation: |
Beth is currently acting as Literacy Consultant to the Nova Scotia Department of Education, and also as part-time lecturer at Mount Saint Vincent University. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Literacy, assessment for learning, planning instruction from a position of strength, using effective listening to establish respectful classrooms, home/school communication |
| Significant Past Positions: |
Literacy Consultant, Coordinator of Assessment, Lecturer at Mount Saint Vincent University |
| Personal: |
married with two children |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Informal Assessment Strategies |
|
|
|
Susan Church |
| Current Occupation: |
Part-time Faculty Member at the Faculty of Education, Mt. St. Vincent University |
| Areas of Speciality: |
Leadership and organizational change, gender and leadership, literacy education (adolescent literacy, critical literacy, and gender and literacy in particular), feminist research methods. |
| Significant Past Positions: |
Assistant Superintendant of Schools, Subsystem Supervisor of Student Services, Curriculum Supervisor, Special Education Consultant |
| Major Presentations in the Past: |
International Reading Association, National Council of Teachers of English — Conference on Reading, Canadian Society for Studies in Education. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
The Principal Difference |
|
|
|
Irma Coucill |
| Current Occupation: |
portrait artist — Irma has drawn portraits of all the inductees into the Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame, Aviation Hall of Fame, Business Hall of Fame, Indian Hall of Fame and Medical Hall of Fame.
|
| Areas of Specialty: |
portrait drawing |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Canada's Prime Ministers, Governors General and Fathers of Confederation |
|
|
|
Mary Dayton-Sakari |
| Current Occupation: |
professor at the University of Victoria |
| Areas of Specialty: |
children's literature, literacy |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Info-Kids, Reluctant Readers
|
|
|
|
Lisa Donohue |
| Current Occupation: |
Lisa is currently working as a Grade 5/6 teacher. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Literacy and Fine Arts |
| Personal: |
Lisa is married with two children, and the family loves to draw and read together. Lisa also enjoys school arts projects, some of which have included painting murals on school walls, and building props and backdrops for school plays. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Guided Listening |
|
|
|
Laura Doucette |
| Current Occupation: |
adolescent literacy consultant with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board |
| Areas of Specialty: |
effective literacy instruction for grades 4-12; secondary English teaching, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking; differentiation in grades 6-12 |
| Personal: |
Laura's hobbies include swimming and walking her dog, Maya. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Tutoring Adolescent Readers |
|
|
|
Barbara DuMoulin |
| Current Occupation: |
ESL teacher
|
| Areas of Specialty: |
English
|
| Personal: |
married, one daughter |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Celebrating Our Cultures
|
|
|
|
Sonja Dunn |
| Current Occupation: |
performance poet and writer |
| Areas of Specialty: |
music, art, drama, performance |
| Personal: |
married, 2 sons, 5 grandchildren |
| Pembroke Titles: |
All Together Now |
|
|
|
Cheryll Duquette |
| Contact: |
cduquett@uottawa.ca |
| Current Occupation: |
Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
|
| Areas of Specialty: |
Special Education, Teacher Education, Native Teacher Education |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Students at Risk
|
|
|
|
Shirley-Dale Easley |
| Current Occupation: |
educational consultant |
| Areas of Specialty: |
learning and student portfolios, international education, curriculum development |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Portfolios Matter |
|
|
|
Catherine Feniak |
| Current Occupation: |
Principal at Queen Alexandra Elementary School in Vancouver. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Teaching children with special needs, inclusion, instructional strategies to develop literacy skills |
| Personal: |
Married and the "proud auntie" of 4, Catherine enjoys skiing, cycling, travelling, reading, and spending time with family and friends. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Student Diversity, 2nd Edition |
|
|
|
Sheree Fitch |
| Current Occupation: |
author of children's books, plays and various works for adults |
| Areas of Specialty: |
entertaining children all around the world with her fun fiction and lively poetry!
|
| Awards: |
Mr. Christie Book Award, Ann Connor Brimer Award, The Hackmatack, the Silver Birch and the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work inspiring to children |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Writing Maniac, The Poetry Experience |
|
|
|
Graham Foster |
| Current Occupation: |
Graham currently works as a writer, and as a workshop presenter in schools, conventions, and professional development consortia |
| Areas of Specialty: |
practical instructional strategies and school program coordination to achieve best practice in Language Arts instruction
|
| Personal: |
married, with one son, Graham enjoys playing golf and travelling |
| On the Web: |
http://members.shaw.ca/graham.foster/flash.html
|
| Pembroke Titles: |
Language Arts Idea Bank; Student Self-Assessment; I Think, Therefore I Learn!; Seven Steps to Successful Writing; What Good Readers Do; Powerful Presentations; and Exemplars.
