Awards & AccoladesThis is the archive of all Awards and Accolades
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Alabama
Alabama A&M University Writing Project
February 2005
Patty Lowe, 1997 fellow, organized the Trinity Writing Project at her church (Trinity United Methodist with over 3,000 members). Hundreds of members participate on three levels: youth, young adults and adults. Patty has also been the focus of two newspaper articles on innovative classroom techniques. She is on the boards of the AAMUWP and the Alabama Council of Teachers of English.
Alabama
Alabama A&M University Writing Project
February 2005
Nancy Kearns, 1996 advanced fellow, has an article accepted for the English Journal.
Alabama
Alabama A&M University Writing Project
February 2005
Leroy Sterling, director, was named Teacher of the Year at Alabama A&M. Sterling also has an article "Teaching Standard English: Crossroads or Remission?" appearing in Alabama English.
Alabama
Alabama A&M University Writing Project
February 2005
Carolyn Creighton, 1997 fellow, has been named editor of the first WP newsletter and has already published the first edition. She was also appointed to the AAMUWP Board of Directors.
Alabama
Jacksonville State University Writing Project
September 2001
Gloria Horton, co-director and 1989 fellow, received the Distinguished Service Award for the College of Arts and Sciences at Jacksonville State University for 2001-2002.
Alabama
Jacksonville State University Writing Project
October 2004
Ken Guthrie and Sondra Oswalt, 1988 fellows, and Melissa Shields, 1997 fellow, received National Board Certification in November 2000.
Alabama
Jacksonville State University Writing Project
October 2004
Millie B. Harris, 1998 fellow and Advisory Board member, was chosen as Department of Defense Education Activity Teacher of the Year for 2000. Millie will be relieved of her teaching duties at Stowers Elementary, Fort Benning, Georgia, for half a year to travel to various speaking engagements at bases all over the world, including Europe, Japan, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.
Alabama
Jacksonville State University Writing Project
October 2004
Gloria Horton, 1989 fellow and co-director, is the Local Arrangements Chair of the National Council of Teachers of English Spring Conference, to be held in Birmingham, Alabama, in March. Gloria currently serves as President of the Alabama Council of Teachers of English.
Alabama
Jacksonville State University Writing Project
October 2004
The Spring 2000 issue of Alabama English, the state NCTE affiliate's journal, features the writing of several teacher-consultants, including articles by Don Bennett, 2000 fellow, "Autobiographical Writing: Luring the Reluctant Writer"; Barbara Eubanks, 1989 fellow, "Teacher or Miracle Worker"; and Melissa Shields, 1997 fellow, "You've Got Mail: A Teacher-Research Class Study." Several others contributed reviews: Joanne Gates, 1997 fellow, reviewed Weaving in the Women: Transforming the High School English Curriculum; Gloria Horton, 1989 fellow, reviewed Image Grammar: Using Grammatical Structures to Teach Writing; and Jennifer Ferrell, 1998 fellow, reviewed The Journal Book for Teachers of At-Risk College Writers.
Alabama
Jacksonville State University Writing Project
February 2005
Barbara Eubanks, 1989 fellow, published Humorous Happenings in Holy Places (Tate Publishing, 2004).
Alabama
Mobile Bay Writing Project
October 2004
Carol Case, 2000 Fellow, published her poem “Field Manual for M67 Fragmentation Grenade” at www.gumballpoetry.com.
Alabama
Mobile Bay Writing Project
October 2004
Tracey Williams, 2000 Fellow from John Will Elementary School, and Ardith Goodwin, 1999 Fellow from Baker Elementary School, received National Board Certification in November 2000.
Alabama
Mobile Bay Writing Project
October 2004
Molly Wagner, 1998 fellow, received St. Paul Episcopal School's first Faculty Recognition Award of $2500 for professional development. Molly's article "Changing Places" was published in The Independent Connection, Spring/Summer 2000.
Alabama
Mobile Bay Writing Project
October 2004
Ardith Goodwin, 1999 fellow, of Baker Elementary School was named Mobile County Elementary Teacher of the Year for 1999-2000.
Alabama
Mobile Bay Writing Project
October 2004
Sandra Sprinkle, 1999 fellow, of Mary Montgomery High School was named Mobile County Secondary Teacher of the Year.
Alabama
Mobile Bay Writing Project
October 2004
Dannette Collins, 1999 fellow, was named Teacher of the Year for A.W. Holloway Elementary School.
Alabama
Mobile Bay Writing Project
October 2004
Carol Case, 2000 fellow, published her poem "The Christening" in Ordinary and Sacred as Blood: Alabama Women Speak, Mary Carol Moran, editor.
Alabama
Mobile Bay Writing Project
October 2004
Ardith Goodwin, 1999 fellow and teacher at Baker Elementary School in mobile, received the Outstanding Teacher Award at her school this year.
