Curriculum Vitae

ANNE LOUISE PEMBERTON

Books in Print

Rooftop Rescue- The High Adventures of Sara the Pineapple Cat by Anne Louise Pemberton, illustrated by Katherine Sandalls. Publish by David Olin Tullis, February, 2008.

Web Sites

Educational Synthesis http://www.educationalsynthesis.org contains links and content pages for K-12 students including My Own Books, Famous Americans, Mrs. P's Links, Economics, and Zman.

Academy One on Virginia's PEN http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 my original educational website that contains The Battle of Five Forks website.

Famous Americans Online Course http://home.universalclass.com/i/socialsciences/amerstudies/classes/3003.htm This course is open to students in home schools, classrooms and more.

Professional Certifications

Online Teaching and Learning Professional Certificate 9/1/02 - from California State University.

Collegiate Professional Teaching Certificate 7/1/82- present Endorsements: Special Education - Mentally Retarded; Special Education - Learning Disabilities.

Train the Trainer Certificates: Virginia's PEN, 1993; Va. Society for Technology in Education, 1997

Professional Activities and Honors

2003-present: Vice President, Educational Synthesis, a Division of the Enabling Support Foundation http://www.educationalsynthesis.org

1999-present: Vice President, Education, for the Enabling Support Foundation. http://www.enabling.org

1995-present: Member of Editorial Board for "International Technology and Disability Newsletter", Rochester, NY.

1992-2003: Member of Review Board for "The Education Policy Analysis Archives", a peer-reviewed scholarly journal on the internet at: http://epaa.asu.edu

1999-2002: Member, W3C Guidelines Action Group (Accessibility of the web to disabled persons) http://w3c.org/wai

1993-98: Curator, Academy One on Virginia's PEN. http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1

1996-99 Member of Review Board for "Ruralnet Project", Morgantown, WVA http://www2.ruralnet.wvu.edu

1992-93 Virginia's PEN - Instructional Facilitator for Nottoway node on Virginia's PEN

1993-97 Moderator for "The Introducing Game", Chatback International, Royal Leamington Spa, UK

1992: (First Annual) Dead Teacher of the Year, Society of Dead Teachers dts-l@indiana.edu

Conferences, Workshops and Television

March 2002 VSTE Conference: 2 Presentations: Educational Synthesis.

March 1998 Rural Academy: Seminar on Rural Facilities, Kansas City, KA. Participant: Technology in Rural Schools.

July 1996 VSTE Internet Training for Richmond Public School Teachers, Co-Presenter 3-day training.

May 1996 VSTE Conference: Presentation: "The Electronic Village on Virginia's PEN".

April 1994, NEA-RMATE Technology Conference, Albequerque, NM. Member of five member Panel presentation "Virtual Reality and the Development of Inclusion and Authentic Assessment in Education"

June 1993, VSTE Conference, Charlottesville, Presentation on "Academy One on Virginia's PEN"

April 1993, VDOE Hour, WCVE, Telecommunications: "Introduction to Academy One"

October 1993 COSN/FARNET: "Building Consensus/Building Models". Consortium on Education on the Internet.

July 1993 & December 1993: STEP: Lawrenceville: Hands-on VaPEN presentation to science teachers.

Jan-May 1982: Virginia Task Force on Alternatives to Foster Care.

September 1993 Attended Nysernet Conference, Rochester, NY.

1989-90 Attended Conferences:Learning Disabilities, State Department of Education

Jan-May 1982: Virginia Task Force on Alternatives to Foster Care

March 1981 Attended conference: Learning Disabilities in Adult Students Henrico County ABE program

Publications

2008 Rooftop Rescue- The High Adventures of Sara the Pineapple Cat.

1997 International Technology and Disabilities Newsletter, "Technology Blooms in Special Education Classrooms"

1996 Progress Index, "Do We Really Need So Much Technology"

1995. Hampton Press, "Computer-Mediated Communications and the Online Classroom. Chapter 5: CMC and the Educationally Disadvanted Student." This chapter describes the online adventures of Nottoway special education students during 1992-93.

