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Home My WebLink About04-Mayor's Office - ctrvoF SAN BER~RDINO - REQUEST ~R COUNCIL ACTION ~ From: W. R. "Bob" Holcomb, Mayor Subject: Appoi ntment of Dr. Sherry Howi e to the Library Board per W. R. "Bob" Holcomb's request. Dept: Mayor's Offi ce Date: December 19, 1991 Synopsis of Previous Council action: NONE Recommended motion: Approve recommendation to appoint Dr. Sherry Howie, to the Library Board per W. R. "Bob" Holcomb's request. Contact person: W. R. "Bob" Holcomb, Mayor Phone: ext. 5133 Supporting data attached: YES Ward: All FUNDING REOUIREMENTS: Amount: -0- Source: (Acct. No.) (Acct. DescriPtion) Finance : Council Notes: 7c;._n.,F;? Agenda Item No. 7" - . o .:> VITA Sherry Hill Howie 544 East Ralston Avenue San Bernardino, CA 92404 714-882-2117 PERS:IQL: excellent health and fitness rrarried, t\\O grown children EDUCATION: Ph.D. - univ. of COloraoo, Boulder M3.y, 1979 Reading and English Etlucation M.A. - univ. of COloraoo, Denver Decartler, 1976 Reading Etlucation B.A. - univ. of california, Los Angeles August, 1961 English PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Professor, cal. state univ., San Bernardino, 1990-present Intern Cbordinator, Seoondal:y' Track Assr::x=. ProL, california State univ., San Bernardino, 1987 -90 Reading, Writing, o:nputer coorses English/Language Arts Methcds for SE!C.'CXldaIy Teachers Student teacher and Intern supervision Asst Prof., univ. of wise., Reading Programs Cboro..,1984-1987 Asst ProL, univ. of Mich., Reading/study Skills lab Dir.1982-84 Asst ProL, univ. of wyaning, Field Cbordinator, 1979-1982 Teaching Assr::x=iate, univ. of COlorado, Boulder (OJurses in Reading and SUpervisicn of student Teachers), 1977 -1979 Inst:ructor, AJ::apah:le Camunity COllege, Littletcn, Colorado,1976 English and Reading Teacher, Burbank. Jr. High, Burbank, calif., 1969 - 1970 English as a sea:n:l Language, Adult Etluc., Glendale O:mrunity COllege, Glendale, calif., 1967 - 1969 English and Reading Teacher, Hoover High, Glendale, calif., 1963 - 1966 PUBLICATIONS BOOKS : F=ning. Writing and camuters: Phmning for Integration. (1989) Newton, M3.ss.: Allyn and Bacon, Inc. Page 1 ) o o M-rlIll es for am Faculty 'T'r-lining. (1988) ES'ITI Institute, California State Uliversity, San Bernardino, . RA'lnina in the l'mtent ArA'l~ work1:x:ok. (1986) Uliv. of wiscx::nsin MEdi.a Center. A ~linPl-YY'lk for Teadring Writing in Content ArA'l~. (1984) EOsten: Allyn and Bacon, Inc.,. RA'lr'lina and studY Skills Trlh rh11~hnk. (1983) Uliv. of Michigan Press. Develooina Literacv in the l'nntent ll.rA'l~. Howie, Sherry. Iowa: MacMillan Publishing Cb. (UIDER <Xl'1ffiACI': due date 12/1/91) ARTICLES: Howie, Sherry. "A eurriculun Guide: Teaching Feaning Skills Based en Sentence O:mbining Practice." statenent, NCI'E (oct. ,1979) . Distefano, philip and Howie, Sherry. "Sentence weights: An Alternative to the T-Ulit." Ehalish MIl'"'rltien. (Winter, 1979). Sinatra, Richard and Howie, Sherry. "visual Ccnpositien: a way to Teach Writing and Ra3.ding in Ccntent Are3S." ERIC DocUTIent NJ. ED 207 003. Howie, Sherry. "The Teaching of R63ding in Technotronic Ti.rn:!s." Uliv. of Minnesota: Cbllege and ll.nll1t RA'lning, Vol. XII. NJrth Central Ra3.ding Assn. 1984 YearlxJok. Howie, Sherry and Sinatra, Richard. ''VertEl and Nonver:tal Factors in Cbntent Are3. Reaning Instructien." Journal of R.:l~ic Writing, 1984. Howie, Sherry. "COTputer Literacy for Teaching Literacy: Use of the CDtputer in the Language Arts." Wismn.c;in state RA'lni ng Assn. Jrnrmrll, 1987. Howie, Sherry. "O:np.lter Instruction Based on REl3ding Theory," ~ (CDtputer using Etlucators) Newsletter, Spring, 1989. Howie, Sherry. "Adult Literacy in a Multi-Literate Society." 