Linda L. Baker

University of Southern Maine, B.S., English and Education
University of Southern Maine, M.S., Exceptionality: Concentration in Gifted Education
National Board Teacher Certification, Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts

Extra-curricular positions
Academic Coordinator, 1992-; Independent Study Coordinator, 1992-; Advanced Placement Coordinator, 1994-; NEASC Coordinator, 1992-; NEASC Steering Committee, 1995-97; Student Assessment Team, 1996-

Professional service
NEASC Steering Committee; MSAD 75 Gifted & Talented Committee, 1987-; NEA, 1980-; MEA, 1980-; NEASC, 1980-; MEGAT, 1987-; ASCD, 1995-

Community service
Topsham Finance Committee 1980-86; Topsham Selectman, 1987, 88, 89; Domestic Violence Task Force, 1995 -; St. Paul's Education Commission, 1986-91 Publication "Teaching the Novel, " Writing Units that Challenge High School Students: A Guidebook for & By Educators 1990

Etc.
Taught 9th grade English, Bath Middle School, 1980-85; Third Maine Civil War Re-enactment Unit, 1993-

Claudette Lachance Brassil

University of Southern Maine, B.S., Theater/Communications
University of New Hampshire, M.S.Ed., Writing and Teaching
National Board Teacher Certification, Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts

Extra-curricular positions
Aquila Advisor, 1994-present; Class Advisor, 1987-93; Hockey Cheerleading Coach, 1977-86; Basketball Cheerleading Coach, 1975

Professional service
NEASC, Assessment Committee; President, Maine Council for English Language Arts,1993-94; Participant at English Education Conference on Outcomes Based Education, U of ME at Farmington, 1994; Presenter at Professional Workshop Day, Waynflete School,1994; Executive Board of MCELA, 1985-1997; MCELA Most Valued Member Award, 1991; MCELA Conference Chair,1991,1992; MSAD#75 Regional Resource Team, 1986;Conference Co-chair,1987-88; Mt.Ararat School Improvement Team, 1990-92; Presenter, Maine Council for English Language Arts, Collaborative Teacher Reasearch on Student-Teacher Writing Conferences, 1989; Presenter, MSAD#24 Staff Development Day, Writing as a Way of Learning, 1989; Presenter, MCELA Conference, A Writing Program's Odyssey, 1988; Presenter, Van Buren High School, Writing and Learning, 1987; Presenter, Lawrence High School Writing Workshop and MCELA Conference, Collaborative Learning,1987; Presenter, MCELA Conference, Learning Logs in the English Class,1986

Publication
"The High School Writing Center" Northwords, MCELA Professional Journal, 1992

Etc.
Attended Institute on Writing and Teaching, Northeastern University-Martha's Vineyard Summer Workshops, 1989, 1990.

John R.Brassil, Department Chair

Colby College, B.A., English
University of New Hampshire, M.A., English
Northeastern University, C.A.S., Writing and Teaching
National Board Teacher Certification, Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts

Extra-curricular positions
English Department Chairman, 1993- present; Academic Coordinator, 1991-93; Director of Studies, 1985-91; Baseball 7/8, 1984-89; Varsity Ice Hockey, 1975-83; Assistant Hockey, 1974; Yearbook Advisor, 1981-83; Yearbook (Business Advisor) , 1984-90

