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Alaska Department of Education & Early Development

ALASKA STAFF DEVELOPMENT NETWORK

Purpose: to provide training through distance learning
Offerings: Alaska School Leadership Academy, Academy of Applied Research in Education, Southcentral Alaska Instructional Improvement Academy, Alaska Technology Academy, Network's Distance Education, Alaska Restructuring Institute, Alaska Onward to Excellence, Alaska 2000 Professional Development Coalition, Inclusion 2000, Network Publications, Network's Technical Assistance Project, Network Materials Center
Contact: Kelly Tonsmeire or Roxanne Mourant
University of Alaska Southeast
1108 "F" Street, Bill Ray Center
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: 465-8745
Fax: 465-2166
Email: jnrll@acad1.alaska.edu

ALASKA STATEWIDE DIRECT WRITING ASSESSMENT

Purpose: to train teachers in the use of six-trait analytic writing assessment for large scale and classroom use
Offerings: Annual Training/Scoring Session for teachers supported by participating districts and the Department of Education & Early Development
Contact: Language Arts Specialist
Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
801 W. 10th St., Suite 200
PO Box 110500
Juneau, AK 99811-0500
Phone: 465-2800
Fax: 465-4156

ALASKA STATE WRITING CONSORTIUM

Purpose: to train teachers in the writing process and integrated language arts
Offerings: Basic, LEP, Advanced, Whole Language, and Special Topics Summer Institutes across the state; school year credit classes, seminars, institutes, and in-services
Contact: Debbie Manion
University of Alaska Southeast
1108 "F" Street, Bill Ray Center
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: 766-5220
Fax: 776-5220
Email: JNdam@acadl.alaska.edu

EARLY LITERACY DEVELOPMENT, "GOOD FIRST TEACHING"

Purpose: to provide a classroom-based version of reading/writing strategies for primary students developed by Alaskan teachers and based on Reading Recovery ideas.
Offerings: inservices
Contact: Susan Hanson
Juneau School District
10014 Crazy Horse Drive
29 West Woodruff
Juneau, AK 99801-0000
Phone: 463-1700
Fax: 463-1818
Email: hansons@jsd.k12.ak.us

Andrea McCarrier
200 Ramseyer
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-292-1750
Fax:
Email:

NATIONAL DIFFUSION NETWORK

Purpose: to validate and share successful education programs among public and private schools and other education agencies
Offerings: Reading through the Arts, Reading Recovery, Books and Beyond, Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction, Profile Approach to Writing, Reading Power in the Content Areas, Rural Schools Reading Project, Writing with Computers, and more
Contact: State Facilitator
Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
801 W. 10th St., Suite 200
PO Box 110500
Juneau, AK 99811-0500
Phone: 465-2800
Fax: 465-4156

NORTHWEST REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY

Purpose: to assist schools and communities in improving educational outcomes for children, youth, and adults
Offerings: training, technical assistance, and resource materials in the Early Literacy Project, rural education, the school change process, etc.
Contact: Rex Hagans
Northwest Regional Educational Lab
101 S.W. Main Street, Suite 500
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: (503) 275-9500
Fax: (503) 275-9489
Email:

READING RECOVERY

Purpose: to provide instruction in reading strategies with leveled tradebooks, in a pull-out program of intensive intervention, using one-to-one strategies
Contact:

Department of Education & Early Development 801 W. 10th St., Suite 200 PO Box 110500 Juneau, AK 99811-0500 Phone: 465-2800 Fax: 465-4156

Peg Gwyther, North Slope Borough School District PO Box 169 Barrow, AK 852-5984 Phone: 852-5311 Fax: 852-5984

READING SUCCESS FROM THE START (RSS)

Purpose: Early intervention summer program based on the work of Mari Clay and B. M. Taylor.
Contact:

Department of Education & Early Development 801 W. 10th St., Suite 200 PO Box 110500 Juneau, AK 99811-0500 Phone: 465-2800 Fax: 465-4156