|
|
|
|
Adrienne Gear |
| Current Occupation: |
Literacy Mentor with the Vancouver School District; workshop presenter |
| Areas of Specialty: |
reading and writing, specifically reading comprehension and metacognition |
| Personal: |
Married with two children, Adrienne enjoys hiking, camping, and being a stalwart sports mum! |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Reading Power |
|
|
|
Jerry George |
| Current Occupation: |
retired, former high school English teacher, principal, lecturer at UBC and with the Ontario Ministry of Education
|
| Areas of Specialty: |
leisure! |
| Personal: |
married, kids — grown up and gone! |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Good Grief! Good Grammar!, Marking Success
|
|
|
|
Suzanne Girard |
| Current Occupation: |
teacher |
| Areas of Specialty: |
curriculum development, school twinning |
| Pembroke Titles: |
The Library/Classroom Connection, Sign Out Science, Partnerships for Classroom Learning
|
|
|
|
Margie Golick |
| Current Occupation: |
educational consultant, CBC, Sesame Park, Kutoka Interactive
|
| Areas of Specialty: |
learning disabilities, learning through play |
| Personal: |
3 children, 5 grandchildren |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Reading, Writing and Rummy; Playing with Words; Wacky Word Games |
|
|
|
Kathleen Gould Lundy |
| Current Occupation: |
Course Director in the Faculty of Education and Fine Arts at York University |
| Areas of Specialty: |
dramatic arts, literacy |
| Pembroke Titles: |
What Do I Do About the Kid Who. . . ?; Leap into Literacy |
|
|
|
Linda Granfield |
| Current Occupation: |
non-fiction writer |
| Areas of Specialty: |
conference and classroom history presentations |
| Awards: |
more than 40, including the Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work |
| Personal: |
Contact: lindagranfield@sympatico.ca
Website: www.lindagranfield.com |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Postcards Talk
|
|
|
|
Judy Green |
| Current Occupation: |
writer/editor |
| Areas of Specialty: |
professional development workshops; reading, writing and sharing children's books |
| Personal: |
married, one son
Contact: greenj@aci.on.ca |
| Website: |
www.judygreen.ca
|
| Pembroke Titles: |
The Ultimate Guide to Classroom Publishing |
|
|
|
Sylvia Gunnery |
| Current Occupation: |
Sylvia is currently working with the Nova Scotia Department of Education, in both testing and evaluation and English program services. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
English language arts, particularly writing curriculum and assessment |
| Awards: |
1998 Prime Minister's Award Winner for Teaching Excellence |
| On the Web: |
Find Sylvia at The Writer's Federation of Nova Scotia, and at The Writer's Union of Canada.
|
| Pembroke Titles: |
The Writing Circle and Just Write! |
|
|
|
Masayuki Hachiya |
| Current Occupation: |
Ph.D. candidate at OISE/UofT |
| Areas of Specialty: |
visual arts in education, arts education |
| Awards: |
Government of Canada Award |
| Personal: |
married, one daughter |
| Pembroke Titles: |
The Arts Go to School |
|
|
|
Linda Hart-Hewins |
| Current Occupation: |
retired! — former principal, teacher, coordinator and consultant |
| Areas of Specialty: |
early childhood education |
| Personal: |
husband Charlie, and Georgie, "the wonder dog" |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Multi-Age Groupings in the Early Years, Better Books! Better Readers!
|
|
|
|
Ron Jobe |
| Current Occupation: |
professor at the University of British Columbia
|
| Areas of Specialty: |
literacy, children's literature |
| Awards: |
1998 Arbuthnot Award Winner (given by the IRA for excellence in teaching children's literature)
|
| Pembroke Titles: |
Canadian Connections, Info-Kids, Reluctant Readers |
|
|
|
Rob Kerr |
| Current Occupation: |
teacher |
| Areas of Specialty: |
rational self-instruction |
| Personal: |
married, one son, one daughter |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Self-Discipline |
|
|
|
Judith King |
| Current Occupation: |
Judith is currently working as a district helping teacher in social responsibility and school completion with the Okanagan Skaha district. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
social responsibility, inclusion, collaboration, and building compassionate schools |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Learning in Safe Schools
|
|
|
|
Carol Koechlin |
| Current Occupation: |
board consultant |
| Awards: |
OSLA Award of Merit winner (for promoting information literacy)
|
| Areas of Specialty: |
library and information literacy |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Info Tasks for Successful Learning, Teaching Tools for the Information Age, Information Power Pack: Junior Skillsbook, Information Power Pack: Intermediate Skillsbook, and Q Tasks.
