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Judi Moreillon: Home
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Certification and Preparation:
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- Ph.D.
Department of Language, Reading and Culture - University of Arizona,
with a focus on media and literacy, awarded 2003
- Master of Library
Science - University of Arizona, with a focus on school librarianship,
awarded 1992
- Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Education Program, Sonoma State University,
Rohnert Park, California, awarded 1988
- B.A. French Studies (Social Studies minor), University of Michigan,
awarded 1972
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Publications:
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- Book Review: Leaving Glorytown: One Boy's Struggle Under Castro
Written by Eduardo F. Calcines (2009, June). WOW (Worlds of
Words) Review 1(3). Available from, http://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/review/reviewi4/8/
- Coteaching Published Lesson Plans: A Recipe for Success? (2009,
January). School Library Media Activities Monthly 25(5), 29-30.
- Teaching and Assessing the Dispositions: A Garden of Opportunity
(with Kristin Fontichario), Knowledge Quest 37(2), 64-67.
- Two
Heads Are Better than One: Influencing Preservice Classroom Teachers'
Understanding and Practice of Classroom-Library Collaboration.
School Library Media Research 11.
- Brian Wildsmith's Magical World of Color. (2008, Fall). Interview
Article. Children and Libraries 6(2), 40-44.
- Position Yourself at the Center: Coteaching Reading Comprehension
Strategies. (June 2008). Teacher Librarian 35(5), 27-34.
- What a Character! (2008, May). Classroom Connections. Book Links
17(5), 49-53.
- Words Are Like Faces: An Exploration into Language and Communication.
(2008, April). Lesson Plan. School Library Media Activities Monthly
24(8), 10-11.
- Advocacy:
A Test of Character. (September/October 2007). Guest Co-Editor.
Knowledge Quest 36(1). Is There a Teacher-Librarian Worldview:
This We Believe (with Ann Ewbank), 12-15 (Available
online), and Preservice Teacher-Librarian Education: Learning
the Character of an Advocate (with Jo Ellen Misakian), 20-23.
- Teaching
Tools: Curriculum Guides for Star Bright Books
- Two Heads Are Better than One: The Factors Influencing Preservice
Classroom Teachers' Understanding and Practice of Classroom-Library
Collaboration. (October 2007). Into the Center of the Curriculum:
Conference Proceedings of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat
#13, Reno, NV. Spring, TX: LMC Source.
- Show Them What We Do: Strategies for Collaborative Teaching. (2007).
School Library Media Activities Monthly 24(1), 45-47.
- Tricking the Trickster: Recording and Comparing Story Elements.
(2007). School Library Media Activities Monthly 24(1), 13-14.
- Making Stone Soup with a Spoon Full of Sugar. (2007). Arizona
Reading Journal 33(2), 27-30.
- Collaborative
Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Maximizing Your Impact
(ALA Editions, 2007)
- The 65% Solution Is No Solution for Schools or for Library Media
Centers, co-authored with Ann Ewbank. (2006). School Library Media
Activities Monthly 23(10), 22-24.
- Two Heads Are Better than One: The Factors Influencing the Understanding
and Practice of Classroom-Library Collaboration: Preliminary Report
on the Pilot Study. (October 2005). Understanding in the Library:
Conference Proceedings of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat
#12, Pittsburgh, PA. Spring, TX: LMC Source.
- Sharing Your Professional Work: Publish for IRA's ReadWriteThink.org.
(2005). Arizona Reading Journal 31(2), 16-18.
- Behind the Masks: Exploring Culture and Self through Art and
Poetry. (2004). ReadWriteThink.org. Available from, http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=395
- On Our Minds, co-authored with Sandy Schuckett. (2003). KQWeb
32(2). Available from, http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqarchives/vol32/323moreillon.htm
- Read to Me/Vamos a leer.
(2004). New York: Star Bright Books.
- The Candle and the Mirror: One Author's Journey. (2003). In K. G.
Short and D. L. Fox (Eds.), Stories Matter: Cultural Authenticity
in Children's Literature (pp. 61-77). Urbana, IL: NCTE.
- Digital Discussion: La Esperanza in the Shared Virtual Classroom.
(2003). Reading Online, 6(10). Available from, www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=/articles/moreillon2/
- Introducing the Southwest Children's Literature Web Site. (2003).
Arizona Reading Journal, 29(2), 39-40.
- Peace Poems and Picasso Doves: Literature, Art, Technology, and
Poetry. (2003). ReadWriteThink.org. Available from, www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=93
- Build a 21st-Century Literacy Learning Community with your School's
Web Site. (2001). Arizona Reading Journal, 28(1), 13-15.
