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Doctor of Philosophy
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University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2001
Major Area of Study: Social Studies Education
Areas of Concentration: Instructional Technology, Reading Comprehension |
Master of Arts in Education
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Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 1992
Fellow, Master Teacher Fellow Program
Major: Secondary Social Studies Education
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Bachelor of Arts
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1987
Double-Major: Journalism and Political Science
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Assistant Professor
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Director of Secondary Social Studies Education
Wake Forest University, 2001-present
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Adjunct Faculty and Instructor
Co-Instructor of Record
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EDIS 739: Academic Uses of the World Wide Web
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Spring 1999, Spring 2000
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Graduate Instructor
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Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
EDIS 560: Teaching Social Studies [section for M.Ed. students], Fall 1997
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Teacher, 7th Grade Social Studies & Language Arts
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Leesville Road Middle School, Raleigh, NC, 1994-1996
Carnage GT Magnet Middle School, Raleigh, NC, 1992-1994
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Teacher, 11th Grade United States History and Paideia
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Millbrook Senior High School, Raleigh, NC, Spring 1994
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Teacher, 11th Grade United States History
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Cary Senior High School, Cary, NC, Spring 1994
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Teacher, 9th Grade Social Studies
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West Lee County Junior High School, Sanford, NC, 1991-1992
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Certification Areas
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Secondary Social Studies (graduate level certification)
Middle School Social Studies (graduate level certification)
Academically Gifted K-12 (bachelor's level certification)
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School Leadership and Service Activities
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Peer Mediation Steering Committee (7th Grade Coordinator), Staff Development School Improvement Committee, Character Education Committee, Alternative After-School Program Development Committee (Co-Chair), School Management Team, Wake County Teacher Grievance Board, Discipline Committee (Secretary and author of school's discipline plan), Future Problem Solving (Coach), Odyssey of the Mind (Judge), National Geography Awareness Week (Chair), Yearbook Photography, Drop-Out Prevention School Improvement Committee, Builder's Club (Advisor), Guidance Committee.
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Graduate Assistant
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Office of the Chief Technology Officer, 2000-present
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Office of the Dean, Evaluation & Support of Technology in the Curry School, 1998-2000
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Department of Curriculum, Instruction, & Special Education, February-August 1998
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Center for Technology and Teacher Education (social studies team), July 1997-February 1998
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SECME Summer Institute, June 1997
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Teaching Across the Curriculum Technology Integration Project, Spring 1997
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Teaching Assistant
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EDIS 560: Teaching Social Studies, Spring and Fall 1997
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EDIS 587: Teaching Associate Seminar in Social Studies, Fall 1996
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University Supervisor of Student Teachers
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Fall 1996, Fall 1997
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Publications
Jones, R., & Bennett, C. (1998). Teaching in the information age: The Jamestown Virtual Colony.
Jones, R. (1998). Exploring the purchasing power of Project CRISS: A qualitative study.
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Curry Journal of Education, 1(1), 85-116.
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Presentations
Social Studies Focus
Jones, R. Power Thinking and Social Studies.
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Presentation at The Gathering: An Ongoing Conversation Among Social Studies Professionals, Monticello High School, Charlottesville, VA, June 9-10, 2000.
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Jones, R. Strategies for Reading Social Studies Text.
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Presentation at the 79th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, November 19-21, 1999. |
Jones, R. Strategies for Teaching Questioning.
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Presentation at the 79th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, November 19-21, 1999.
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Vawter, D., Huneycutt, J., Jones, R., & Fairey, C. Teaching Social Studies in the Block.
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Presentation at the 79th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, November 19-21, 1999.
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Jones, R. Parents' Place in Social Studies: A Plan for Participation.
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Presentation at the 78th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, November 20-22, 1998.
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Garofalo, J., Bennett, C., & Jones, R. Graphing Calculators in Secondary Social Studies.
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Presentation at the 33rd Annual Meeting of Virginia Social Studies Educators, Williamsburg, VA, November 7-8, 1997.
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Jones, R. Putting Parents in the Plan.
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Presentation at the 33rd Annual Meeting of Virginia Social Studies Educators, Williamsburg, VA, November 7-8, 1997.
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Middle School Focus
Jones, R. Reading, Comprehension, and the Middle Schooler
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Invited Presentation, Virginia Middle School Association Annual Conference, Norfolk, VA, March 15-17, 2001.
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Jones, R. What Gets in the Way of Student Learning?