|
|
|
|
Paul Kropp |
| Current Occupation: |
author, editor, and educational consultant in schools across Canada and the U.S. |
| Significant Past Positions: |
President, CANSCAIP (Canadian Society for Children's Authors, Illustrators and Publishers) |
| Areas of Specialty: |
reaching reluctant readers, books and the "boy problem", teaching writing from an author's point of view |
| Personal: |
married with three sons, divides time between homes in Toronto and Regina |
| Pembroke Titles: |
The Write Genre |
|
|
|
Jo-Anne Lake |
| Current Occupation: |
Supervisor, Instructor, and co-Coordinator at the Faculty of Education, Niagara University (Ontario Site). Working on the development of Backpack Science, Kits for the Early Years. Instructor at Queen's University in AQ Full-Distance Learning Courses |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Science, Language, Math and Technology, Early Childhood Learning |
| Personal: |
Jo-Anne has a "shoe fetish" and collects pairs where ever she travels (her collection is well over 90 pairs!). She also enjoys combining her loves of travel and golf to see the world!
|
| Pembroke Titles: |
Literature & Science Breakthroughs |
|
|
|
Katherine Luongo-Orlando |
| Current Occupation: |
Kathy is currently working as an independent consultant, developing programs and curriculum materials and providing workshops and in-services while she works to complete her doctoral studies. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
professional development workshops, literacy, curriculum development, interdisciplinary studies, assessment and evaluation |
| Awards: |
Winner of the Ontario Association of Junior Educators Recognition Award 1999 |
| Personal: |
married, with two daughters, Katherine and her family enjoy art, literature, music, and travel.
Contact: k.luongo-orlando@rogers.com |
| Pembroke Titles: |
A Project Approach to Language Learning, Authentic Assessment
|
|
|
|
Jock Mackenzie |
| Current Occupation: |
Jock is currently working as both a speaker and as the I.P.P. Coordinator at Eastview Middle School. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Language Arts, Leadership, and Fundamental Teaching Strategies |
| On the Web: |
Find out more about Jock on his personal website, at www.jockmackenzie.net. |
| Personal: |
Jock is married to a "great wife", and is part of a blended family that includes five children. His hobbies include golf, fishing, reading, and writing. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Essay Writing |
|
|
|
Ken Marland |
| Current Occupation: |
Teacher
|
| Awards: |
Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History; Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence
|
| Pembroke Titles: |
High Frequency Words |
|
|
|
Kay Mitchell |
| Current Occupation: |
educational consultant |
| Areas of Specialty: |
learning and student portfolios, international education, curriculum development |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Portfolios Matter |
|
|
|
Cathy Miyata |
| Current Occupation: |
Cathy runs her own consulting/performing business, Creative Expressions, specializing in literacy, integrated education and differentiated instruction. She is a professional storyteller and a mentor artist with "Learning Through the Arts" program. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
literacy (writing, reading, and oral language), drama and storytelling
|
| Pembroke Titles: |
Speaking Rules!, The Reading Edge
|
| Hobbies: |
entertaining, walking, reading, performing and sharing conversation |
| On the Web: |
www.cathymiyata.com |
|
|
|
Steve Moline |
| Current Occupation: |
writer, illustrator, designer and literacy consultant |
| Areas of Specialty: |
visual literacy and information comprehension |
| Website: |
http://www.k-8visual.info |
| Pembroke Titles: |
I See What You Mean |
|
|
|
Bill Moore |
| Current Occupation: |
retired, taught for over 50 years in Hamilton, ON, former professor at Brock University |
| Areas of Specialty: |
reading, drama, poetry |
| Personal: |
married, 3 children, 6 grandchildren |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Poems Please! 2nd Edition, Words That Taste Good |
|
|
|
Norah Morgan |
| Current Occupation: |
retired |
| Areas of Specialty: |
questioning, process drama |
| Personal: |
married, 4 sons, 7 grandchildren |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Asking Better Questions, and Asking Better Questions, 2nd Edition |
|
|
|
Les Parsons |
| Current Occupation: |
After more than 30 years as a teacher, workshop leader, university lecturer, and consultant, Les has recently retired.