Annie Calkins Juneau School District 10014 Crazy Horse Drive Juneau, AK 99801 Phone: 465-1700 ex. 213 Fax: 463-1712

John J. Pikulski College of Ed., Univ. of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 Phone: 302-831-2334 Fax: 302-832-4110

READING AND WRITING STRATEGIES INSTITUTE FOR PRIMARY CHILDREN

Purpose: to provide summer institutes in early literacy approaches, based on the work of Mari Clay and Reggie Routeman
Contact:

Department of Education & Early Development 801 W. 10th St., Suite 200 PO Box 110500 Juneau, AK 99811-0500 Phone: 465-2800

Annie Calkins Juneau School District 10014 Crazy Horse Drive Juneau, AK 99801 Phone: 465-1700 ex. 213 Fax: 463-1712 Email:

SUCCESS for ALL

PURPOSE: prevention of and early intervention in reading difficulties
CONTACT: Success for All Program

Johns Hopkins University
3505 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone: 410-516-8816
Fax: 410-516-8890
Email:

ALASKA TRAINERS IN SIX-TRAIT ANALYTIC WRITING RUBRIC

The following contacts are for training in instruction or assessment use of the six trait analytic writing rubric.
National:

Sue Blanchard 16490 S.W. Brookman Road Sherwood, OR 97140 Phone: (503) 625-6095 Fax: Email:

Evelyn Brzezinski Interwest 4875 SW Griffith Dr. Beaverton, OR 97005 Phone: (503) 690-6566 Fax: (503) 690-6876 Email:

*Statewide:

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Sally Young	Alaska Gateway	Didi Ryall	Juneau
Kay Lyn Olde Moore	Alaska Gateway	Pam Wells-Peters	Juneau
John Rusyniak	Alaska Gateway	Helena Zimmerman	Juneau
Nola Kathleen	Craig	Paul Epperson	Kenai
Mollie Jensen	Delta Greely	Zada Friedersdorff	Kenai
Lyn Plomaritis	Delta Greely	Gloria Larson	Kenai
Barbara Kamroth	Delta Greely	Rose Roppel	Ketchikan
Mary Corcoran	Delta Greely	Pat Hunt	Kethcikan
Cynthia Werner	Delta Greely	Gini King-Taylor	Mat-su
Brian Swett	Denali	Tom Litecky	Mat-su
Arlie Swett	Denali	Sandra Porter	Mat-su
Karen Stapf-Harris	Denali	Pat Bills	Mat-su
Ann Langenburg-Miller	Denali	Linda Suriano	Mat-su
Sue Whittemore	Denali	Tammy McAlister	North Slope-Barrow
Rod Mehrtens	Dillingham	Mary Ann Holmquist	North Slope-Barrow
Bruce Tillett	Fairbanks	Linda Munson	North Slope-Barrow
Shirley Kaltenbach	Fairbanks	Gayle Hammons	Sitka
Claire Murphy	Fairbanks	Pat Stevens	Sitka
Kathe Weber-Baker	Fairbanks	Dorothy Orbison	Sitka
Dick Fagnant	Juneau	Mike Morris	Sitka
Karen Mitchell	Juneau	Claudia Caffee-Delapp	Southwest-Koliganek
Sue Baxter	Juneau	Kim Mason	Southwest-Togiak
George Gress	Juneau	Mary Burkland	Wrangell
Sybil Davis	Juneau
*These people have been nominated by themselves or their peers as trainers in the six-trait analytic writing rubric

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ALASKA STATE LITERACY ASSOCIATION SPEAKER'S NETWORK

(winter, 1995)

This Speaker's Network has been compiled to help reading councils select speakers for their programs.

