1. Secondary English Methods ~ Fall 2011

2. Be thinking…Who are you? Name Experience Why are you a teacher?

3. Tammy Gillmore Master of Science in Education: Educational Administration, Arkansas State University, 1999 –7-12 Building Administrator Certificate – Arkansas –Secondary Principalship Endorsement - 2007 –Curriculum Administration Endorsement - 2009 –Educational Leadership Specialist Program (15 hours) National Board Certified: English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, 2005 Bachelor of Arts: English Education, Lyon College, Batesville, AR, 1989, Endorsements: Oral Communications and Journalism, Garland County Community College, Hot Springs, AR, 1993

4. Tammy Gillmore Batesville High School, Grades 10-12: English 12/Yearbook/Newspaper –August 2005-thru present –Taught in a 1:1 Mini-Laptop Computer Classroom –Presented workshop to building faculty on End-of-Level Literacy reading prompts –Served as Pathwise Mentor: 2006- 09 and 2010-11 –Served on Advanced Placement vertical team –Served on ACSIP Committee –Served on NCA Committee –Sponsored Beta Club and Student Council –Chaired Prom Sulphur Rock High School, Grades 10-12: English/Journalism/Oral Communications Teacher –Sulphur Rock High, AR, August 1995- May 2005 –EOC Literacy Scores: within top five of state for two years, 2003, 2004 –Served as ACSIP District Chairperson: 1998-2004 –Presented workshops to district faculty on Writing Across the Curriculum and Data Interpretation –Served on English textbook selection committee and assisted in evaluation and selection of new instructional materials –Served as Pathwise Mentor: 2001-2004 –Served as representative from Sulphur Rock School District on Teacher Center Committee, 1997-2005

5. Tammy Gillmore Why?

6. Who are you? Name Experience Why are you a teacher?

7. Syllabus Overview

8. Assignment #1 Why Am I Who I Am? –Mrs. Smith –Dr. Tebbetts –Mrs. Huff Why Are You Who You Are? –First blog post.

9. Blogs Making Connections…

10. Set up Your Reader Reader

11. Your Reader… Please add these to your reader –Treasures.edublogs.org –Secengmethods.blogspot.com –Huffenglish.com –http://www.enotes.com/blogs/english-teacher- blog/ –http://feeds.feedburner.com/DailyWritingTips

12. Other Online Sites

13. Ning English Companion

14. Good Reads! Mrs. G’s Book Review Blog Michael Vey

15. Grammar Mechanically Inclined Grammar Girl

16. Grammar Writing Beside Them Learners4life.pbwiki.com

17. Contact Me! tgillmore@batesvilleschools.org tammy.gillmore@gmail.com treasures.edublogs.org eng11cafe.wikispaces.com mrsginfo.pbworks.com Phone: –870 793-6846 (work) –870 834-0629 (cell)