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Keynote Address, Glasgow Middle School Conference on Reading in the Content Areas, Alexandria, VA, November 29, 2000.
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Jones, R. ...But What's the Question?
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Invited Presenter, Glasgow Middle School Conference on Reading in the Content Areas, Alexandria, VA, November 29, 2000.
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Jones, R. Who's Missing from Your Middle School Team?
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Presentation at the National Council for the Social Studies Southeast Regional Conference and the 29th Annual State Conference of the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies, Greensboro, NC, February 18-19, 1999.
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Jones, R. Content Reading in Middle School: A Crucial Component.
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Presentation at the North Carolina Middle School Association 22nd Annual Conference, Greensboro, NC, March 9-11, 1998.
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Jones, R. Teaming for Academics.
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Presentation at the North Carolina Middle School Association 19th Annual Conference, Greensboro, NC, March 1995.
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Jones, R., & Toney, S. Parents Play on Our Team.
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Presentation at the North Carolina Middle School Association 19th Annual Conference, Greensboro, NC, March 1995.
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Technology Focus
Jones, R. Webquests: Hypercool...or Hype?
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Presentation at the National Council for the Social Studies Southeast Regional Conference and the 29th Annual State Conference of the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies, Greensboro, NC, February 18-19, 1999.
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Jones, R. Teaching in the Information Age: The Jamestown Virtual Colony.
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Paper Presentation at SITE 98 (Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education) 9th International Conference, Washington, DC, March 10-14, 1998. Paper has also been published as part of the Conference Proceedings, with Clifford T. Bennett, and in Computers in the Social Studies Journal.
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Smith, S., Huneycutt, J., & Jones, R. Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum: Incorporating Technology into Methods Instruction.
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Panel Presentation at SITE 98 (Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education) 9th International Conference, Washington, DC, March 10-14, 1998.
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Berson, M., Huneycutt, J., & Jones, R. Technology in Teacher Education: A Focus on the Social Studies.
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Roundtable at SITE 98 (Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education) 9th International Conference, Washington, DC, March 10-14, 1998.
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Jones, R. Technology and Teachers: A Participant Forum.
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Forum at the North Carolina Middle School Association 22nd Annual Conference, Greensboro, NC, March 9-11, 1998.
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Bennett, C., Huneycutt, J., & Jones, R. Talking Technology: A Forum on Integration Issues.
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Presentation at the 33rd Annual Meeting of Virginia Social Studies Educators, Williamsburg, VA, November 7-8, 1997.
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Content Reading and Comprehension Focus
Jones, R. Reading Comprehension Strategies across Content Areas.
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Invited Presenter, Charlottesville City Schools Best Practices Conference, October 9, 2000.
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Jones, R. Reading Strategies that Ignore Curriculum Barriers.
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Workshop at Connecting Curriculum: Choices and Challenges for the 21st Century Summer Renewal Conference, sponsored jointly by the National Council for the Social Studies and the National Council of Teachers of English, Washington, DC, July 15-17, 1999.
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Jones, R. Project CRISS: A Content Means to a Reading End.
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Presentation at the National Council for the Social Studies Southeast Regional Conference and the 29th Annual State Conference of the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies, Greensboro, NC, February 18-19, 1999.
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Jones, R. Project CRISS Awareness Session: Toward More Humane Content Reading.
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Workshop at the 78th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, November 20-22, 1998.
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Jones, R. Improving Reading in Your School.
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Invited Presenter and Panel Member, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Summer Institute for Superintendents, Central Office Staff, and Principals, Wilmington, NC, June 1995.
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Curriculum and Teacher Education Focus
Thomas, T., & Jones, R. In Search of Common Ground: An Interdisciplinary Conversation on Integrating Curricula.
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Presentation at Connecting Curriculum: Choices and Challenges for the 21st Century Summer Renewal Conference, sponsored jointly by the National Council for the Social Studies and the National Council of Teachers of English, Washington, DC, July 15-17, 1999.
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Cohen, S., Jones, R., & Thomas, T. Perspectives on Successful Staff Development.
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Panel Presentation at the Virginia Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Richmond, VA, March 4-6, 1998.
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Assessment and Task Design Focus
Houston, S., Webb, J., Tharin, M., Holland, M., Jones, R., & King, S. The Performance-Based Assessment Project and the ABCs Plan: Can They Co-Exist?.
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Presentation at the North Carolina Association of Educators Good Teaching Workshop: Our Public Schools Work, Research Triangle Park, NC, February 24, 1996.