- Electronic Literacy for Preservice Classroom Teachers: A Critical
Stance for 21st-Century Teacher Educators.(2001). Southern Arizona
Review, 3.
- What Does Technology Have to Do With It? Integrating Technology
Tools into A Children's Literature Course. (2001, September). Reading
Online, 5(2). Available from, www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=/articles/moreillon/index.html
- Sabino Canyon:
The Web of Life. (Launched 2001). Web site to support the
study of ecology in the Sonoran Desert (includes an Ecology
WebQuest).
- Stories within Stories.(2000). Book Links, 9(5), 10-13.
- Building Bridges: A Fourth Grade Cultural Exchange. (2000). Arizona
Reading Journal, 26(2), 9-10.
- Southwest Children's Literature
Web Site. (Launched 1999). Book reviews, student voices, and
lesson plans for Southwest-themed children's and adolescent literature.
- Building a School Web Site with Virtual Architecture. (1999).
Knowledge Quest. No longer accessible online.
- The Candle and the Mirror: One Author's Journey.(1999). The New
Advocate, 12(2), 127-140.
- Sing Down
the Rain. (1997). Walnut, CA: Kiva Publishing.
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Teaching Experience:
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- Teacher-Librarian, Emily Gray Junior High/Tanque Verde High School,
Tanque Verde Unified School District, Tucson, Arizona, 2008-2009
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Arizona (UA), IRLS 521:
Children's and Young Adult Literature in a Multicultural Society,
Fall, 2008
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, UA, IRLS 481/581: School Library Administration
and Organization, Fall 2006, Fall 2007
- Lead Faculty, Undergraduate Elementary Teacher Preparation Program,
Northern Arizona University (NAU), Tucson Campus, 2004 - 2006
- Assistant Clinical Professor, NAU, ECI 307: Social Studies in the
Elementary Classroom, 2005, 2006; ECI 309: Literacy I, 2004, 2005;
ECI 321: Elementary School Curriculum, 2005, 2006; EDF 301w: School
and Society, 2004, 2005
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, UA, LRC 585: Literature for Adolescents,
2004, 2006
- Clinical Assistant Professor, NAU, ECI 602: Advanced Children's
Literature, 2004
- Teacher-Librarian, Sabino High School, Tucson Unified School District
(TUSD), 2002 - 2003
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, UA, LRC 480/580: Children's Literature
in the Classroom, 2003
- Literacy Coach, Van Buskirk Elementary School, TUSD, 2001 - 2002
- Instructor, UA, LRC 480: Children's Literature in the Classroom,
1999, 2000, 2002
- Instructor, UA, IRLS 696D: Current Resources in School Libraries,
1995, 1997, 1999, 2001
- Teacher-Librarian, Gale Elementary School, TUSD, 1997 - 2001
- Teacher-Librarian Mentor, TUSD, 1998 - 1999 and 2000 - 2001
- Teacher-Librarian, Corbett Elementary (Tucson Unified), Elvira and
Los Niños Elementary (Sunnyside School District) 1991 - 1997
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Invited
Presentations
and Workshops:
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- Maximizing Your Impact presentations
- Make It Real --- Fun! Real Books, Real Authors, Real Time, Real
Literacy Learning, co-presenting with Nick Glass (TeachingBooks.net),
Authors Monica Brown, Juanita Havill, Pat Mora, Michelle Parker-Rock,
and Author-Illustrator Chris Gall, Institute for the International
Reading Association Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, February 2009
- Wanda's
Wiki Wonderland: Literature Circles Online, co-presented with
Jenni Hunt, 17th Annual Teaching and Technology Conference, Empire
High School, Vail, Arizona, January 2009
- Irresistible Invitations: Early Literacy Engagements for Preschool
and Primary Children, National Start Smart Conference, Greensboro,
North Carolina, May 2007; Even Start Conference, San Diego, California,
October 2007
- Picasso Poems:
An Integrated Study in Art, Music, and Poetry, co-presented with
Rochelle Thomson and Tracy Lynn Ross, 15th Annual Conference on Literature
and Literacy for Children and Adolescents, University of Arizona,
March 2007
- Collaborating
Out Loud! Classroom-Library Partnerships for Teaching Reading Comprehension
Strategies, co-presented with Diane Skorupski, Arizona Library
Association Conference, Mesa, Arizona, November 2006
- Blogging
for Books, co-presented with Aimee Rogers, 14th Annual Conference
on Literature and Literacy for Children and Adolescents, University
of Arizona, March 2006
- Irresistible Invitations:
Early Literacy Engagements for Preschool and Primary Children,
co-presented with Toni Buzzeo, Jane Kurtz, and Chris Kurtz, Oregon
Reading Association Conference, Portland, Oregon, February 2006
- Celebrating
Literacy! Enchanting Practices for the Primary Classroom, co-presented
