Teachers Who Write: Meet Suite101's Teacher-Writers

Posted by Lima Al-Azzeh Nov 1, 2009

Meet Suite101's teacher-writers who are profiled in this month's "Teachers Who Write" blog series.

Suite101 Teacher-Writers

Barb Abromitis is an assistant professor at the College of Education, Lewis University (Romeoville, IL). She teaches Educational Psychology, Instructional Methods, Reading and Language Arts methods and "anything else they want me to teach". Barb has degrees in reading and education and educational psychology, and experience with teaching students of all ages.

Susan Caplan is FW of Kids Crafts. She teaches in a nontraditional setting, the nature center for a wildlife sanctuary. "School kids come to the site for field trips, I go to schools to teach in-class programs, and I have homeschoolers who register for programs that I gear specifically to them." In the summer and during school vacation weeks, Susan focuses on art and crafts programs.

Jennifer Wagaman is FW of the New Teacher Support topic. She is a certified Elementary Education and Special Education teacher. Jennifer taught 4-5th grade special education, and has worked with a variety of students over the years including regular education students, special education students and gifted students from pre-K through adult. Currently she is a private tutor to elementary children in whatever subject they need help with.

Margaret M. Williams is FW of the Language Study topic. Peggy teaches first grade in "a classroom that combines native English speakers with those for whom English is their second, and sometimes brand new, language".

Irene Taylor is an educator, writer and editor. She holds degrees in Elementary Education English and a Master’s endorsement in Elementary Mathematics. Irene was a staff writer-editor at The

Chronicle newspaper for nine years. She has a 10-year affiliation with Suite101, where she has written close to 100 articles .

"Many thanks to these four writers who were all kind enough to answer my emailed questions for this series on teachers who write. Their replies will serve as the basis for this blog series, posted here over the next few weeks."