Professional service
Member, Maine Learning Results, English Language Arts Subcommittee of the Critical Review Committee, 1996- present; Participant, Teacher Summit of Maine's Task Force on Learning Results, 1995-96; Faculty Consultant and Reader, Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Examination, 1994- present; Consultant and Presenter, College Board Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Course Development Seminars (at various New England colleges) , 1985- present; Chair, NCTE Standards Task Force for Maine, 1993-96; Recipient, Advanced Placement Recognition Award, The College Board, 1993; Presenter, National Council of Teachers of English, Louisville, KY: Impact of Teacher Research in the Classroom, 1992; Academic Affairs Representative for Mt. Ararat High School to College Board, 1992- present; National Council of Teachers of English Liaison Officer for Maine, 1992- present; Recipient, VF Corporation Classroom Grant (with Leonard Commet Krill) , 1991; Recipient, Outstanding Achievement Award, Maine Council for English Language Arts, 1991; Presenter, National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore MD; Response to Student Writing, 1989; President, Maine Council for English Language Arts (NCTE affiliate) , 1989-92; Vice-President, Maine Council for English Language Arts, 1989; Presenter, College Board / AP English Language and Composition Conference, Braintree MA, 1990; Presenter, Skowhegan (ME) High School; Writing and Learning, 1989; Presenter, Maine Council for English Language Arts; Collaborative Teacher Research on Student-Teacher Writing Conferences, 1989; Presenter, MSAD #24 Staff Development Day; Writing as a Way of Learning, 1989; Presenter, Maine Council for English Language Arts; A Writing Programs Odyssey, 1988; Presenter, Van Buren High School, Writing and Learning, 1988; Presenter, Maine Regional Curriculum Network for Language Arts, Writing English Language Arts Curriculum, 1987; Presenter, Katahdin High School, Writing and Learning, 1986; Instructor, St. Johnsbury Academy (VT) Advanced Placement Institute for Teachers, English Language and Composition, 1987-90; Member, Maine Educational Assessment Reading and Writing Advisory Committees, Secondary Test Development, 1985-90; Presenter, Lawrence High School Writing Workshop and MCELA Conference; Collaborative Learning, 1987; Co-Director, Conference on Educational Principles, MSAD #75, 1986; Director of Summer Institute in Advanced Placement English Language and Composition, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, 1985; Presenter, Maine Council of Teachers of English, Developing a Writing Lab, 1976. Teachers' Association: President, Merrymeeting Educators Association, 1991-93; President-elect, Merrymeeting Educators Association, 1989-91; Maine Delegate, National Education Association Convention, 1993; Association Representative, Merrymeeting Educators Association, 1987-91; Merrymeeting Educators Association Professional Rights and Responsibilities Chairman, 1996-present. Also: President, Merrymeeting Educators Association, 1991-93; President-elect, Merrymeeting Educators Association, 1989-91; Maine Delegate, National Education Association Convention, 1993; Association Representative, Merrymeeting Educators Association, 1987-91; Merrymeeting Educators Association Professional Rights and Responsibilities Chairman, 1996-present. Executive Board, Maine Council for English Language Arts; National Council of Teachers of English (Liaison Officer for Maine) ; Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; Council for Basic Education; Maine Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; Advisory Board, Institute on Teaching and Writing, Northeastern University; Editorial Board, Journal of Maine Education (Maine ASCD) ; NEASC, Member, Steering Committee NEAS&C Accreditation 1986-87 and 1996-97; Chairman, Philosophy Committee, 1986-87.

Community service
President and Founder, Maine Schoolboy Hockey Association, 1976-77. Member, Hartford Whalers Booster Club

Publication
"Making a Difference in Maine's Classrooms: Teachers and Maine's Learning Results in Journal of Maine Education, Winter, 1997. "Teacher Involvement in Developing the Maine Educational Assessment: A Reassessment in Journal of Maine Education, winter, 1992. "Conference Dependency and the Silver Bullet" in Northwords, August, 1990. "Challenging Conference Authority: Whose Writing is This, Anyway? in The Leaflet, Winter 1989. "Using Small Groups in the English Classroom in English Journal, October, 1987

Etc.
English teacher, Lincoln Academy, Newcastle, ME, 1971-73

Jeffrey Fischer

Antioch College, B.A., Literature
Yale University, M.A., English Literature
National Board Teacher Certification, Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts

Extra-curricular positions
Civil Rights Team, 2001- , Yearbook Advisor, 1978-79

Professional service
Taught English at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey 1991 - 1992; as director of the Maine Literature Project, published Maine Speaks: An Anthology of Maine Literature now in its 8th printing

