Book Contributors and Their Reflections
I thank each teacher who helped make my books possible. None would be the same without the diverse group of teachers who field tested recommended strategies, sent written reflections, and shared student samples. Click on names below and read what each wrote.
Thanks, also to R. Joseph Rodriguez, PhD, who wrote the Foreword to GETTING STARTED: A Path to Success to Teaching English to Students in Middle School and Beyond (November, 2018), and to Claudia Marschall who served as a critical reader/editor.
Cresence Birder
English Teacher,
9th Grade Students at The Bishop’s School,
La Jolla, California, Independent School
Anne Brown
English Teacher of
6-8th Grade Students at the Crestwood Middle School,
Kentwood, Michigan
José Luís Cano
Adjunct Instructor of Adult Students
at the Texas Southernmost College,
Brownsville, Texas
Kiondre Dunnam
Social Studies Teacher of
7th Grade Students at the
W.R. Coile Middle School,
Athens, Georgia
Emily Espy
Teacher of 8th Grade Math Students
UP Academy Dorchester
Turnaround School Public School
Boston, Massachusetts,
Cassidy Earle (Greer)
Teacher of Middle School Math Students
Hopewell Middle School
Alpharetta, Georgia
Kalpana Mukunda Iyengar, PhD
Lecturer to
Pre-Service Teachers, University of Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Claudia Marschall
Retired,
Mentor to teachers in Buffalo Public Schools,
Buffalo, New York
Jazmen Moore
English Teacher
of 9-10 grade Students at the
Oak Park and River Forest High School,
Oak Park, Illinois
(now graduate student at University of Washington, Seattle, WA.)
Ellen M. Murray, M.Ed.
Reading Specialist,
EM Educational Specialties, LLC,
Grand Rapids, Michigan
R. Joseph Rodriguez, PhD
Professor
California State University, Fresno
Fresno Kremen School of Education and Human Development
Department of Literacy, Early, Bilingual, and Special Education
Fresno, California
Howard Smith, PhD
Associate Professor of
Pre-service teachers, University of Texas,
San Antonio, Texas
Audrey Spica
English Teacher of
7-8th Grade Students at the Pinewood Middle School,
Kentwood, Michigan