Alabama
Mobile Bay Writing Project
January 2005
An article by Molly Wagner, 1998 fellow, was published in the fall/winter issue of The Independent Connection, the journal of the Alabama Association of Independent Schools. In the article, entitled "St. Paul's Hosts South Alabama's First National WP," Molly describes the institute and its impact on her: "The Mobile Bay WP transformed me as a writer, an educator, and a person. Like a ripple on the glassy surface of a pond, the impact of this summer's experience will widen as I interact with students, colleagues, and friends." Molly is a fourth grade teacher at St. Paul's where the summer institute was held.
Alabama
Sun Belt Writing Project
December 2002
Art Belliveau, 1989 fellow, had an article, “From Word Bubbles to Written Dialogue,” published in the National Council of Teachers of English Ideas Plus Book 19 (2001).
Alabama
Sun Belt Writing Project
August 2004
Susan Shehane, 2001 fellow, won the Teachers’ Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction for her piece “Alabama Cold War” in a contest sponsored by the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham.
Alabama
Wiregrass Writing Project
September 2004
Ronda Stevens, 1987 fellow and co-director, received the 2000-2001 Secondary Teacher of the Year Award for the Ozark City Schools in Ozark. Stevens taught English at D.A. Smith Middle School and Carroll High School for 29 years.
Alaska
Alaska State Writing Consortium
September 2004
Annie Calkins, founder, and Scott Christian, 1989 fellow, edited Standard Implications: Alaskans Reflect on a Movement to Change Teaching (University of Alaska, 2000; available from ASWP office for $7), containing essays contributed by the following ASWC and Bread Loaf School participants: Dixie Goswami, Eileen Clark, Fargo Kesey, Joe Koon, Tom McKenna, Geri McLeod, Karen Mitchell, Maria Offer, Prudence Plunkett, Sondra Porter, Rosie Roppel, Sheri Skelton, Pat Truman, Tammy Vanwyhe, and Scott Christian.
Alaska
Alaska State Writing Consortium
October 2004
Pat Truman, Board Member from Palmer Junior Middle School, was selected as the 2001 Alaska Teacher of the Year.
Alaska
Alaska State Writing Consortium
October 2004
Karen Mitchell, ASWC board member, was appointed coordinator of the Breadloaf Rural Teachers Network and the BLTN state moderators for 1999-2000.
Alaska
Alaska State Writing Consortium
October 2004
Samantha Dunaway, ASWC board member, published "Winter Walk, After An Argument" in Explorations Fall 1999, and "Convincing Hansel" in The GSU Review, Spring 1998.
Alaska
Alaska State Writing Consortium
October 2004
ASWC board member Dorothy Gray published "Rebirth of a Rectory" on the National Trust for Historic Preservation website.
Alaska
Alaska State Writing Consortium
February 2005
Rosie Roppel, co-director, wrote "BreadNet as a Tool to Reform Gang Behavior," which will be published this year by Heinemann in Electronic Networks: Crossing Boundaries, Creating Communities, co-edited by Chris Benson, Rocky Gooch and Tharon Howard. The article, which first appeared in the Bread Loaf Rural Teacher newsletter, discusses how teachers and students review gang-related materials, respond to literature and discuss solutions to gang-related problems via BreadNet, Middlebury College's electronic mail system.
Arizona
Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project
December 2001
G. Lynn Nelson, director, had his article, "Writing Beyond Testing: The Word as an Instrument of Creation," published in the September 2001 issue of English Journal (91) 1.
Arizona
Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project
October 2004
Co-director Marsha Harrison, 1999 fellow, has had her dissertation on "The Transformational Power of Storytelling" accepted for publication by Peter Lang Publishing of New York, Fall 2001.
Arizona
Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project
October 2004
Maira Exposito Glass, 1997 fellow, has had her novel Sun and Shade accepted for publication by Erica House Publishers. The novel grew from her work in the GPAWP summer institute.
Arizona
Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project
October 2004
Director G. Lynn Nelson's article "Warriors with Words: Toward a Post-Columbine Writing Curriculum" has been selected as the winner in the English Journal's Edwin M. Hopkins Award competition for the most outstanding article.
Arizona
Northern Arizona Writing Project
June 2004
Catherine Lytle, 2003 fellow, had her article, "The Elements of Fiction and Dr. Seuss," published in the April 2004 issue of Classroom Notes Plus 21 (1).
Arizona
Northern Arizona Writing Project
September 2004
Ann Gardner, 1992 fellow, was named 2001 Technology Coordinator of the Year by the Arizona Technology in Education Alliance. She is currently the technology coordinator for Holbrook Unified School District in Holbrook.