'l'he Journal of RA'lr'lina. International REl3ding Associatien. Vol.33, NJ.4, 260-263, Jan., 1990,. HONie, Sherry. "IRE in a Teaching Methc.ds course." Amerirrln R.:lr Associatien newsletter, Vol.8, NJ. 1, winter, 1989. Howie, Sherry. "New Special Interest Group in Technology and Language Arts." 'n1e California RA'lnpr, California Re3ding Associatien, Vol. 23, NJ. 1, 1989. Howie, Sherry. "Planning to Integrate Ccnputers into the Language Arts Classroan." alE Newsletter. Jan./Feb.,1990 Vol.12, 3. Page 2 , o o NEWSPAPER COLUMNS: muDY SKILlS column. Weekly column in The sun for students and parents to becx:me academically successful. M:l.y 31,1991,to present. Howie, Sherry. "Vollmteers Ne€rlErl to Help Children." The sun, September 15, 1991. Howie, Sherry. "Failure to recognize dyslexia wastes priceless resource- -people." The sun, Decariber 16, 1990. Hooe, Sherry. "Literacy is Key to surviva1." The ~n p.pYni'lrr'li nn sun ne"spaper, Septatber 13, 1989. Howie, Sherry. READ 'TO LEARN bi\'Agek1y series. The san P.PYT1i'Irr'linn sun ne"spaper, March 25, 1990, through March, 1991. articles: "Spread the W:>rd:Anyone Can Rred" March 25, 1990 "sun column will trech adults to Re3.d" "Series begins nBIl chapter an short vc:we1 samds" M:l.y 31 "sun's literacy column sparks interest of re3.ders and learners" April 22 "New chapter reveals subtleties" July 29 "In 1e:trning to re3.d, it pays to learn the rules first" September 16 "Learners sh:luld be rredy nON to start rreding for meaning" N:Jvanber 4 "D:m.' t let big 1I.Ords scare you fran the 1fOlders of reading" January 'Z7, 1991 "HON to sUJ::Vive everyday re3.ding" M:l.rch 10 Reviewer for Natiooal COlmci1 for Geographic M lcatian in 1be Journal of ~;:nihv, April, 1986. Reviewer for Merrill Publishing CO., 1988-89. Guest Etlitor of JnJ1Yni'll of English Te3.china TeC'..hninlles, univ. of Michigan, Winter, 1983. HONORS AND AWARDS: U.S. Dept. of Mlcatian Grant for student Literacy COrps, June, 1991-Jt.me, 1993, to establish an adolescent literacy tutor training program for san Bernardino City unified SchJo1s in ccnjt.mction with cal. State university "Celebrate Literacy Award," presented by Fcothil1 Reading Council fran International Reading Association, April, 1991 Elected to WHO'S WHO IN AMEmCAN ECUCATICN, 1990 (in 1991-92 directory) Page 3 o o Meritorious Perfomence and Professional Pranise Award (MPPP) for $2500 in Spring, 1990, CSUSB Ccmrunity Literacy Award for contributions to California Literacy Carrpaign, January, 1990 by Feldheym Central Library "outstanding Professor" naninatic:n, CSUSB, Winter, 1990 "10 Who Cared" carrmmity awrrd, winter, 1990, 'Ihe SlID N~ Faculty Deve1OJ;IIl9I1t Grant, Cal. State univ.,S.B., 1988 Faculty Develcpoont Grant awarded by univ. of wise., 1986 Un.dergraduate Faculty Developrent Grant, 1985 Faculty D:Nelq:rnent Grant awarded by univ. of Michigan, 1982 National En.dcwTent for the Hurranities Grant awrrded M3.y 15, 1981 for a literacy series in Wyaning coctoral Research Study Grant awarded by univ. of Colorado, 1978 "outstanding Young Teacher of the Year" award by Glendale School District, 1964 Uldergraduate Scholarships - UClA Chi Delta pi, English Honorary Org. at UClA "OUtstanding service Award," united way Crusade, 1966 and 1967 as a District Director PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS: INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS International Reading Assn., May 6-10,1991, in Las Vegas, on "Using O:nputers to Assist Adult Literacy D:Nell...pllent" Sec:x::xrl Annual International Conference en Adult and k.blescent Literacy in Banff, canada, M3.rch, 1991, en "using Melia to Teach Literacy" WJrld Congress of Reading in Coolangotta, The Gold Coast, Australia, July 7, 1988, on "CCtiputers to Teach Re3ning and 'Ihinking Skills" Literacy for Living Conference in Brisb:me, Australia, July 2, 1988, on "The Advantages of Using o:nputers for Adult Literacy" Internatianal Reading Assn. in 'Ibunto, May, 1988, on "How CCtiputers Affect Readingj'Ihinking of Special Needs Children," Precx:nvention WJrkshcp NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS Overview for Adult Literacy strand at Internatianal Reaning Association conference, Atlanta, Georgia, M3.y 8, 1990. Page 4 o o crnputers, Reading/Le:m1ing Difficulties Conference, San Francisco, Januaxy Z7, 1989, on "Mind and M3.chine: Inplicatians for Feo<'lil1g and 'I'hinking" International Reading Assn. in Anaheim, MicroSIG Prec:x::.rnlention, Spring, 1987 Carputers & Reading/Le:m1ing Difficulties, Philadelphia, Penn., Fall, 1986 STATE AND REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS california Reading Assn., ccx:miinaterl and will present a syIllX)Sium on Family Literacy Issues, Sacramento, Novanber 9, 1991 Retirerl Teachers Assn., on "No Need for Literacy," San Bernardino, CX:tober 1, 1991 Delta Kappa Garma, trioouncil rreeting on "Literacy Issues" , Januaxy 26, 1991, in San Bernardino state Net:\\Ork of Literacy Coordinators rreeting on "Involvaoont of CSUSB with Literacy Programs" on Januaxy 28, 1991, in Rosemead Literacy D3.y International, at Feldheym Library, on "The M3.gic of Reading" February 7, 1991 Delta ~ Garma, Riverside chapter, on "Adult Literacy" on N:::lVerrber 14, 1990, in Riverside Teachers are Nurrber 1 Conference at CSUSB, on "The Cile-CCIrputer Classroan for Teachers" on August 21, 1990 California Reo<'ling Assn. in Anaheim, ocordinaterl preconference \\Orkshcp on CC:rlp.J.ters and FA"l<'lil1g/language arts, and preserrt:erl paper on "The Cile-CCIrputer Classroan" N:J\T.4, 1990, California Reading Assn. in San Jose, N:J\T. 3, 1989 California Reonil1g Assn. in San Diego, N:J\T. 11, 1988 CSU Civic Edllcation Enhancaralt project, presentation at statewide meeting in Ciltario, CA., CX:t. 7, 1988, on law- relaterl education incorporaterl into my teaching at CSUSB Sixth Great Lakes IRA Conference, Green Bay, Fall, 1986 Mic:rcxxnputer Fair in Eau Claire, Spring 1986 IRA Regional Conference, Minneapolis, Novanber 8, 1985 IRA Re.;Jional Conference, MilW3.ukee, CX:tober 18, 1985 Mic:rcxxnputer Fair in Eau Claire, Spring 1985 NCTE, DerIver, COlorado, 1983 univ. Of Minnesota, NCRA, CX:t., 1983 IRA Re.;Jional Conference, Billings, M:ntana, 1982 univ. of Wyaning Frestm:m English Conference, 1982 COlorado Language Arts Society Conference, COlorado Springs, 1981 Page 5 - o o Cbllege Carp. and O::nmmication Conf., r:allas, Texas, 1981 IRA R~ional