1995 In Press: The Adult LD: with Robert Zenhausern, St. John's University, and Lois Elmont.

1989 The Maximizer, a computer program to score the Dunn & Dunn Learning Styles Inventory.

1992 Piney Mountain, Inc. Edited and Revised math word problems for remedial vocation programs.

1983-89 Sponsor for "Cougar Columns" (school paper NHS)

1978-79 Editor of "Tyleration" (newspaper at JTCC), Staff of "Sherwood Forest" , Poetry prize "Descent into the Alley".

Professional Associations

VSTE - Virginia Society for Technology in Education 1993 to present.

Virginia Educational Association 1985-1996 (Nottoway & Greensville)

Dinwiddie Historical Association 1996-98

Experience

2004: Nottoway High School: Substitute: Government

2001-02 Home School teacher for a family in Petersburg.

2002 to present: Universal Class. Instructor in Famous Americans online course.

1999-01 Southside Elementary School. Technology Instructor.

Dinwiddie Public Schools: Substitute, homebound teacher, special sessions teacher since 1/98-6/02.

Tutoring and Homeschooling, in person and via Internet 7/99-6/04

1996-97 Virginia Commonwealth University, Manager of Telephone Service in Dormitories

July 1996 VSTE trainer for Internet, Richmond Public School Teachers

1995-96 John Tyler Community College: Peer Tutor part time while taking classes.

1994-95 Greensville County Public Schools, Emporia, VA Special ed teacher

1982-94 Nottoway County Public Schools : Secondary LD/EMR Teacher

1982 Richmond City Public Schools: Substitute Teacher for Special Education.

1980-81 VCU-MCV Adult Learning Centers: Teacher for Adult Basic Education

Student Teaching & Student Practicums: 9/80-12/81 Richmond & Henrico, Elementary & Middle schools.

Insurance Teaching Experience

Surety & Fidelity Bonding section of State-required Insurance Property and Casualty Licensing Course for Insurance Women's Association (1975-76)

Insurance/Business/Other

Citizens Home Insurance Company, Richmond 1/77-6/77 Life Insurance debit in Richmond

Collins Insurance Company, Richmond 7/76-1/7 Sold all insurance lines in store front

Johnson & Higgins of VA, Richmond 2/73-6/76 Surety & Fidelity clerk/underwriter

AEtna Insurance Company, Richmond 9/72-2/3 Surety/Fidelity bond clerk

Self-employed, Richmond 1/72-12/76 Part time bookkeeping and tax service.

Alexander Hudgins & Assoc, Richmond, VA 1968-69 Assistant office manager

A.M. Pullen & Co. (CPA), Richmond VA 1968-69 Production typist

Wards Co., Inc., Richmond, VA 1965-66 IBM clerk

American Bank & Trust Co, Reading PA 1963-64 Audit department clerk

Education

California State University- Hayward - Certificate for Online Teaching and Learning, 4 quarter courses in online instruction. SP 2002 Models for Online Instruction.

John Tyler Community College 1995-96: Intro to Operating Systems: Unix, Programming in C++, PC Hardware and Repair, Introduction to PC Hardware and Repair.

In house inservice course 1991 TESA Teacher Expectations/Student Achievement

Virginia State Univ 1991 Special Education Seminar

Virginia Commonwealth University 1987 School Law

University of Virginia 1986 Teaching Children: The Inefficient Learner

University of Virginia 1984 MicroComp:Application/Evaluation

Virginia State University 1983 Classroom Management, Characteristics: Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods: Learning Disabilities.

Old Dominion Univ 1980 Adult Educ (SAIL)(audit)

Virginia Commonwealth University 1981 Bachelor of Science in Special Education. 9/79-12/81 Special Education: Educable Mentally Retarded

John Tyler Comm College 9/77-8/79 Foundation Courses

Virginia Commonwealth Un 1/69-6/73 Accountng, Bus Law, Bus Math

University of Richmond 9/73-6/76 CPCU I, II, IV

University of Pa. (ext) Fa 1963 Accounting

St Peters Catholic H.S. 9/59-6/63 Diploma-College Prep Reading, Pa.

Deans List

Virginia Commonwealth University Fall 1980

John Tyler Community College Winter, 1979; Spring 1979

Page created Apr 22, 2000. Anne Pemberton. Updated Wed, February 27, 2008 AP

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