Publication
The Business Partner: Raising the Aspirations of Youth. A Publication of the Maine Aspirations Foundation, 1995; "Why Can't School Be Like Piano Lessons?" Arts Every Day: The Journal of the Maine Alliance for Arts Education, May 1990 (Reprinted from Maine Times) ; Change in Maine Schools, A Publication of the Maine Leadership Consortium of the University of Maine, 1990; Maine Speaks: An Anthology of Maine Literature (editor) , Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, 1989; Four Years for Life Maine Times (special education issue) , June 1988; Working Hard: A History of American Kids At Work (unpublished film script) 1987, Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities; "Starting School: Being the Right Age Isn't Everything" Maine Times, September 4, 1987; "Learning to Ski: It's Not As Scientific As You'd Think, " Maine Times, February 1987; "Technologying Teachers Teach: How Maine Spent $2 Million on 'Good Ideas, ' " Maine Times, October 17, 1986; "Joint Custody: Ten Years Ago It Was An Alien Concept, " Maine Times, January 1, 1985; "A Maine Teacher Looks At What Transpires in the Classrooms of America's Most Academically Prestigious Secondary School, " Maine Times, January 1985. Reprinted by Philips Exeter Academy in 1985 as an issue of the alumni magazine; "Paddling for Pleasure: Relearning the Traditional Ways Means Increased Efficiency and More Leisure, " Maine Times, August 24, 1984; "A Decade Later: College of the Atlantic Graduates Leave Have Proved the Experiment is Valid, " Maine Times, May 20, 1983; Note: as education reporter for Maine Times from 1983 to 1988, I wrote dozens of articles and columns for the paper, including those mentioned above; "Love Restored: A Defense of Masquing" in Renaissance Drama VIII, Leonard Barkan, ed. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1977

Etc.
Directed two Summer Institutes in Maine Literature Studies at Bates College; during the sabbatical year 1986 - 1987 researched and wrote Working Hard: A History of American Kids at Work with filmmaker Mary Lampson, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities; member of the Board of Directors at the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance; twice runner-up in the Maine Fiction Chapbook Competition, sponsored by the Maine Arts Commission and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance: in 1995 for The Language of Ice Cream and Other Stories and in 1986 for Over Me and Other Stories; taught English in New Haven, Connecticut, 1976 - 1978

Janet Ruth Galle

Miami University (Ohio) , B.A., Speech/Drama
University of Maine (Gorham) , M.S., Reading/Education

Extra-curricular positions
Drama Director (musical) , Mt. Ararat Stage Company, 1989-97; Newspaper co-advisor (Talon) , 1987-1995

Professional service
NEASC School Climate Committee

Community service
Vice-president, Board of Directors, Bowdoinham Public Library, 1988- (Maine) ; Editor, newsletter for Bowdoinham Public Library, 1992-; 911-E Road Committee, Town of Bowdoinham, 1995; Board of Directors, Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Maine, 1976-1985; Board of Directors, Merrymeeting Audubon Society, 1978-1982 (Maine) ; Editor, newsletter for Merrymeeting Audubon Society, 1979-1982; Planning Committee, Jordan Acres School, Brunswick, Maine 1970-1972

Publication
Ecology Discovery Activities Kit: A Complete Teaching Unit for Grades 4-8 (co-author) , Prentice-Hall Publishing Company, 1986; Bath-Brunswick Times-Record, Brunswick, Maine, monthly columnist "Country Ways, " 1981- ; Times-Record feature writer and free lance writer includes 4 years of garden features, 1982- ; Lutheran Woman , 1981; Family Life Today, 1981; Fairfield Glade (TN) Gazette, 1987; "The Call" newsletter of Merrymeeting Audubon Society, editor 1979-1982

Etc.
Taught school since 1964 with interruptions 1969-1975; Teaching assignments have included grades pre-school through university level, all in Maine; subjects taught include speech and language development, English, science, children's literature (University of Maine, Gorham) , performing arts; developed the original Title I program in speech and hearing for Topsham, Maine schools; co-wrote journalism curriculum for Mt. Ararat High School, Topsham, Maine; wrote performing arts curriculum for Mt. Ararat; one of 3 women who co-founded a cooperative preschool in Brunswick, Maine, 1972-1975; member of Maine Educational Assessment (11th grade) Arts and Humanities Content Advisory Committee, 1994- ;

