Service

• Teacher Mentor, Cabarrus County, 2001-2007.
• School Improvement Team, W. M. Irvin Elementary. 2002-2007.
• Young Authors Chair, W.M. Irvin Elementary School, 2002-2007.
• School Improvement Team, Nathaniel Alexander Elementary. 1996-2002.
• Charlotte Mecklenburg Education Foundation delegate, 1999-2000.
• Executive Board Co-Chair, National Writing Project at Charlotte, 1997- 2007.
• Planning Committee, UNC-Charlotte Fall Writing Conference, 1998.
• Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Participant, Excellence in Education, 1994.
• National Science Resource Center Leadership Institute, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C., 1989.

Professional organizations

• National Writing Project, UNC Charlotte Site, 1985-present.
• International Reading Association, 1994-present.
• National Council of Teachers of English, 1994-present.
• NC Association of Educators and National Education Association, 1980-present.

Outreach for education

• Board of Directors, Countryside Montessori School, 2008-2009.
• Parent-Child Workshop, Understanding The 4th Grade Writing Test, How to Help Your Child Read, Weslyn Snuggs, coordinator, 2006-2007.
• Writing Across the Curriculum One-Day Conference, “Reading, Writing and Preparing for the End of Grade Tests,” NC State University, April 16, 2005.
• Building Blocks of Literacy 2004 Conference, “Talking About Thinking: Modeling Proficient Reader Strategies to Improve Comprehension,” Greater Cabarrus Reading Association, Nov. 6, 2004.
• Parent-Child Workshops, Helping Your Child at Home, W.M. Irvin, 5 evening sessions, 2003-2004.
• Greenville Center Pep Rally, Do Your Best on the Writing Test, April 2001.
• Education Foundation, Community Vision for Quality Public Education, Carole A. Hoefner Community Services Center, summer 1999.
• Leadership Charlotte, Speaker, Education Day, The Future for Teachers in Charlotte, 1998.
• Planning Committee, UNC Charlotte Fall Writing Conference, NC, 1998.
• Communities in Schools, Panelist, How to Help Children Read, 1997.
• Barnes & Noble Panel, Reading Progress for Elementary Students, 1997.
• WBT Radio, Interview, Ray Goodman, Raising Readers, 1997.
• Belk Lunchtime Learning Fair, Creating a Love for Reading at Home, First Union Center, Jan. 1997.
• Television Interview, David Hains, Attracting and Keeping New Teachers, 1997.
• The Charlotte Observer, Consultant and panelist, Raising a Reader, January 1996.
• The Charlotte Observer, Guest Columnist, For the Record, 1996.
• The Charlotte Observer, Letters to the Editor, 1997, 1999.
• CMS Quick Study, Ben Craig Award Winners, Television Interview, December 1996.

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