|
| Areas of Specialty: |
Les' work with innovative curricular activities range from implementing response journals across the curriculum and writer's workshop techniques to designing effective evaluation and promoting practical equity policies. |
| Recent News: |
Don't miss Les' article on working on bullying with families in New Horizons magazine — read the full article at www.newhorizons.org. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Classroom Troubleshooter, Response Journals Revisited, Revising & Editing, Grammarama!, Bullied Teacher: Bullied Student |
|
|
|
Kathy Paterson |
| Current Occupation: |
Professor at the University of Alberta, Edmonton |
| Areas of Specialty: |
English, special education, and fine arts, especially drama |
| Hobbies: |
certified Fitness Instructor, writing, water-colour painting, |
| Pembroke Titles: |
How Do I Teach . . . and keep my sanity?, Differentiated Learning, 55 Teaching Dilemmas, Real Life Literacy, and 3-Minute Motivators. |
| Awards: |
recipient of the 2005 "recognition of excellence in teaching" award from the University of Alberta |
|
|
|
Jo Phenix |
| Current Occupation: |
Jo travels world-wide as a course leader and workshop presenter, focusing on North America and the U.K. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
reading, writing, and spelling in the elementary grades |
| Contact: |
jophenix@bserv.com |
| On the Web: |
www.jophenix.com |
| Pembroke Titles: |
The Teacher's Handbook series, The Spelling Teacher's Book of Lists, 2nd Edition, Talking, Writing & Thinking About Books
|
|
|
|
Janine Reid |
| Current Occupation: |
Although Janine has retired from classroom practice, she is currently acting as a literacy consultant throughout British Columbia. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
primary and early literacy, especially writing, and classroom resources |
| Significant Past Positions: |
mentor in the Early Literacy Project in Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Pembroke Titles: |
What's Next for this Beginning Writer?, Writing Anchors |
| Personal: |
married with 3 grown children, Janine enjoys travelling, walking, gardening and watercolour painting |
|
|
|
Ken Rigby |
| Current Occupation: |
education consultant |
| Areas of Specialty: |
school bullying |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Stop the Bullying |
|
|
|
Lori Jamison Rog |
| Current Occupation: |
Lori is currently working as an independent language arts consultant working with schools and districts across Canada and the U.S. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Literacy: reading and writing |
| On the Web: |
Find out more about Lori and her work at www.lorijamison.com. |
| Personal: |
Married with one daughter, Lori enjoys traveling, bike riding, singing, reading, and writing. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Guided Reading Basics, The Write Genre |
|
|
|
Jennifer Rowsell |
| Current Occupation: |
Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education; speaker at workshops and local and international conferences |
| Areas of Specialty: |
new literacies, multimodality, family literacy, and multiliteracies |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Family Literacy Experiences and The Literacy Principal, 2nd Edition |
| On the Web: |
Find out more about Jennifer here:
Rutgers Faculty Biography |
| Hobbies: |
Yoga, reading books, movies |
|
|
|
Juliana Saxton |
| Current Occupation: |
Professor Emeritus at the University of Victoria |
| Areas of Specialty: |
language arts and drama |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Asking Better Questions, and Asking Better Questions, 2nd Edition |
|
|
|
Leyton Schnellert |
| Current Occupation: |
in-service faculty associate and staff developer at Simon Fraser University |
| Areas of Specialty: |
assessment, reading and writing across the content areas, diversity, and literacy |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Student Diversity, 2nd Edition |
|
|
|
Betty Schultze |
| Current Occupation: |
Betty is currently working as a literacy consultant, workshop leader, and Literacy Advisor for One to One, a non-profit tutoring organization. |
| Areas of Speciality: |
writing, reading, special needs |
| Significant Past Positions: |
Mentor for Early Literacy Project � Vancouver School District
President � Learning Disabilities Association of B.C., Vancouver chapter
Board of Directors � One-to-One Literacy |
| Personal: |
Betty is married, with four grown children, and is loving being a grandmother! She also loves the island life, sailing, and fishing. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
What's Next for this Beginning Writer?, Basic Tools for Beginning Writers (companion book) |
|
|
|
Linda M. Schwartz |
| Current Occupation: |
Computer Resource Teacher |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Integrating Computers Into The K-8 Curriculum |
| Personal: |
married, two daughters, one son |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Computer Activities for the Cooperative Classroom |
|
|
|
Alex Shirran |
| Current Occupation: |
Director of Teacher Education Programs at the International Education and Research Institute |
| Areas of Specialty: |
multicultural and minority education, curriculum design and instruction, student evaluation, social studies education |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Evaluating Students |
|
|
|
Sylvia Sikundar |
| Current Occupation: |
children's author and consultant |
| Areas of Specialty: |
muticulturalism |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Celebrating Our Cultures |
|
|
|
Kathy Stinson |
| Current Occupation: |
writer |
| Areas of Specialty: |
books for children and young adults |
| Website: |
www.kathystinson.com |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Writing Your Best Picture Book Ever |
|
|
|
Donna Styles |
| Current Occupation: |
Donna is currently retired, and is spending her time traveling the world after a wonderful career as an intermediate classroom teacher, gifted program coordinator, and workshop presenter.
|
| Areas of Specialty: |
Creating cohesive classroom communities; classroom management; brain-based learning |
| Presentations in the Past: |
Workshops on cooperative learning, reading and writing workshops, thinking skills, learning journals, and class meetings.
|
| Personal: |
married, 1 son, 1 daughter (all 4 of us are educators!)
