2008–2009

Teachers’ Choices Committee

Charges:

1. Assist with the process and the procedures for the selection of the annual Teachers' Choices, a list of recently published high-quality trade books that can be used across the curriculum.

2. Develop an annotated list of the Teachers' Choices for inclusion in The Reading Teacher and to publicize this program elsewhere.

3. Review applications for next year's regional coordinators of the project.

Steering Committee:

Suzanne M. Jensen, Chair
Shawnee Mission School District
Brookwood Elementary
3411 W 103rd St
Shawnee Mission, KS 66206-2503
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Marsha M. Lewis, Board Liaison
Duplin County School District
Kenansville, NC, United States

Nancy Lynn Allee
Incarnation Catholic School
Collierville, TN, United States

Lois A. Buckman
Caney Creek High School
The Woodlands, TX, United States

Beth Eller
Bloomsbury/Walker Books for Young Readers
New York, NY, United States

Gudrun Godare
Tucson Unified School District
Tucson, AZ, United States

Cathy S. Nelson
South View Middle School
Minneapolis, MN, United States

Marjie J. Podzielinski
Coulson Tough School
The Woodlands, TX, United States

Mary Cash, Ex Officio
Executive Office
International Reading Association
Newark, DE, United States

Alida Cutts, Ex Officio
Executive Office
International Reading Association
Newark, DE, United States

Regional Coordinators:

East:
Susan Thompson-White
Hockessin, DE, United States

Southeast:
Cathy L. Denman
Jackson Middle School
Titusville, FL, United States

Great Lakes:
Joyce A. Hamon
University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, IN, United States

Anne M. Klausing
Pandora Gilboa School
Cloverdale, OH, United States

Susan Wilson Meyer, Trainee
Delaware Elementary
Evansville, IN, United States

Plains:
Patrice Kraus
Stillwell Jr. High
West Des Moines, IA, United States

Jan L. McConnell, Trainee
Ray Marsh Elementary
Shawnee, KS, United States

Cheryl Lynn Roberts, Trainee
Pawnee Elementary School
Overland Park, KS, United States

Southwest:
Marcia Mitchell
South Texas College
Mission, TX, United States

Tanna M. Clark, Trainee
Lakeside Middle School
Hot Springs, AR, United States

Rocky Mountain:
Jessica L. Hollon
Douglas Intermediate School
Douglas, WY, United States

West:
Tonya Freeman
Anchorage School District
Eagle River, AK, United States

Barbara A. Low, Trainee
Medford, OR, United States