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Certification and Preparation:

 

  • Ph.D. - Department of Language, Reading and Culture (now Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies) - 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

Publications:

 

 

 

  • Developing the Instructional Partner Role: Expanding the Impact of the University Classroom. (January 2012). Extending Our Reach: Expanding Horizons, Creating Opportunities. ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education) Annual Conference & Exhibition, Dallas, TX.
  • State Library Conferences as Professional Development Opportunities for School Librarians: Extending the Reach of the University Classroom and Expanding Horizons for School Library Candidates and Practitioners with Maria Cahill. (January 2012). Extending Our Reach: Expanding Horizons, Creating Opportunities. ALISE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Dallas, TX.
  • Preservice School Librarian Education: Practices for Developing the Instructional Partner Role, a Preliminary Report. (October 2011). Knowledge Building in the Learning Commons: Moving from Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap. (285-292). Conference Proceedings of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat #17, Osseo, MN. Spring, TX: LMC Source. Available from, https://sites.google.com/site/treasuremountain17papers/paper-20
  • The Library Conference, an Insufficient Knowledge Builder: How the Roles of the School Librarian Are Addressed through State-level Conference Offerings with Maria Cahill and Rebecca McKee. (October 2011). Knowledge Building in the Learning Commons: Moving from Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap. (303-308). Conference Proceedings of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat #17, Osseo, MN. Spring, TX: LMC Source. Available from, https://sites.google.com/site/treasuremountain17papers/paper-22
  • Book Review: Saraswati's Way by Monika Schroeder. (2011, October). WOW (Worlds of Words) Review, 4(1) Available from, http://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/review/reviewiv1/11/
  • Learning that Sticks: Engaged Educators + Engaged Learners with Michelle Luhtala and Christina T. Russo. School Library Monthly, 28(1), 17-20.
  • Book Review: The Cruisers by Walter Dean Myers. (2011, July). WOW Review, 3(4) Available from, http://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/review/reviewiii4/7/
  • Literature and Life: Rooted in Community, Growing in Knowledge (2011, May), Bimonthly Column, co-authored with Maria Cahill, School Library Monthly, 27(8), 24-26.
  • Literature and Life: Knowing Her Story (2011, March), Bimonthly Column, co-authored with Maria Cahill, School Library Monthly, 27(6), 27-29.
  • Book Review: Hidden Letters annotated by Deborah Slier and Ian Shine, translated by Marion van Binsbergen-Pritchard. (2011, January). WOW Review, 3(2). Available from, http://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/review/reviewiii2/5/
  • Literature and Life: Stories of Struggle, Messages of Hope (2011, January), Bimonthly Column, co-authored with Maria Cahill, School Library Monthly, 27(4), 26-28.
  • Literature and Life: When Cultures Meet (2010, November), Bimonthly Column, co-authored with Maria Cahill, School Library Monthly, 27(2), 27-29.
  • Book Review: Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis. (2010, August). WOW Review, 2(4). Available from, http://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/review/reviewii4/12/
  • Multicultural Conversations: Online Literature Circles Focused on Social Issues. (2010). WOW Stories, 3(1). Available from, http://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/stories/storiesiii1/3/
  • Book Review: My Name is Sangoel by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed, illustrated by Catherine Stock (2010, April). WOW Review, 2(3). Available from, http://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/review/reviewii3/9/
  • Learning and Teaching in WANDA Wiki Wonderland: Literature Circles in the Digital Commons with Jennifer Hunt and Sarah Ewing. (2009). Teacher Librarian, 37(2), 23-28.
  • Reading and the Library Program. Knowledge Quest, 38(2), 23-30.
  • Getting Off the Ground Floor: Back-to-School Elevator Speeches with Kristin Fontichiaro. Knowledge Quest, 38(1), 74-76.
  • Show Them What We Do: Strategies for Collaborative Teaching. (2009). In K. Fontichiaro, ed., 21st-Century Learning in School Libraries. (pp. 218-220). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO.
  • Coteaching Published Lesson Plans: A Recipe for Success? (2009). In K. Fontichiaro, ed., 21st-Century Learning in School Libraries. (pp. 227-228). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO.
  • Reading4Life@your library: The School Library Media Specialist's Role in Reading. School Library Monthly 26(1), 17-20.
  • Interview with Nick Glass, Member of the 2009 Newbery Award Committee: WOW Currents Blog, July 2009.
  • Book Review: Leaving Glorytown: One Boy's Struggle Under Castro Written by Eduardo F. Calcines (2009, June). WOW 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 Testof 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, and Preservice Teacher-Librarian Education: Learning the Character of an Advocate (with Jo Ellen Misakian), 20-23.
  • 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, www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/behind-masks-exploring-culture-395.html
  • On Our Minds, co-authored with Sandy Schuckett. (2003). KQWeb, 32(2).
  • 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/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/peace-poems-picasso-doves-93.html
  • 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.
Research Interests:
  • Reciprocal mentorship between school librarians and classroom teachers via coteaching
  • Coteaching as job-embedded professional development
  • Learning about Literature and Libraries - study in-progress
  • Peer Collaboration Pedagogy - study in-progress
  • Factors that influence preservice and first-year classroom teachers' understanding and practice of classroom-library collaboration (longitudinal study completed May 2007) - study in progress
  • Critical literacy transactions with young adult and children's literature
  • Technology tools and Web publication in preservice teacher education (Example: Southwest Children's Literature Web Site)
  • Technology tools' impact on teaching and learning reform in higher education (Dissertation research)

