I’ve been an educator for over 40 years, as a classroom teacher, school and public librarian, student-teaching supervisor, educational consultant, lunchroom overseer, and even (very briefly) a Board of Education member.  

In June 2003 I retired from “full-time” work, and now freelance as an online instructor, mentor, writer, consultant, presenter and inservice provider, and resourcerer.  Best of all — I get to read anything I want whenever/wherever/however I want!

Over the years I’ve mentored multitudes of fledgling teachers and frazzled school librarians in workshops, courses, and practicums, as well as spontaneous moments of mutual desperation. 
Now I teach graduate courses for teachers and librarians in the Professional Development Program at Rutgers (NJ) University’s School of Communication, Information and Library Studies. In 1996 I received the coveted Carlin Award as “the instructor who most successfully employs humor to enlighten and educate,” and in 2006 I was honored as the Part-Time Lecturer of the year.

My articles have appeared in a variety of professional journals (see the ARTICLES section). I’ve also written two books for school librarians:

• Elementary School Librarian’s Desk Reference: Library Skills and Management Guide (Linworth, op), and
• FLIP IT!™ an Information Skills Strategy for Student Researchers (Linworth, 1997).
  

All of my presentations are designed to help participants learn, laugh, and look at their goals and activities in a new light.

                I freely admit that I’m addicted to:

• alliteration and acronyms
• chocolate and coffee
• learning and laughter

                and have to have a dose of each, every day!

My full resume is available here.