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EDUCATION:
1995
Indiana State University--M.S.: Educational Technology
1991
Indiana State University--B.S.:
School Library Media Services, cum laude
TEACHING EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS:
2009
Indiana State University, Instructor, CIMT631 and CIMT656 (Fall
2009-present)
2008
IUPUI School of Education, Instructor, graduate “Summer
in the City” courses (2004-present):
Using Big6 &
Best Practices to meet Academic Standards & Get the Most out of Research
Young Hoosier
Book Award: Using New Fiction in the Classroom
2007 IU-Bloomington,
Co-Instructor, Fall "Information Inquiry for School Teachers" graduate
course
2004
IUPUI School of Library and Information
Sciences, Co-Instructor, Spring L551 “Information Inquiry for School
Teachers”
2002
IUPUI School of Education, Instructor, three graduate “Summer in the City”
courses
1992
Library Media Specialist,
Metropolitan School District of Perry
Township, Perry Meridian Middle,
Indianapolis, Indiana (1992—present)
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Library Association (ALA):
American Association of
School Librarians (AASL)
Indiana Historical Society
Indiana Library Federation (ILF):
Association for Indiana
Media Educators (AIME)
Indiana State Reading Association
(ISRA)
Perry Township
Reading Council (PTRC)
SLMS (School
Library Media Specialist) Leadership Cadre
ACTION RESEARCH:
2008
IDOE-OLR Summer Reading, "Books to Home Success Grant"
2005 SSR
with Interventions
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SSR with Intervention -
A School Library Action Research Project - ISBN13: 9781591584605
2003
Collaboration, Daily Reflections and the Research Process - "Is
it Effective?"
2001
Student Inquiry in the Research Process
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The Blue Book on
Information Age Inquiry... - ISBN13: 9781591583257
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS
HIGHLIGHTS:
2009
Indiana
State Teacher of the Year Finalist
MSD of Perry Township district - Teacher of the Year
Perry Meridian Middle School - Teacher of the Year
Perry Township Education Foundation, co-recipient of 5 grants, $6,250
NEH Picturing American Grant
2008
LSTA Technology
Grant, $8000, "Library Promotion in a Web 2.0 World"
SSR with Intervention named one of the Best Professional Books
of 2007 by
Teacher-Librarian magazine
Indiana Department of Education-Office of Learning Resources, $10000,
"Books
to Home Summer Success"
Perry
Township Education Foundation, co-recipient of 8 grants, $10,000
2007
Perry Township Education Foundation, co-recipient of 9 grants, $11,250
2006
ILF-AIME
Peggy L. Pfeiffer Service Award recipient
Received the
peer-nominated “PMMS Leader of the Pack” award
2005
Thomson Gale/School Library Media Connection TEAMS Award Honorable Mention
2004
Perry Township Education Foundation, co-recipient of 3 grants, $3,300
2003
National AASL Collaborative School Library Media Award
Perry
Township Education Foundation, co-recipient of 6 grants, $7,200
2002
Treasure Mountain Scholar, Treasure Mountain (TM10) Research Institute at
the Elms
2001
Indiana Department of Education-Office of Learning Resources,
“Student
Inquiry Method to
Information Literacy” grant, $10,000
2000
Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship, $7,500
Indiana
Department of Education-Office of Learning Resources, “TACT: Tying African
&
American
Cultures Together” Information Literacy Grant, co-recipient, $5,000
1999
Indiana University-East Asian Studies Center, “Study Tour of Japan”
Indiana
Humanities Council, Humanities Initiative Major Grant, co-recipient, $4,360
1996
Indiana Department of Education “Technology Leadership Training”
participant/grant
1995 Ball
State University “Learning and Teaching Project in Chinese” (1994 intensive