Conference, Boise, Idaho, 1980 IRA ~onal Conference, Bisrrarck, North D3k0ta, 1980 Wyaning Assn. Teachers of English, Rock Springs, Wyo.. 1979 TELEVISION PRESENTATIONS CbHost with Diane Al::iJott of Inland BTpire Alive! Charmel 3, Navelber, 1991. Charmel 3, KCSB, writer, creator and host of READ 'IO LEARN television series teaching adults to read: Is-minute se;:JlTlel1ts airing triweekly, 1991-93i invite and w:Jrk with elanentary school children and their parents in the area as guests 00. each sh:Jw Charmel 58, EtlJ.catianal Televisioo. in IDs Angeles:15-minute videotape aired in Mrrch, 1988, 00. "Use of the WOrd Processor in the language Arts/English Classrcx:m. Charmel 3, Public Service Televisioo. in san Bernardino on literacy issues, Fall, 1990. Charmel 10, forum 00. literacy series, 1982, Cheyenne, Wyaning TEACHER IN-SERVICE TRAINING: san BeJ:nardino City unified Sch:ols training teachers as literacy tutors to at-risk a<blescents, . 1990-present Terrace Hills Jtmi.or High faculty in-service 00. "'!he Che-CaIputer Classrcx:m," Cbltcn School District, January 22, 1990 CSUSB EtlJ.caticn faculty training in cx:nputers and laserdiscs in reading/language arts i curriculm develu1m~(lt in inte.:Jraticn of ccnputers, Spring, 1989 CSU state.ride Faculty training in ccnputers, in Fresno, cal., Spring, 1988 FE'ilni ng/Language Arts SofbBre Previelll sessioo. to Eau Claire, WI . area teachers, M3rch 19, 1986 Eau Claire Area Reading Teachers, Spring, 1985 Clio School District, Clio, Michigan, Fall, 1982 Canran Ai.nsw:Jrth School District, Flint, Michigan, Spring, 1983 ravisan School District, ravisan, Michigan, Fall 1983 Business and Professional Assn. in technical writing, 1982-1984 SERVICE : UNIVERSITY Chair and Coordinator of coo.ference 00. Reading, Writing and O::np.lters, cal State U, San BeJ:nardino carrpus, SUmner, 1988 Page 6 o o Instru.ctionally Related Prograrrs, university ccmnittee, CSU, 1987-present, to fund university prograrrs university Honors ccmnittee, 1988-90 site OJordinator for Family Reading Rally each February, 1987-90, held at CSUSB sponsored by Area 10 Feaning COlmcils university Learning Center Advisory Board, 1988 -89 , representing the School of MJ.cation Civic MJ.cation Enhancement Project, 1987-89, Participation university-wide and statewide SCHOOL Intern coordinator, Secondary Track; administer and direct the Intern pIcgrarn; inteIView and select Intern awlicants; place Interns and coordinate with sch:xJls and school districts; rraintain p:>Siti ve relationships with sch:xJl and adninistrators Professional Awards ccmnittee, 1990- 2 Chair, SEID"ch ccmnittee to hire three p:>Sitions, 1990-1 MJ.cational Technology Advisory ccmnittee, 1987 -1990 Scholarship ccmnittee, 1987-1990 university writing OJordinator for School of Etlucation, 1987-present Reading Advisory Board, 1987-1989 AdHoc O:mnittee on Field Supervision, 1989-1990 COMMCNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENTS: Appointed to Board of CaITp Fire Girls and Boys, san Andreas Cbuncil; seIve on Planning o:mnittee for erlucatiooal activities o:mnission Awoint:rrent to Library Board of City of san Bernardino by M3.yor Robert Holccnb, M3.rch, 1991 (rescinded) Chair of Planning o:mnittee for Centennial Celebration for City Library of san Bernardino, 1991-1992 COChair of Planning o:mnittee for first Mexican Book Fair, Cultural Celebration, in US, held at