Arizona
Northern Arizona Writing Project
November 2004
Catherine Lytle, 2003 fellow, had her article, “The Elements of Fiction and Dr. Seuss,” published in the April 2004 issue of Classroom Notes Plus 21 (1).
Arizona
Northern Arizona Writing Project
January 2005
Judy Peterson, 1995 fellow and teacher-consultant, recently published Writing About the Holocaust (1998). Judy teaches grades 11-12 at Blue Ridge High School.
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
September 2001
Roberta Howard is the new education policy advisor to the Arizona State Legislature.
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
February 2002
Carrie Brennan, 1995 fellow, received the site’s Exemplary Teacher Award from the University of Arizona Department of English at the annual spring conference in March 2002.
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
June 2002
Roger Shanley, co-director, has been elected to the National Council of Teachers of English Secondary Section Steering Committee. Shanley begins his term in November.
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
September 2002
Danusia Workiewycz, 2000 fellow, was accepted as a teacher-scholar to the National Holocaust Project and spent a week in Washington, D.C. Workiewycz teaches English at University High School in Tucson.
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
September 2002
Ken Vorndran, 2001 fellow, had “Invitations: An English Teacher Discovers the Real Heart of His Courses” published in Hope (September/October 2002).
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
November 2002
Lynn Cuffari, 2002 fellow, published “A Little Pizza Italy in Tucson” in Tucson Lifestyle (October 2002).
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
June 2003
Sharon Miller, a co-director (and a 1985 fellow of the Maryland Writing Project), coauthored “Integrating the Literacies of Reading and Writing” in Integrating Multiple Literacies in K-8 Classrooms: Cases, Commentaries, and Practical Applications, edited by Janet C. Richards (Erlbaum, March 2003). Miller also was named the 2003 University of Arizona Exemplary Teacher of the Year.
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
September 2004
Harriet Scarborough, 1983 fellow, won the Oustanding Educator Award for 2001 from the College of Education at the University of Arizona. Scarborough is the language arts coordinator for grades 9-12 in Tucson Unified School District.
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
October 2004
Nine fellows contributed chapters to Writing Across the Curriculum in Secondary Classrooms: Teaching from a Diverse Perspective, edited by Harriet Arzu Scarborough (Merrill-Prentice Hall, 2001): (in order of appearance in the book) "Math and Science in My English Class? Why Not?" Anne-Marie Hall, director; "La Voz Liberada: Writing to Learn in a Sheltered English Class," Salvador Gabaldi; "Writing to Learn as a Way of Making Sense of the World," Mary Carmen E. Cruz; "Real Live Audiences for Real Live Communication: Writing to Learn and the Possibilities of Technology," Loraine Chapman; "A Writing Teacher Learns," Michael Robinson; "Forever on the Morning Wind: Expanding the Canon of American Literature," Edith Baker; "Bridging the Gaps and Spaces Among Learners in a Writing-to-Learn Classroom," Harriet Arzu Scarborough; "Making the Transition from High School to University Writing Across the Curriculum" Yvonne Merrill; and "Rearranging Desks," Alyson Isabel Whyte.
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
October 2004
Nancy Campbell, 2000 Fellow, won first prize in the Arizona English Teachers Association “Teachers as Writers” contest for both short fiction and nonfiction with her works “Sears” and “Elephant Seal Epiphany.”
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
October 2004
Deborah Hartz, Teachers' Research and Inquiry Institute 1999 and 2000, published “Literacy Leaps as Blind Students Embrace Technology” in the November issue of English Journal.
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
October 2004
The Department of English at the University of Arizona has established a Southern Arizona Writing Project Exemplary Teacher Award. The 2000 award was presented to Roger Shanley, co-director of SAWP since 1988, and Flora Ann Simon, co-director of SAWP since 1991. Together Roger and Flora Ann have mentored, coached and taught over 200 teachers.
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
October 2004
Five teacher-consultants received awards from the Arizona English Teachers Association (AETA) “Teachers as Writers” Contest. Kinsey McKinney, 2002 fellow, won the third-place short story award for “Little One in Ceremony.” Danusia Workiewycz, 2000 fellow, won the first-place short story award for “Florinda Foster.” Lynn Cuffari, 2002 fellow, won the first-place nonfiction prose award for “To Write Is to Paint Is to Write.” Judyth A. Willis, 2002 fellow, won for the second-place nonfiction award for “Traveling Light.” Coby Goesling, 2002 fellow, won the third-place nonfiction prose award for “Bellyache.” The writing project site won the AETA Teachers as Writers trophy for 2002-2003.
Arizona
Southern Arizona Writing Project
November 2004
Pat Garrison, 1999 fellow, is a semi-finalist in the International Poetry Contest for her poem "The Mariner's Villanelle Tale." She will be published in their anthology in April 2000.
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