Diana Krauss

Colby College, B.A., English
Boston University, M.F.A., Theatre
National Board Teacher Certification, Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts

Extra-curricular positions
At Dexter: Drama Director, 1990-1993; Student Council Advisor, 1995-1998

Community service
Director, School Board SAD 68 1994-1997; Trustee, Monson Library Board, 1986-

Professional Service
Director, State Program for Excellence in Literary Magazines, MCELA, 1999-2001

Etc.
Taught English and Drama, Dexter Regional High School 1988-1998; recipient, Mellon Grant, 1991; participant, NEH Seminar, 1990; AP English Literature Reader 1994-; Consultant to the College Board, 1996-; Presenter, National AP Conference, Washington, DC, 1999; mentor for new AP teachers as part of new federal grant program, 2000-; leader of AP summer institute, Brewster Academy 2001, Bates College 2002.

Leonard Commet Krill

University of California, Berkeley, A.B., English
Yale University, M.A., English
University of Bridgeport (Connecticut) , M.S., Counselling (Family Therapy)
National Board Teacher Certification, Adolescence and Young Adulthood/English Language Arts

Extra-curricular positions
Computer Resource (Web Site Coordinator) 1996-2004 ; Newspaper co-advisor (Talon) , 1987-95

Professional service
Statement of Purpose NEASC Committee; MEA building rep, 1987-95; MEA negotiation team member, 1988-92; MEA chief negotiator, 1992-93; Dissemniation Committee, Beacon Schools Project, 1991-93; Co-recipient of VF Pugh Corporation grant to establish computer-based Reading and Writing curriculum for juniors and seniors (with John Brassil) ; Planning Committee, University of Connecticut Writing Project, 1984

Community service
Graphic design (T-shirts, flyers, posters, Mother's Day cards) for the Family Crisis Shelter, 1990-96; residential tutor, ABC (A Better Chance) House of Darien, CT, responsible for academic progress of inner-city scholarship students attending Darien High School, 1980-83

Etc.
Currently teaching Internet courses for Merrymeeting Adult Education; taught Internet courses for AICE (American Institute for Creative Education) , 1995-96; taught 10-12 English at Darien High School, Darien, Connecticut, 1977-86; counselling intern at Bridgeport (CT) Child Guidance Center, 1982-83; Teacher of the Year, Darien High School, 1983; Young Teacher of the Year, New England Association of Teachers of English, 1979; Mt. Ararat, MSAD 75 and regional nominee, Maine State Teacher of the Year, 2000; taught freshman composition, Central Connecticut State College, 1976-77; owner, Horizon Graphic Services, 1988-

Tom Meyn

Ithaca College, B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies Emphasizing Twentieth Century Thought
University of Southern Maine, M.A., American and New England Studies

Extra-curricular positions
Middle Level Cross-Country 1996; 7th grade girls basketball, 1996; Boys Middle Level Basketball, 1979-94

Professional service
NEASC, Secretary Curriculum Committee

Community service
Topsham Recreation Basketball and Soccer Boards 1990-present; Youth soccer coach 1990-present; Youth basketball coach 1988-present; Youth Travel basketball team coach 1995-present

Etc.
Writing Instructor in the Upward Bound Program, Bowdoin College, 1992-present; Recipient NEH summer grant "Studies in American Culture 1930-45" at Kenyon

Stu Palmer

Bowdoin College, B.A., Psychology and English
Bridgewater State College (MA), M.A., English

Extra-curricular positions
Junior Varsity Boys' Soccer 2002-Present; Volunteer Ice Hockey Assistant 2003-Present; Head Boys' Spring Track 2003-Present; Assistand Boys' Spring Track 2002;

Etc.
English Teacher 9-12 at Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School (MA) 1994-2001; Taught all subjects to self-contained room Germaine Lawrence School, Arlington (MA) 1987-1990; Cross-Country and Spring Track Coach at Dover-Sherborn Regional HS (MA) 1988-1993; Winter Track Coach at Medfield High School (MA) 1991-1994; JV Soccer Coach, Cross-Country, Winter, Spring Track Coach at Dighton-Rehoboth Reg. HS (MA) 1994-2001;

Mary Lee Wile

Harvard/Radcliffe, Honors English Program, 3 years
Colorado State University, B.A., English
Colorado State University, M.A., English
Bangor Theological Seminary, M.T.S.