Contact: donnastyles@hotmail.com
|
| Pembroke Titles: |
Class Meetings |
|
|
|
Margaret Swain |
| Current Occupation: |
Margaret is currently working with pre-service and graduate teachers at Mount Saint Vincent University. She also works in international recruitment, and in curriculum writing with the Jamaica Ministry of Education. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Classroom assessment (for/as learning) |
| Personal: |
Margaret is married, with two children, 3 grandchildren, and 2 cats. her hobbies include gourmet cooking (despite her diet!), and sewing costumes and writing books for her grandchildren. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Yes, but... if they like it, they'll learn it! |
|
|
|
Larry Swartz |
| Current Occupation: |
Larry is currently working as an instructor in both Language Arts and Dramatic Arts, and is Principal of Continuing Education Courses in Dramatic Arts, all with OISE, UT. |
| Awards: |
1998 Jennie Mitchell Award winner: Literacy Teacher of the Year |
| Areas of Specialty: |
children's literature, dramatic arts, bullying, boys and literacy, the talk curriculum |
| Pembroke Titles: |
The New Dramathemes, 3rd edition; Classroom Events Through Poetry; Literacy Techniques, 2nd edition, and The Novel Experience, The Poetry Experience |
|
|
|
Carole Tarlington |
| Current Occupation: |
agent, drama coach, producer/director. Carole is the founder of Tarlington Talent Agency and Tarlington Training. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
drama training and theatre |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Role Drama |
|
|
|
Mark Thurman |
| Current Occupation: |
artist, illustrator, author, teacher |
| Past Appearances: |
Mark has appeared on Romper Room, Mr. Dress-up and Polka Dot Door. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
writing and illustrating picture books, teaching illustration and design |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Draw & Write Your Own Picture Book, Helping Kids Draw & Write Picture Books, Illustration Ideas for Creating Picture Books, Postcards Talk |
|
|
|
Dirk Verhulst |
| Current Occupation: |
instructor at the Trent University School of Education |
| Areas of Specialty: |
English and the language arts |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Tutoring Adolescent Readers |
|
|
|
Catherine Walker |
| Current Occupation: |
Catherine is currently working as Senior Manager with Alberta Education, developing resources to support teachers of students with special education needs. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
differentiated instruction, learning disabilities, authentic assessment, individualized program planning |
| Awards: |
National Excellence of Education Award from the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Smart Tests |
|
|
|
Irene N. Watts |
| Current Occupation: |
author, playwright, and Theatre Director for Young Audiences |
| Areas of Specialty: |
drama and children's literature |
| Awards and Honours: |
Irene has been recognized for her work on numerous occasions, including a White Raven award in 2006, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, The Chocolate Lily Award, The Canadian Jewish Book Award (3 times!). |
| Publications and Stage Plays: |
Irene's work for children includes several novels, such as Flower, A Tapestry of Hope, Finding Sophie, and The Fish Princess. Her stage plays include an adaptation of The Paper Bag Princess, Martha's Magic, A Chain of Words, and Good-Bye Marianne. |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Just a Minute |
|
|
|
Jan Wells |
| Current Occupation: |
Jan devotes her time to writing, and leading the occasional workshop. She also works as a consultant for Scholastic Canada. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
Children's literature; early literacy; teaching the language arts with authentic reading and writing activities. |
| Personal: |
married, one son |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Better Books! Better Readers!, Writing Anchors |
|
|
|
Kathlene R. Willing |
| Current Occupation: |
previously a teacher, but now Kathlene is retired and enjoying life! |
| Areas of Specialty: |
computers |
| Personal: |
married, 8 children, 8 grandchildren |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Computer Activities for the Cooperative Classroom and Sign Out Science
|
|
|
|
Sandi Zwaan |
| Current Occupation: |
Sandi currently works as a workshop leader and speaker at conferences and sessions across North America. |
| Areas of Specialty: |
school libraries and information literacy |
| Pembroke Titles: |
Info Tasks, Teaching Tools for the Information Age, Information Power Pack: Junior Skillsbook, Information Power Pack: Intermediate Skillsbook, and Q Tasks. |
|
|
|
|
