Dr. Jeanie Crain, Professor of English, performed a systems portfolio review for the AQIP accreditation body.
Dr.
Cynthia Jenéy, Associate Professor of English, presented her paper "Keep
Calm and Carry a Falcon: Riding Toward Catastrophe with the Arthurian
Ladies" at the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies conference
in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Publications
Ms. Mary Stone Dockery, Instructor of
English, has had her chapbook The
Dopamine Letters published by Hyacinth Girl Press.
Prairie Lands Writing Project Activities
Prairie Lands Writing Project Director Susan Martens
(MWSU), Co-Director Christie Leigan (Hall Elementary, St. Joseph), and Teacher
Consultant Mya Treat (SJSD) interviewed candidates for the PLWP 2014
Invitational Summer Institute and were pleased to send official acceptance
letters to 13 area teachers from a wide range of districts, grade levels, and
content areas.
Work with teachers involved in the College Ready
Writers Program (CRWP) funded by PLWP’s i3 grant continued in February with
model lessons, book study groups, and other sessions with teachers and students
in Braymer, Hamilton, and Breckenridge.
PLWP Teacher Consultants Janet Jelavich (Maryville, retired), Lynn
Tushaus (Savannah, retired), Michelle Irby (Orrick High School), and Amy Miller
(Benton High School, St. Joseph) joined Kathy Miller (Weston High School), Jane
Frick (MWSU, retired) and Tom Pankiewicz (MWSU) in delivering these
programs.
On Feb. 19th and 20th, Teacher
Consultant Terri McAvoy (St. Joseph, retired) conducted model lessons and met
with teachers at Pickett Elementary as part of the SEED 2 Professional
Development in a High-Needs Schools grant.
Finally, a number of PLWP Teacher Consultants were
involved in numerous capacities at the Annual Write to Learn Conference, held
at Osage Beach Feb. 27-March 1.
·
Co-Director Tom Pankiewicz hosted an
awards ceremony for approximately 200 people, which included student winners in
grades 7-12, their family members and their teachers, for the Missouri Writing
Region of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. He was assisted by Teacher Consultants Josie
Clark (Bode Middle School, St. Joseph) and Amanda Moyers (Central High School,
St. Joseph) as well as by Director Susan Martens.
·
Clark, along with Teacher Consultant
Stacia Studer (Bode Middle School, St. Joseph), presented a conference session
called “Creative Power: Combining Creative Writing and Technology.”
·
Kelsey Corzine (a MWSU graduate) and
PLWP Teacher consultant Tia Frahm (Bode Middle School) presented “How to Love
Revision in Ten Mini Lessons.”
·
Tori Grable (Smithville) and Elisabeth
Alkier (Bode Middle School) presented “Taking Flight with Technology: Using
Current Technological Tools to Encourage and Enhance Student Writing.”
·
Dasha Davis (Savannah High School)
presented “A Mile in Their Shoes: Increasing Global Awareness through
Multicultural Literature.”
·
These and other PLWP Teacher Consultants
also accompanied several teachers who were attending Write to Learn, some for
the first time, as part of their work with the College Ready Writers
Program, including Terrance Sanders
(Braymer), Diane White (Braymer), Candy Hensley (Hamilton), Renae Wattenbarger
(Hamilton) and Linda Gaines (Breckenridge).
Appointments
Ms.
Mary Stone Dockery, Instructor of English, has been appointed an editor at
Sundress Publications (a publishing collective). As an editor, she will be
reading full-length manuscripts, chapbooks, writing blog posts, reviews, and
other dutues.
Awards
Mike Cadden, Professor of English, was awarded
honorable mention (runner-up) by the Children’s Literature Association for his
article “All
is Well: the Epilogue in Children’s Fantasy Fiction,” Narrative 20.3 (Oct 2012). The award recognizes the top scholarly
articles on the subject of children’s literature published in English during a
calendar year.
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