Feldheym Central Library, September 21-22, 1990 W::>Iked with Special Olynpics at san Bernardino valley college, April, 1990 President of Special Interest Group Technology and Feaning/Language Arts for California Reading Assn. COchair of Conference o:mnittee for Carputer-using Etlucators, Inc. to plan statewide conference in Palm Springs, spring, 1990 President of Literacy Cbuncil Task Fbrce, san Bernardino Libraries, California Literacy Canp3.ign, 1988-1990 Page 7 o o Delta Kappa Garma SOCiety, Int' 1. rrariber, 1982 -present (hrnorary educators' group); hold office of Recording Secretcuy ArrowhESd FA=lniTJg Colmcil rrariber, 1987-90; Foothill Re3.ding Council rrariber, 1989 -1990 Foothill Reading Council, rrariJer and Board rrarber as Adult Literacy Chair, 1989-present MIrnDSig Ccmnittee, IRA, 1986-1988 0l'ER, Org. Teacher Ftlllcators in Re3.ding, IRA, 1988 Coc:perative Etluc. Service Agency, Special Task Fbrce en Fean;TJ.g Curriculum, 1985 - 1986 ReaniTJg and Technology, Co-Chair, local reading council, EX::ARC Fean;TJg and Technology, state reading council, WSRA Reading Ccmnittee, Schx>l of E'dJ1catien, U'VEl:, 1984 - present General Etiucatien Ccmnittee (School of Etiucatien) 1985 - 1986 Church and SOCiety Ccmnittee, united Methodist Church- 1988-90 Etlucation Director, united Methcdist Church, 1985 - 1987 Literacy Council of Chiwewa Valley, affiliated with LVA, Board of Directors, 1986-87 Little Brothers Vohmteer to help the elderly, St. Paul, Mn. 1986-87 CONSULTANCIES: California Department of Public HEBlth, 6- hour workshop on rraterials writing for public COOSLmPticn, San Bernardino, April 16, 1991 San Ben1ardino Valley College to establish a reading lab and study skills center, July, 1990. Hired by O:mrunity College District. San Be:rnardino City Schx>l District to set up a tutoring program of volunteers fran faculty, camu.mity and parents, and students to tutor at-risk 9th graders at San Bernardino High Scbool,winter,1990. Fontana School District to set up a tutoring pmgram of volunteers to tutor at-risk adolescents at Alder Junior High, Spring, 1991 RESEARCH : 1978-79, an experimental study of 9th grade students using sentence c:x:rrbining root.hods. I found a significant inprovem:nt in students I descriptive writing using the sentence a:rrbining rrethexi over traditional methods of tEBching writing. Page 8 o o 1988-89, a study of three methods of teaching literacy to adults in the san BeJ::narclino Libraries. Metb::Xls includerl language experience using a \\Qrd processor, phonics using a \\Ork1:x:x:>k, and whole-\\Ord using a softw:rre package. Data was statistically analyzerl and revealerl no significant differences between groups. Results were presenterl in a Faculty lecture series at CSUSB en April 16, 1990. winter. 1990, a study to analyze differences between traditional teaching of writing and use of the cx:xrputer to teach writing to 8th graders for 8 weeks. Re3!ling levels, writing develcprent and attitudes were maasurerl pre- and post -experirrent. Fall. 1991-Spring. 1993, a study of pre- and post-treatment gains in reading level and in attitudes of secandaIy students being tutorerl in the Student Literacy Cbrps program ftmderl by U.S. Dept. of Etlucatian. 'lbe study uses a CUlture Free self-perceptien inventory and an Infonral Reading Inventory administererl by trainerl tutors superviserl by the grant director. Page 9