culture
and language study at BSU, 1995 study tour in China)
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
ROLE HIGHLIGHTS:
2009
PMMS: SSR/Literacy Committee Chair (2006-present)IU-SLIS, “Introduction to
Research” (SLIS-S506) graduate course, panel
participant
Library Media Connections (LMC) magazine, reviewer (2007-present)
IU-SLIS, “School Media” (S671/L553) graduate course, guest speaker
Indiana Library Federation, 2009 state conference Co-Chair
2008
IDOE-OLR Standards Correlation
committee
AIME
Survivor Workshop “Educating the 21st Century Learners: Web 2.0”, Chair
PMMS: SSR/Literacy
Committee Chair (2006-present)
Middle Grades
Reading Network, Hi Interest/Hi Vocabulary Committee Chair (2006-present)
2007
ALA
Sara Jaffarian Award Selection Committee
ILF
(Indiana Library Federation) Annual Conference, concurrent session
presenter
SSR with Interventions
Adolescent Reads: High Interest Books for Advanced
Readers
SLJ (School Library Journal) Leadership Summit, ‘invitation only’ participant (2005-present)
S671: The School Library Media
Specialist, "SLMS Bridging Theory into Practice"
guest professional blog participant
2005
PRISM Teacher-Leader (2005-2006)
SLJ.com,
e-Interview Blog,
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/620000062/post/1870000987.html?
AIME Survivor
Workshop, Chair
2004
IU-SLIS/AIME Data Task Force (2004-2005)
AASL School
Librarians Workshop Scholarship Committee member
2003 AIME
President, AIME Leadership Retreat Chair
AASL Region 3 representative for Indiana
Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), AASL Focus Group
Survey on Indiana School Library Media Collections, Staff & Programs
committee
2002 AIME
State Conference Chair
National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) National Forum for
school
library
media specialists, Indiana representative
U.S.
Department of Education, “Improving Literacy Through School Libraries”
federal
grant,
Peer Reviewer
2001
Instructional Media and Technology Educators (IMATES) mentor
2000
First Annual AIME Treasure Chest College Scholarship Fundraising Silent
Auction, Chair
and
developer of the AIME scholarship fund and fundraiser (2000-2002)
Indiana State University (ISU) consultant: Department of Curriculum,
Instruction and
Media
Technology Pilot Project of the online library media program
1999
Gettysburg National Park: advisory team for national program, Gettysburg
Live!
Young Hoosier Book Award K-8 General Chair-elect and Chair (1999-2002)
1998 The
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Education Initiatives Task Force
(1998-1999)
AIME Regional
Media Fair coordinator and host site
WORKSHOPS,
PRESENTATIONS, ADULT TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS:
2009
NMSA (National Middle School Association) Conference, Concurrent Session
Presenter
Marian University, guest lecturer
MSD of Perry Township Opening
Day keynote
IUPUI-SLIS L553, guest speaker
Adolescent
Literacy Conference, Concurrent Session Presenter
International Reading Association, Concurrent Session Presenter
2008
Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference, Concurrent Session
Presenter
Encyclo-Media Conference, Oklahoma City,
Spotlight Speaker
MSD
Perry Township Professional Development Workshops, Session Presenter for
4 Workshops
Literacy 101 staff development series,
Avon Community School Corporation,
guest speaker
IDOE-Office of Learning
Rresources Regional Contact Meeting, workshop presenter
West Central Region, "Sustained Silent Reading and the Library Media Impact
on Student Learning"
North West Region, "SSR with Interventions"
Kitley
Intermediate School, In-service day guest speaker, "SSR with
Interventions & Millennial Learners"
2007
AASL
National Conference: concurrent session presenter &
Exploratorium
co-presenter AASL