Professional service
Strategic Leadership Team, 2001-02; NEASC, Assessment; Reader for College Board SAT II: Writing Test, 1981-present; Reader/Table Leader for 11th grade MEA compositions; member of Grade 11 Writing Committee for MEA; received Maine Council of English Language Arts Professional Publications Award, 1993

Community service
Pediatric Hospice Chaplain for the Jason Program; serve as Deacon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church; Board of Directors, Maine Writers and Publishers, 1995-96; licensed lay reader and lay eucharistic minister, St. Paul's Episcopal Church; Amnesty International Advisor, Mt. Ararat High School

Publication
Christ's Own Forever (Episcopal Baptism Preparation) Morehouse 2003; I WIll with God's Technology (Episcopal Confirmation Program) Morehouse 2000; "Night Prayer" and "From Jerusalem to Jericho" in Women's Uncommon Prayers, Morehouse 2000; "Deacons as Circles, Deacons as Bridges," The Northeast 2000; "Mystic Sweet Communion," The Northeast 1999. "The Stones Hold the Heat," The Other Side, Jan/Feb 1999; "Monastic Life in the Episcopal Church," Forward Movement May 1999; "Books or Shoes?" Education Week, March 1997; "THey're Goign to Die Anyway," Living Church 1997; "From Concept to Bookshelf: Getting published." Maine in Print. January 1996; Ancient Rage. Burdett, NY: Larson Publications, 1995. Reviewed in Publishers Weekly as "well-written, thought-provoking....a significant contribution to the annals of biblical fiction"; Book of the Month Club feature, summer 1996; included in Contemporary Authors. "A bittersweet family reunion." New Voices. Ft. Collins, Colorado: The Center for Literary Publishing, 1995, "Serene Light, Unspoken Word." Daughters of Sarah. Fall 1995; "A History of Episcopal Monasticism, parts I and II. The Northeast. Winter 1994-95; "When Hilles Was the Hot Spot." Harvard Magazine: Commencement Guide. June 1994; "Young Writers Get Better, So State Slashes Their Scores. News and Views. Indianapolis: Hudson Institute, 1994; "The Alphabet Soup of Scores. Education Week. 12 October 1994; Series of nine guest columns for The Portland Press Herald, May 1991-June 1993; "Surrogacy or Human DNA: What Happened When Mary Said Yes?" Daughters of Sarah. Fall 1992; "Ancient Rage: Elizabeth, the mother of John." The Witness. November 1992; "Where Was George? He Was Truant." The Palm Beach Post, 12 October 1990; "A Proud Parent Laments: 'Where Was George?' Education Week. 12 September 1990; "The Lost Years." Daughters of Sarah. July/August 1981; "I'm Happier Smelling the Flowers. Radcliffe Quarterly. Fall 1979

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Ordained to the Episcopal diaconate 2001; awarded the Seminary Prize for Overall Academic Achievement from Bangor Theological Seminary, 1999; Elected to Lambda Iota Tau, the National Literature Honor Society; member of Maine Council of English Language Arts; member of Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance; member of the Fellowship of St. John the Evangelist; member of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society; educational/liturgical consultalnt to Living the Good News, Denver, 1995 - 99 ; did graduate work in Shakespeare at Cambridge University, England, 1990 and in writing at the University of Southern Maine, 1992; taught history at Fort Collins High School, Ft. Collins, Colorado 1984-86; served as Composition Aide for Poudre R-1 School District in Ft. Collins, 1972-76 and 1979-84; taught Basic Composition, Research Methods, and Diaries of Women at Colorado State University (part time) , 1969-76 and 1979-82; taught through Continuing Studies at Indiana University, 1979; edited scientific manuscripts for Dr. Michio Morita, Colorado State University, 1980-84; co-supervised mouse laboratory doing genetics research for Dr. Thomas Sutherland, Animal Science Department, Colorado State University, 1971-73.