Dr. David E. White
http://www.keene.edu/clf/history.cfm

dwhite@keene.edu
Professor of Education at Keene State College, Keene, NH, David White and Jason W. Fraser, have been consulting together since 1998. They have given numerous one day workshops, have presented at national conferences, worked in four international schools in Zurich, Switzerland, co-taught graduate courses, and have several publications in refereed journals.

Fifth grade teacher at William G. Vinal School in Norwell, MA, Jason Fraser and David E. White have been consulting together since 1998. They have given numerous one day workshops, have presented at national conferences, worked in four international schools in Zurich, Switzerland, co-taught graduate courses, and have several publications in refereed journals.

Susan Birkett has worked as a children’s librarian, coordinator of children’s and teen services, and is now the Community Services Manager at the Boston Public Library. 

Sydney Chaffee is presently enrolled in the Citizen’s School Teaching Fellows Program.  Spending half her day teaching on Citizen school campuses, and the other half to the Home Work Assistance Program at the Boston Public Library. 

Mary Eldringhoff holds Masters Degrees in Education, 1969 and Library Science and Information Technology, 1999. She has served in as an educator as all levels from pre-school through graduate level professional training.  From 1996 to 1998 she served as the Elementary Librarian for four elementary schools in Tewksbury, MA. From 1998 to 2005 she operated as a fixed schedule librarian for all students in Grades 5 and 6 in Tewksbury.  This year she is providing classroom instruction as a World Geography Teacher, Grade 7 at the Wynn Middle School, Tewksbury, MA.  She is a member of Beta Phi Mu, International Honor Society and was the recipient of the 2002 Technology Pathfinder Award from MassCUE. At the national level, for the past two years, Mrs. Eldringhoff has worked as a peer reviewer for the federal Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Grant Program. Anyone interested in discussing the materials presented may email her directly at: meldringhoff@tewksbury.k12.ma.us
 

Lisa Francine is in her fourth year as Head Librarian at the Fenn School (grades 4-9) in Concord, MA. She has many years of experience teaching at the preschool level and worked for several years at the Acton Public Library in Reader’s Advisory. 

Vicki Jacobs is Lecturer on Education and Associate Director of the Teacher Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.  As Lecturer on Education, she has taught courses on secondary literacy and learning, teaching and curriculum, and the teaching of English.  In addition, she is an Associate of the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking, and she has taught at the high school and undergraduate levels in English, reading, and composition. 

Kathleen Kalell is Assistant to the Executive Director of the Boston Public Library Foundation.

After thirty years of experience as a librarian, instructional technology specialist and teacher, retirement from K-12 schools has meant the chance to develop new courses on-line, to continue teaching at the graduate level, and to offer workshops.

After receiving her BS in Music Education from the University of New Hampshire and teaching music for 20 years, Connie Krueger obtained her MLS from Simmons College in 1996 and began her role as a Library Media Specialist at the Huckleberry Hill Elementary School in Lynnfield, MA.  She and her husband live in Beverly, MA and have two children in college.

Mary Leonhardt teaches English at Concord Carlisle High School, and is the author of a number of books about literacy issues, such as Parents Who Love Reading, Kids Who Don’t, and 99 Ways to Get Kids to Love Reading. 

Laurie Dias-Mitchell is director of the Dartmouth High School Library and has been an educator for twenty-three years.  She has contributed to Knowledge Quest, and she has presented at MSLMA and RIEMA conferences in the past on such topics as collaboration, school book clubs, and starting capital campaigns.  After making her share of rookie mistakes and learning from them, she is now known for her simple, common sense approach to administering a bustling school library program. 

Virginia Morse, one of the founders of Active Learning Systems and creators of the Independent Investigation Method, has more than 30 years experience in classroom teaching and gifted and talented teaching and program coordination. She and Cindy Nottage are authors of numerous journal articles, books, and materials for student research, and are currently working as educational consultants, conducting workshops and seminars internationally. She has just returned from work in Saudi Arabia. 

Talmadge Nardie is presently enrolled in the Citizen’s  School Teaching Fellows Program.  Spending half her day teaching on Citizen school campuses, and the other half to the Home Work Assistance Program at the Boston Public Library. 

Cindy Nottage, one of the founders of Active Learning Systems and creators of the Independent Investigation Method, has more than 30 years experience in classroom teaching, gifted and talented education, special education, and reading consultation. She and Virginia Morse are authors of numerous journal articles, books, and materials for student research, and are currently working as educational consultants, conducting workshops and seminars internationally. 

Mary Robertson brings 21 years of teaching experience to the Huckleberry Hill Elementary School in Lynnfield, MA.  She did her undergraduate work at Springfield College and earned her masters degree at the University of Montana with a teaching fellowship.  She and her husband live in Newburyport, MA with their two children.

Jordana Shaw worked in the Simmons College Libraries and then served for three years as Assistant Director of the Library at the Winsor School (grades 5-12) and is now in her first year as Head Librarian at the Nashoba Brooks School in Concord (PreK – 8th grade).  Before becoming a librarian, Jordana taught French for 7 years at the high school, college and elementary school levels. 

Randy has his master’s degree in Reading Education and his doctorate in The Study of Teaching, both from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Testa began his educational career teaching third grade. He is the former director of Elementary Teacher Education at Dartmouth College, and the Deputy Editor of DoubleTake Magazine. Testa is co-editor of two literary anthologies and author of two books on the Amish community of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 

Susanne Santoro Whayne is a teacher and author of ten children’s books.   For many years she taught Language Arts in southern New Hampshire, the setting for most of her stories.  After three years in Minneapolis she and her husband relocated to the Boston area where she now teaches seventh grade in Sudbury, MA.  She is currently working on a follow-up to Petropolis as well as a comedy/sci-fi thriller - a genre whose time, she feels, has come!

Scot Colford is currently the Applications Manager for the Boston Public Library system. However, he arrived at this place in his career via a circuitous route that included stints as a bookseller, professional actor, school library assistant, and cataloger. After completing the GSLIS program at Simmons College in 2001, Scot served as the Systems Librarian for Simmons until late 2003. He is also the Technology Coordinator for the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film.