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Barry Hoonan VITA
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Special Recognition

  • 2004 Edwin A. Hoey Award for Outstanding Educator in the English Language Arts by the National Council of Teachers of English.
  • Three time Fullbright Exchange Teacher
  • Featured teacher in Maryland Public Broadcasting and Annenberg/CPB Channel's video series "Making Meaning in Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grades 6-8" and "Engaging with Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grades 3-5.
  • 1990 Christa McAuliffe Excellence in Education Award
Author

  • Co-author:
    Literature Circles and Response. Christopher Gordon Publishing, 1995
  • Inquiry and Multiple Ways of Knowing. National Council of Teachers of English, 2000.
National Leadership

  • Elected member, NCTE Middle Level Steering Committee, 2001-2003. NCTE Speakers Bureau, current. NCTE Reading Commission, 1999-2001.
Software

  • Microsoft, Redmond, WA. Headbone Interactive, Consultant
  • Pacific Interactive, Seattle, WA. 1992 - 1999.
Teaching Experience

  • Twenty-five years of teaching experience; grades first though eighth with three years spent teaching overseas.
Education

  • Lesley College, Cambridge, MA
    Master's Degree in Education, Arts in Education August 1993
  • University of New Hampshire
    University of New Hampshire Writing Project, Donald Graves and Jane Hansen, July - August 1986
  • University of Puget Sound
    Institute for Teachers of Highly Able Students Scholarship Recipient for Rural Schools, July 1984
  • University of Washington
    Teaching Certificate
    Elementary Education with Special Education Seattle, WA emphasis, June 1982
  • Bachelor of Arts, School of Communications:
    Journalism/Advertising, March 1981.
  • University of London, England
    Media Studies Abroad, 1980


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