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Holland, M., & Jones, R. View from the Field.
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Report on Classroom Implementation, Invited Presenters to the North Carolina Education Standards and Accountability Commission, Raleigh, NC, February 2 and 26, 1996.
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Jones, R. et al Authentic Performance Assessment Roundtable.
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Invited Presenter and Panel Member, Conference on Assessment Reform, Raleigh, NC, September 1995.
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Grants
Jamestown Virtual Colony Teaching Resource Website
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Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, 1997-1998
C.T. Bennett, Project Director
Co-authored grant proposal, oversaw project development, designed and developed website
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Service
Academic Affairs Committee
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Curry School of Education
1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001
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National Trainer
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Project CRISS: CReating Independence through Student-owned Strategies
Content Reading, Writing, and Comprehension Inservices for Teachers, 1993-present
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Consultant
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Amherst Elementary School, Amherst, VA, Fall 2000
Frederick County Public Schools, Winchester, VA, 1999-present
Albemarle County Public Schools, Charlottesville, VA, 1999-2000
Bladen County Schools, Bladenboro, NC, 1999-2000
Culpeper County Schools, Culpeper, VA, 1998-1999
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Summer Institute in Reading, June 1998
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Associate Director
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University of Virginia Center for Economic Education, 1998-2000
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Co-Editor/Reviewer
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Virginia Department of Education
Standards of Learning for History and Social Science Curriuculum Guide for Secondary Grades, 1998-1999
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Lawn Selection Process Steering Committee
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University of Virginia, 1998-1999
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Editorial Board
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Curry Journal of Education, Spring 1998
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Executive Committee
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What A Great Idea! Fund, Curry Education Council, 1997
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Invited Lecturer
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EDIS 560 Teaching Social Studies (2 sessions, Spring 1997)
EDIS 587 Teaching Associate Seminar in Social Studies (3 sessions, Fall 1997; 1 session, Fall 1998)
EDIS 531 Reasoning Skills Block for Science (1 session, Spring 1999)
EDLF 875 School Law (1 session, Fall 1997)
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Task Design and Pilot Group Member
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North Carolina Education Standards and Accountability Commission. Sam Houston, Executive Director
Charged with developing authentic assessments for the graduation standards proposed by the Commission, including appropriate tasks, measurements, and benchmarks; worked under the direction of Grant Wiggins and Everett Kline, Center for Learning, Assessment, and School Structure, 1994-1996
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Affiliations
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National Council for the Social Studies
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Virginia Council for the Social Studies
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North Carolina Council for the Social Studies
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American Educational Research Association
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International Reading Association
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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
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National Middle School Association
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North Carolina Middle School Association
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Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Delta Kappa
Order of the Golden Fleece
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UNC's highest honorary recognizing character, lasting contributions, and loyalty
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Order of the Grail
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UNC honorary recognizing leadership, service, and scholarship
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Order of the Old Well
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UNC honorary recognizing unselfish service
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Kappa Tau Alpha
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Journalism Honor Society
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Middle School Team of the Year
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Stephanie Toney (Team Leader) and Raymond Jones
Timberwolves Team, Leesville Road Middle School, Raleigh, NC
Recognized by the North Carolina Middle School Association, Region 3, 1994-1995
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Curry School Person of the Month
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Curry School of Education
October/November 2000
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Webmaster/Web Designer
Teaching Resources
Course Websites
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EDIS 771 Reading in the Content Areas [TEMPO], Summer 1999-present
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EDIS 739 Academic Uses of the World Wide Web, Spring 1999, Spring 2000
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EDIS 510 Emotional and Behavioral Characteristics of Children and Youth, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 2000
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EDIS 531 Reasoning Skills Block for Science, Fall 1998
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EDIS 560 Teaching Social Studies, Spring 1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998
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EDHS/EDIS/EDLF 851 Curry Forum on Educational Issues, Fall 1998
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EDLF 875 School Law, Fall 1997
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WebQuests
Organizational & Institutional
Personal Home Pages
Community and Volunteer Service
Announcer/Disc Jockey
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WNRN 91.9 FM, Charlottesville, VA, 1996-1999
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Technical Crew/Light Board Operator
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Raleigh Little Theatre, Raleigh, NC, 1994-1996
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Other Professional Experience
Residence Hall Director
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Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 1989-1991
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Assistant to the President
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Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina, Inc.
Winston-Salem, NC, 1987-1989
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