CONTACT	TOPICS
Judy Drechsler 2340 Innes Cr. Anchorage, AK 99515 Home phone: 345-3997 Work phone: 522-1080	Spelling, K-4 Writing Workshop
Judith Entwife 9360 N. Douglas Hwy. Juneau, AK 99801 Home phone: 586-9460 Work phone: 465-8721	English/Language Arts Standards and Framework
Judy Ferri 1170 Donna Dr. Fairbanks, AK 99712 Home phone: 457-1560 Work phone: 479-6963	Integration of Special Education and Title 1 in the Primary Classroom Small Language Arts Groups, Primary Gifted Talented Program, Primary Bilingual Program, Primary
Susan Hanson 4430 Glacier Highway Juneau, AK 99801 Home phone: 780-4078 Work phone: 463-1967	Flexible Grouping and the Language Arts Program Teaching Beginning Readers to Be Strategic Readers Cooperative Learning and Literature
Virginia Juettner POB 671390 Chugiak, AK 99567 Home phone: 688-3418 Work phone: 269-2279	Emergent Reading/Writing Assessment Authentic Assessment Phonics and the Whole Language Classroom Miscue Analysis
Chery B. Lloyd 11236 Mausel Eagle River, AK 99577 Home phone: 696-6099 Work phone: 272-9455	Early Childhood Assessment and Evaluation Computer Topics: Hypercard, Word Processing, Spread Sheets, Databases, Desktop Publishing; Graphic Programs; K-6 Integrated Assessment Development
Pam Lloyd 510 Ledora Circle Anchorage, AK 99515 Home phone: 349-8286 Work phone: 522-1080	Connecting Reading and Writing Strategies, 2nd-6th Literature Connections in a Multi-Age Classroom, 2nd-6th Text Sets and Literature Groups, 2nd-6th Connection Collections, K-6
Mike McCormic 10207 Chain of Rock Eagle River, AK 99577 Home phone: 694-7019 Work phone: 337-9591	Poetry of the North Using Poetry in the Classroom Using Alaska Literature as an Aid to Student Writing Collaboration with Classroom Teachers Writing and Reading Nature
Diane Mohwinkel 7710 Honeysuckle Anchorage, AK 99502 Home phone: 243-5903	Holistic Writing Rubric for Scoring Writing Analytic Writing Rubric for Scoring Writing Portfolios
Carole Nagan 1217 Rezanof Kodiak, AK 99615 Home phone: 486-3717 Work phone: 486-9239	Young Authors Conferences-Kodiak Style, Elementary and Middle School
Jacquie Whitmore 1727 Bellevue Loop Anchorage, AK 99515 Home phone: 344-4948 Work phone: 337-9591	Literacy Development, K-2 Literacy Assessment, K-6 Literature Circles, K-6 Reading/Writing Workshops, 1-6
Kathy Wilson 2301 Lake George Drive Anchorage, AK 99504 Home phone: 337-5064	Whole Language and the Elementary Classroom Resource Teachers Team Teaching with the Classroom Teacher Alternative Literacy Assessments Miscue Analysis

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ALASKA STATE WRITING CONSORTIUM CLEARINGHOUSE

The Alaska State Writing Consortium Clearinghouse maintains a list of professionals who can offer assistance in English/language arts topics. This list is currently being updated. If you need further information or would like to be included on the list, contact Debbie Manion, Alaska State Writing Consortium Administrator, UAS, Bill Ray Center, 1108 "F" Street, Juneau, AK., 99801, phone: 465-8745.

Example topics:

Adapting Writing to Special Education
Awareness of Print for Kids
Class Directory Project
Classroom Management
Content Reading and Writing
Creative Drama in the Classroom
Cumulative Sentence Writing
Fostering Positive Group Interaction
Language Building Activities
Literature Based Units
Oral Language
Response Groups
Showing Writing
Spelling
The Three Hour Fastwrite
Thematic Units
Too Many Voices in a Poem
Whole Language in the Classroom
Write On: A Staff Development Model
Writing across Curriculum
Writing Process Awareness

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