Teaching Experience:

 

 

  • Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, 2009-present
  • 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
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Lead Faculty, Undergraduate Elementary Teacher Preparation Program, Northern Arizona University (NAU), Tucson Campus, 2004 - 2006
  • Clinical Assistant 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

Invited
Presentations
and Workshops since 2006:
  • Maximizing Your Impact presentations
  • The Principal Connection: Educating Your Administrator to Value Your Library Program, co-presented with Rebecca McKee, Concurrent Session, 15th Annual National Conference, American Association of School Librarians, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2011
  • Featured Storyteller, 15th Annual National Conference, American Association of School Librarians, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2011
  • Becoming Global Citizens and Making International Friendships through Literature, co-presented with Ragina Shearer, Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading Conference, Denton, Texas, September 2011
  • Keynote: Advocacy for School Librarians: A Call to Action and Deep Comprehension, or how to convince surfers to take a dive, for ESC XI Library Harvest, Fort Worth, Texas, September 2011
  • Advocacy for School Library Leaders: A Call to Action, Texas Association of School Library Administrators Workshop, Austin, Texas, June 2011
  • Shared Telling: Stories that Shape Literate Minds, Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, March 2011
  • Stories: Shaping Hearts and Minds, Keynote, Spicola Forum in Reading, Texas Woman's University, March 2011
  • A Time to Skim, A Time to Read, or How to convince surfers to take a dive, School Library Journal Summit: "The Future of Reading," October 2010
  • Under the Literacy Umbrella: Family Literacy Night at Rivera Elementary School, in collaboration with Texas Woman's University (TWU) preservice classroom teachers, Denton ISD, and Denton Public Library, October 2010
  • Engaging Students Using Web 2.0 Tools: Communication, Collaboration, and Competence, co-presented with Liz Sikes, TWU Online Educator Symposium, August 2010
  • Reading for a Lifetime - You Bet! co-presented with Gail Bush and Liz Deskins, American Library Association Conference, Washington, D. C., June 2010
  • Professional Practice: Where Standards Meet Dispositions, Texas Association of School Library Administrators Workshop, Austin, Texas, June 2010 and Plano ISD K-12 Librarians, August 2010
  • L4L--Learning4Life with the AASL Standards, co-presented with Sharon Amastae, Suzanne Lyons, and Sara Kelly Johns, Texas Library Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April 2010
  • StoryReader/StoryTeller, co-presented with Maria Cahill, Spicola Forum on Reading, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, March 2010
  • Reading4Life: The 21st-Century School Librarian's Role in Reading. Virtual Technology Conference, November 2009
  • School Library Media Specialist's Role in Reading, co-presented with the Task Force, American Association for School Librarians, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2009
  • Teaching the New Standards to Preservice and Inservice School Librarians, Panel Presentation, 14th Annual National Conference, American Association of School Librarians, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2009
  • The Language of "Cultural" Literature: What Does It Mean?, co-presented with Holly Johnson, Lauren Freedman, Prisca Martens, Janelle Mathis, USBBY 8th Regional Conference, St. Charles, Illinois, October 2009
  • 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

Awards:

 

  • Progressive Adjunct Professor Award 2009 awarded by the Progressive Librarians Guild, 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

Professional Organizations:

 

Advocacy:
  • TLA Task Force on School Librarian Continuing Education, 2011-2012
  • Knowledge Quest Editorial Board, American Association of School Librarians, 2011-2013
  • State Ambassador for Texas: United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY), 2011-2013
  • Bridge to Understanding Award Committee, Chair, USBBY, 2011-2012
  • Bridge to Understanding Award Committee, USBBY, 2011-2011
  • Distinguished Library Service Award for School Administrators Committee, Texas Association of School Librarians, 2010-2011
  • School Library Standards Revision Task Force, Texas Association of School Library Administrators, 2010
  • American Association of University Women, Denton Chapter, 2009-present
  • AASL National School Library Media Program of the Year Award Committee, 2009-2010
  • ALSC Pura Belpré Book Award Committee, 2009-2010
  • WOW: International Collection of Children's and Young Adult Literature, Board of Advisors, University of Arizona, 2007-present
  • AASL Library Media Specialist's Role in Reading Task Force, Chair, 2008-2009 - The School Library Media Specialist's Role in Reading Position Statement
  • AASL Standards and Guidelines Implementation Task Force, 2007-2009
  • 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
  • Teacher Library Division (TLD) of the Arizona Library Association (AzLA) 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, Tucson Unified School District 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

Contact Judi Moreillon at: info@storytrail.com

Updated: 23 January 2012

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