MSDPT Summer Staff Development Technology Workshops (5): PRISM Math & Science
Resources,
Lexile Scores & Library Resources, Classroom Projects with MS Publisher,
Authors & Book
Resources on the Internet, Website Evaluation
CIESC
(Central Indiana Education Service Center), guest speaker, “Action Research”
Conference
Presenter: Indiana Middle Level Educators Association (IMLEA), Indiana
State Reading
Association (ISRA)
Indiana University-School of Library and Information Science, guest speaker
for L551 (2004-present)
2006
MASL
(Missouri Association of School Librarians) Spring Conference, presenter
Indiana
Department of Education-Office of Learning Resources (IDOE-OLR) Regional
Library Meetings: Tipton, Connersville, and Indianapolis, Indiana
2005 AIME,
Coordinator/Liaison, “Cultural Tours”
Adolescent Literacy Conference, Presenter, “SSR with Intervention” and
“Research Inquiry”
2004 MASL
(Missouri Association of School Librarians) Fall Seminar, workshop presenter
MSDPT SLMS workshop: Action Research
ALA Annual Conference, co-presenter with Dr. Daniel Callison, “Information
Inquiry: Key
Words, Concepts, & Assessments for Literacy K‑College”
Panelist, “Good Enough for Prime Time! How to Win an AASL Award”
Panelist, “Ideas to Implement @ your library Campaign”
PSLA
(Pennsylvania School Librarians Association) state conference, Speaker
MSDPT Share
Fair co-presenter, "Fiction
Booktalking" (plus bookmark)
Indiana
Department of Education-Office of Learning Resources (IDOE-OLR) Regional
Library
Mtg., SE Region, workshop co-presenter, “Looking…in all the wrong places”
ICE (Indiana
Computer Educators) co-presenter, “Collaboration Connections”
2003
MSDPT K-12 research model alignment, presenter, “Information Inquiry”
AIME Annual Conference, workshop co-presenter, “Getting the ‘Lo-Down’ on
School
Library Media Specialist Collaboration”
2002 IU-Bloomington,
speaker, “Information Literacy: A Shared Responsibility”
MSDPT
Educator Share Fare Showcase co-presenter, “Recreating the
American Civil War Era”
2001
MSDPT K-12 Media Specialist PL221 workshop presenter, “Summary of Current
Research
Related to Media Specialist-Teacher Collaboration”
IDOE-OLR,
workshop co-presenter, “It Takes Two: Collaboration, Media, & You!”
American
Association of School Librarians National Conference School Tour site
2000
Perry Township Summer Technology trainer for workshops on the following:
Access
Indiana,
Community Collections on the Web, Literature on the Web,
Multi-Disciplinary
Connections
INCOLSA
“Outstanding Young Adult Programs: the Best of the Best from Indiana
Librarians” workshop presenter
1999
Marion Area Council I.R.A. (International Reading Association) presenter,
“Authors on
the Net?
You Bet!”
Office of the
Governor, IDOE, and ISTA conference Families and Schools: Together for
a Change
presenter
PUBLICATIONS-BOOKS:
Buzzeo,
Toni.
Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for 7-12.
Linworth Publishing, 2002. Library media specialist
chapter contributor,
“Recreating the American Civil War.”
Callison,
Daniel and Leslie Preddy.
The Blue Book on
Literacy and Instruction for the
Information Age. Libraries Unlimited,
2006.
Preddy,
Leslie. SSR with
Intervention: A School Library Action Research Project.
Libraries
Unlimited, 2007.
Preddy,
Leslie. Social Reading. Libraries
Unlimited, publication pending.
PUBLICATIONS-WEBSITES:
Harvey, Carl,
Nancy McGriff and Leslie Preddy. “Collecting the Data: Templates and
Resources for School Library Media Specialists” website,
<http://www.nobl.k12.in.us/media/NorthMedia/lms/data/index.htm>.
Lamb,
Annette. "Information Inquiry, Literacy and Learning @ Your Library"
website,
<http://www.virtualinquiry.com/exploratorium/>.
Preddy,
Leslie. "PMMS Reader's Website Blog",
<http://people.perryschools.org/lpreddy?PHPSESSID=8fd94316414dafbc2d6fcf60ff5fe35b>.
