Teachers Featured in the Videos

• Joan Cone, Ph.D.
• MaryCarmen Cruz
• Charles Ellenbogen
• Susie Lebryk-Chao
• Robyn Jackson, Ph.D.
• Lori Mayo
• Kelly Quintero
• Renee Spencer

• Educators
  • Kylene Beers. Ed.D.
  • Lucy McCormick Calkins, Ph.D.
  • Amy Benjamin
  • Brock Haussamen
  • Martha Kolln
  • Rebecca Wheeler, Ph.D.

• Authors
  • Kevin Brooks
  • Rafael Jesús González
  • Maxine Hong Kingston
  • Margo Jefferson
  • Patrick Jennings
  • Ruthanne Lum McCunn
  • Christopher Myers
  • Judith Ortiz Cofer
  • Tracy Mack
  • Amy Tan

• Dale Allender
• Sheridan Blau, Ph.D.
• Azalie Brown Hightower
• Valerie Kinloch, Ph.D.
• Tennessee Reed
• Paula Simon
• Victor Villanueva, Ph.D.

• Executive in Charge of Production
  • Gail Porter Long

• Executive Producer
  • Carol Jackson

• Content Development
  • Ann Chatterton Klimas

• Producers
  • Darcy Corcoran
  • Maura Daly Phinney
  • Christine Nusbaum

• Writers
  • Darcy Corcoran
  • Lauren Abbey Greenberg
  • Ann Chatterton Klimas
  • Christine Nusbaum

• Editors
  • Maryland Public Television
    • Kathy Pugh
  • Kit and Kaboodle Productions
    • Neil Beller

• Associate Producers
  • William Beustring
  • Maggie Stevens

• Assistant Producer
  • Katie Klimas

• Intern
  • Nathan Avant-Pybas

• Narrator
  • Christopher Graybill

• Teachers
  • Joan Cone
    El Cerrito High School
    El Cerrito, California

  • MaryCarmen Cruz
    Cholla High Magnet School
    Tucson, Arizona

  • Charles Ellenbogen
    Baltimore City College High School
    Baltimore, Maryland

  • Susie Lebryk-Chao
    Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    Alexandria, Virginia

  • Robyn Jackson
    Gaithersburg High School
    Gaithersburg, Maryland

  • Lori Mayo
    Far Rockaway High School
    Queens, New York

  • Kelly Quintero
    Huntington High School
    Long Island, New York

  • Renee Spencer
    Woodrow Wilson High School
    Portsmouth, Virginia

• Educators
  • Kyleen Beers
    Senior Reading Researcher, School Development Program, Yale University

  • Lucy McCormick Calkins
    Founding Director, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Teachers College, Columbia University

  • Amy Benjamin
    Chair, English Department
    Hendrick Hudson High School in Montrose, New York

  • Brock Haussamen
    Professor of English
    Raritan Valley Community College of New Jersey

  • Martha Kolln
    Former Associate Professor of English
    Pennsylvania State University

  • Rebecca Wheeler, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of English and Teacher Education
    Christopher Newport University

• Authors
  • Kevin Brooks
  • Rafael Jesús González
  • Maxine Hong Kingston
  • Margo Jefferson
  • Patrick Jennings
  • Ruthanne Lum McCunn
  • Christopher Myers
  • Judith Ortiz Cofer
  • Tracy Mack
  • Amy Tan

• Special thanks to Kendra Jones, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland

• Dale Allender
  Associate Executive Director, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

• Sheridan Blau, Ph.D.
  Director, South Coast Writing Project and the Literature Institute for Teachers

• Azalie Brown Hightower
  English teacher, Calvin Coolidge Senior High School, Washington, D.C.

• Valerie Kinloch, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor in the English Education/Teaching of English Program, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Tennessee Reed
  Author

• Paula Simon
  Coordinator of English and Reading, Secondary Programs, Baltimore County Public Schools, Maryland

• Victor Villanueva, Ph.D.
  Author and chair, English Department, Washington State University

• Opening Titles
  • William Beustring, Producer
  • Stephen Smith, Editor

• Lead Field Videographers
  • Frank Leung
  • Kim Moir
  • Tim Pugh
  • Marlene Rodman
  • Henry Bautista
  • David Earnest

• Additional Field Videographers
  • A Million Images - Christopher Million
  • Beyond Our Reality Productions - Todd Schoenberger
  • Kevin Cloutier
  • Ed Fabry
  • Studio B Films - David Collier
  • Stone Mountain Productions - Richard Copley
  • TV Crews USA - Bob Peterson

• Field Sound
  • TV Crews USA - Jim Peterson - Bob Peterson
  • Ken Lane
  • Mark Kaplan
  • Gordon Masters

• Post Production Sound
  • John Davidson

• Closed Captioning
  • Judi Mann
  • Robin Gautney

• Special Thanks
  • Columbia University School of Journalism
  • Columbia University Teacher's College
  • The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • NCTE Annual Convention
  • The Peabody Hotel - Memphis

• Project Manager
  • Bill Gonzalez

• Online Design
  • ByteJam

• Technical Support
  • Chris Klimas, Associate Online Producer, MPT

• Writers
  • Ann Chatterton Klimas
  • Kathleen Dudden Rowlands

• For MPT
  Director of Business Affairs
  • Joan Foley

• For Annenberg Media
  Project Officer
  • Deborah A. Batiste

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