Dr. Cindi Koudelka (@cmkoudelka) is a Curriculum Specialist with National Board Certification in Adolescent Young Adulthood/English Language Arts at Fieldcrest School District in Illinois and an Adjunct faculty member at Aurora University. She holds multiple certifications from PreK – 12 and is an active member …
Day 5, February’s Open Write with David Duer David Duer recently retired from teaching English at Cedar Rapids Washington High School, where he was the faculty advisor for the Washington Literary Press. His work has appeared in Ascent, Exquisite Corpse, English Journal, North American Review, …
Day 3, February’s Open Write with Rex Muston Rex Muston has taught language arts and coached a bit at Keokuk High School for 25+ years. During his undergraduate years at Iowa, he worked six summer seasons in Yellowstone, and a winter in Utah. He began …
Day 2, February’s Open Write with David Duer David Duer recently retired from teaching English at Cedar Rapids Washington High School, where he was the faculty advisor for the Washington Literary Press. His work has appeared in Ascent, Exquisite Corpse, English Journal, North American Review, …
Henry “Cody” Miller is an assistant professor of English education at SUNY Brockport. During his seven years as a high school English teacher and in his current role, he positions texts as vehicles to discuss broader socio-political issues in students’ lives and worlds. He leads …
Leilya A. Pitre is an Assistant Professor and English Education Program Coordinator with experience in secondary school and college teaching. She taught English as a foreign language in the Ukraine and ELA/English in public schools in the US. Currently, she teaches methods courses for preservice …
Kimberly Slusser currently works with pre-service teachers at Ithaca College. She began her teaching career in rural Pennsylvania (where she still lives with her family), more than 20 years ago. She earned her Bachelor’s degree at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania, her Masters degree in Reading …
Day 4, January’s Open Write for Educators with Stacey L. Joy Stacey L. Joy is a National Board Certified Teacher, Google Certified Educator, L.A. County and LAUSD Teacher of the Year with 35 years of elementary classroom teaching experience. She currently teaches 5th grade at Baldwin Hills Pilot …
Welcome to the 2021 Ethical ELA Teacher Educator Series. As we step into 2021, many of us carry wounds from 2020, some more visible than others. Education does not look like it did when we entered this profession (some much longer ago than others), but …
Christine DeStefano is a writer and master’s student in teaching with an emphasis in secondary English/language arts. She enjoys reading pretty much anything she can get her hands on, but especially books for young people. She lives with her husband and cat in Tulsa, Oklahoma. …