Preddy, Leslie. "Reading, Thinking, Learning, Living" website, <http://www.lesliepreddy.com>.
Preddy, Leslie. “Student Inquiry in the Research Process” research model
website,
<http://lesliepreddy.com/Inquiry/inquiry%20index.HTM>.
PUBLICATIONS-ARTICLES, RESOURCES:
Humphrey, Jack and Leslie Preddy. "Keys to
Successfully Sustaining an SSR Program."
Library Media Connection,
vol. 26, no. 6, March 2008, pp. 30-32.
McGriff,
Nancy, Carl Harvey and Leslie Preddy. “Collecting the Data…” series of
5
articles. School
Library Media Activities Monthly,
vol. XX, no. 6-10, February-May 2004.
Preddy,
Leslie. "Books for Advanced Middle Grades Readers."
NetWords, Winter
2008, pp. 3-5.
Preddy,
Leslie. “Cavemen Took Notes?” School Library Media Activities Monthly, vol.
XXV, no. 4,
December 2008.
Preddy,
Leslie. “Co-Educating: Collaborating for Student Success: How
Library Media
Specialist/Teacher Teams
Can Improve Teaching and Learning.”
Access Learning,
vol. 13, no. 8, October
2003, pp. 6-7.
Preddy,
Leslie. “Collaboration: The Motown Method.” School Library Media Activities
Monthly,
vol. XXV, no. 3, November
2008.
Preddy,
Leslie. “Collaboration-Key to Surviving the Education Jungle.”
Knowledge Quest on
the Web, September/October 2004.
Preddy,
Leslie.
“Profile.”
Teacher Librarian, vol. 31, no. 1, October 2003, p. 48.
Preddy,
Leslie. "Promoting an Addiction to Reading."
School Library Media Activities
Monthly, vol. XXIV, no.
2, October 2007, pp. 24-26.
Preddy, Leslie. “Reaching
Advanced Readers in the Middle Grades.” School Library Media Activities
Monthly, vol. XXV, no. 10, June 2009, pp. 19-21.
Preddy,
Leslie. “Research on Indiana School Libraries.”
Indiana Principal
Leadership
Academy Special
Edition, vol. 18, no.3, February 2005, p. 2. Also online at
<http://www.doe.state.in.us/ipla/pdf/SpEdition-2005-02.pdf>.
Preddy, Leslie.
“Research Reflections, Journaling, and Exit Slips.” School Library Media
Activities Monthly, vol.
XXV, no. 2, October 2008 pp. 22-23.
Preddy, Leslie. “Social Reading: Promoting Reading in the Millennial
Learner.” School Library
Media Activities
Monthly, vol. XXV, no. 5, January 2009, pp. 22-25.
Preddy,
Leslie. “Student Inquiry in the Research Process…” series of 5
articles.
School Library
Media Activities Monthly,
vol. XIX, no. 3-7, November 2002-March 2003.
Preddy,
Leslie. “Sustained
Silent Reading with Intervention Project.”
NetWords,
Winter 2006, pp. 6-7.
Preddy,
Leslie and Dennis Howland. “Sustained
Silent Reading (SSR): Keys to A
Successful Program.”
NetWords,
Spring 2007, pp. 4-5.
Preddy,
Leslie. “William ‘Bill’ Gresh Memorial Scholarship.”
FOCUS on Indiana Libraries,
vol. 59, no. 10, November
2005, p. 5.
Preddy,
Leslie and Jenny Moore. “Key Words in Instruction: Student Journals.”
School
Library
Media Activities Monthly,
vol. XXI, no. 7, March 2005, pp. 32-35.
Young Hoosier Book
Award Activity Booklet 2001-2002.
Series of 3 books for grades
K-3, 4-6, and
6-8. Association for Indiana Media Educators, 2001. (Leslie Preddy, editor)
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