Secondary
English
Methods
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Fall 2011
Be thinking…Who are you?
• Name
• Experience
• Why are you a teacher?
Tammy Gillmore
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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)
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National Board Certified: English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young
Adulthood, 2005
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Bachelor of Arts: English Education, Lyon College, Batesville, AR, 1989,
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Endorsements: Oral Communications and Journalism, Garland County
Community College, Hot Springs, AR, 1993
Tammy Gillmore
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Batesville High School,
Grades 10-12:
English 12/Yearbook/Newspaper
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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: 200609 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
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Sulphur Rock High School,
Grades 10-12:
English/Journalism/Oral
Communications Teacher
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Sulphur Rock High, AR, August 1995May 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
Tammy Gillmore
Why?
Who are you?
• Name
• Experience
• Why are you a teacher?
Syllabus Overview
Assignment #1
• Why Am I Who I Am?
– Mrs. Smith
– Dr. Tebbetts
– Mrs. Huff
• Why Are You Who You Are?
– First blog post.
Blogs
• Making Connections…
Set up Your Reader
• Reader
Your Reader…
• Please add these to your reader
– Treasures.edublogs.org
– Secengmethods.blogspot.com
– Huffenglish.com
– http://www.enotes.com/blogs/english-teacherblog/
– http://feeds.feedburner.com/DailyWritingTips
Other Online Sites
Ning
• English Companion
Good Reads!
• Mrs. G’s Book Review Blog
• Michael Vey
Grammar
• Mechanically Inclined
• Grammar Girl
Grammar
• Writing Beside Them
• Learners4life.pbwiki.com
Contact Me!
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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)