with Toni Buzzeo, Jane Kurtz, and Jennifer Ward, SW IRA Regional Conference,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2006
- Enchanting
Children's Literature of the Southwest, co-presented with Monica
Brown, Lisa Bear Goldman, and Jennifer Ward, SW IRA Regional Conference,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2006
- What Every
Librarian Should Know about Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies,
workshop for Arizona Public Librarians and Teacher-Librarians, sponsored
by the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records, Lakeside,
Arizona, November 2005
- Sharing Our
Exemplary Work, or Why We Should Promote and Publish Our Collaborative
Lesson Plans, co-presented with Debra LaPlante and Diane Skorupski,
Teacher-Librarians, for the 12th Annual Conference of the American
Association of School Librarians, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October
2005
- Teacher-Librarians
= Teacher Leaders, workshop for Arizona Teacher-Librarians, sponsored
by the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records, Mesa,
Arizona, June 2005
- Irresistible
Invitations: Early Literacy Engagements for Preschool and Primary
Children, co-presented with Dr. Yetta Goodman, University of Arizona,
and Children's Book Authors Jane Kurtz, Jennifer Ward, and Toni Buzzeo,
50th Annual International Reading Association Conference, San Antonio,
Texas, May 2005
- ReadWriteThink: Integrating the Internet into Literacy Instruction,
co-presented with RWT Authors and Reviewers, 50th Annual International
Reading Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas, May 2005
- Southwest
Children's Literature Web Site: A Dynamic Resource for Teachers and
Students, co-presented with Jackie Ertmann, Gustavo Angeles, and
Lisa Martin, 13th Annual Conference on Literature and Literacy for
Children and Adolescents, University of Arizona, March 2005
For a more complete list (2002 to present), visit: Invited
Presentations and Workshops
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Awards:
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- Progressive Adjunct Professor Award 2009 awarded by the Progressive
Librarians Group, Tucson Chapter, School of Information Resources
and Library Science, University of Arizona, May 2009
- Southwest Children's Literature
Web Site: Exemplary University Department Web Site 2006 awarded
by Arizona
Technology in Education Alliance (AzTEA), April 2006
- Tucson Unified School District Excellence in Education Recognition
- Gale Elementary School: Exemplary Elementary School Web Site 2001
awarded by AzTEA,
March 2001
- Librarian of the Year awarded by AzTEA,
August 2000
- Winnebago Progressive School Library Award for school library technology
innovations at Corbett Elementary School awarded by the Arizona Library
Association, 1997
- Excellence in Teaching Award awarded by the University of Arizona,
Summer Session 1997
- Celebrate Literacy Award awarded by the Tucson Area Reading Council,
1996
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Professional Organizations:
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- ALSC Pura Belpré Book Award Committee, 2009-2010
- AASL Library Media Specialist's Role in Reading Task Force, Chair,
2008-2009
- AASL Standards and Guidelines Implementation Task Force, 2007-2009
- WOW: International
Collection of Children's and Young Adult Literature, Board of
Advisors, University of Arizona
- Committee
for the Conference on Children's and Young Adult Literature and Literacy,
University of Arizona, 1999-2007
- Committee to Select the
Lacapa Spirit Prize in Southwest Children's Literature, 2007
- ALSC Liaisons to National Organizations Serving Children and Youth,
2006-2008
- AASL Task Force on School Librarian Classification, 2006-2007
- AASL Nominations Committee, 2005
- Chair, Campaign
to Save Arizona's School Libraries
- TLD Chair and AASL Affiliiate Assembly Delegate, 2002-2003
- AASL @your library Task Force, 2002-2004
- AASL Recruitment to the Profession Task Force, 2001-2003
- TLD Chair-Elect, 2001-2002
- TLD Arizona Teacher-Librarian Certification Legislation Task Force
Chairperson, 2001-2003
- AZLA Legislative Committee, TLD representative, 2000-2002
- Advocate, Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning,
Arizona Implementation, 1998-99
- Chairperson, TUSD Librarians Professional Development Committee,
1995-6, 1996-97
- AzLA School of Library Science Advisory Committee, TLD representative,
1993-95
- Chairperson, TUSD, "Information Literacy: Education for the 21st
Century" Position Paper, 1994-95
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Contact Judi Moreillon at: info@storytrail.com
Updated: 20 June 2009
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