Faculty & Staff Resources

Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
I serve on the Campus Leadership Team for this elementary school. As part of the Team, I review budgets, campus improvement plans, and other documents, and participate in reviewing objectives and progress toward meeting them.

International Literacy Association
ILA Program of Distinction review member

Ethics Committee, Literacy Research Association
To educate and provide guidance to LRA members and to those with whom they interact about the ethical principles as outlined in the Ethics Statement.
To serve as a resource to the membership regarding ethical issues arising in aspects of their research.
To assist and advise the Executive Committee and Board of Directors in addressing ethical issues.
To facilitate and encourage discussion of ethical issues among the LRA community.

Informing the membership of the organization's Ethics Statement, such as a symposium at the Annual Conference on ethical issues relevant to the practice of literacy research and/or a newsletter column.
To find and implement a variety of opportunities for the LRA membership to raise, discuss, consider, and, if desired, respond to general ethical issues currently arising in relation to literacy research and/or education.
Undertaking periodic reviews of the Ethics Statement to ensure that it addresses the ethical issues that arise in the changing context of literacy research.

Field Council, Literacy Research Association
The purpose of the Field Council is to serve as an advisory council to the President and Board of Directors regarding the work of LRA. The Field Council promotes the recruitment, retention, and reclamation of LRA members. In addition, the Field Council is responsible for the dissemination of research and literacy practices through cooperative efforts with institutions and professional organizations and strives to build a strong network of LRA members within each state in order to increase the quality of communication and information dissemination between the Board of Directors and the membership.

Committee on Equity and Diversity, Literacy Research Association
This committee is charged with identifying areas for improvement within the organization related to equity and diversity, and making recommendations to the board for implementing improvements.

Book Awards Committee, International Literacy Association
The International Literacy Association (ILA) Children's and Young Adults' Book Awards are intended for newly published authors who show unusual promise in the children's and young adults' book field. Awards are given for fiction and nonfiction in each of three (3) categories: primary, intermediate, and young adult. I serve as Chair for the intermediate category, read approximately 80 books per year, and lead my team in identifying the winners of our fiction and non-fiction awards.