Faculty Recent Reads

Over the summer, Laurel faculty pursue many professional development opportunities, but in addition to conferences and workshops, almost all of them read.  See this list for a sampling of what they were reading during Summer, 2010.

Faculty Member Grade/Department Title and Author
Jane Berger Upper School Art Elements of Design by Rowena Reed Kostellow
Jane Berger Upper School Art The Structure of Visual Relationships by Gail Greet Hannah
Catherine Butler Upper School Art Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
Jennifer Drasner Primary School Mathematics Specialist The Myth of Laziness by Mel Levine
Michelle Dudas Language Specialist I Read It, But I Don't Get It by Chris Tovani
Dan Dvorak Director, Strength and Conditioning The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
Audrey Elszasz Pre-Primary School Teacher The Art of Changing The Brain by James E. Zull
Audrey Elszasz Pre-Primary School Teacher A Piaget Primer: How a Child Thinks by Dorothy G. Singer and Tracey A. Revenson
Angela Fasick Upper School English The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
Emily Felderman Primary School Art Teacher The Epic Story by Lesley Hasleton
Taylor Flanagan Primary School Teacher Nurture Shock by Po Brosnan
Taylor Flanagan Primary School Teacher Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Karen Galloway Co-Chair, Fine Arts Department Little Bee by Chris Cleve
Margaret Garrett Primary School Teacher Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12 by Kelly Gallagher
Trish Harpring Learning Specialist: Upper School English Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson, Ed.D., and Richard Guare, Ph.D.
Dawn Hayes Middle School Spanish Riding The Bus with My Sister by Rachel Simon
Julie Haylor Primary School Teacher

Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 by Rafe Esquith
Mary Ann Hile Middle and Upper School Librarian Facebook for Parents by Linda Fogg Phillips
Kristi Horner Director, Primary School Admission Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
David Huston Upper School History Collected Stories by Deborah Eisenberg
Kathryn Marshall Pre-Primary School Teacher Smart by Nature; Schooling for Sustainability by Michael K. Stone
Samantha McCarthy Upper School History, Lifeskills and Athletics Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Maura McCool Pre-Primary School Teacher, Primary School Assistant Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Jordan McMullin Upper School English All Souls Rising by Madison Smartt Bell
Hope Murphy Co-Director, Middle School; Middle School Social Studies The Reading Zone by Nancy Atwell
Treva Offutt Middle School Language Arts and Performing Arts Teach Like a Champion:49 Techniques That Put Students On The Path to College by Doug Lemov
Treva Offutt Middle School Language Arts and Performing Arts Teaching Content Outrageously: How to Captivate All Students and Accelerate Learning by Stanley Pogrow
Kathy O’Neal Pre-Primary and Primary School Librarian You Can't Say You Can't Play by Vivian Paley
Jeanne Regan Middle and Upper School Art Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Mandy Trotter Rosplock Middle School Mathematics Schoolgirls by Peggy Orenstein
Kathleen Shields Middle School Humanities The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 
Kathleen Shields Middle School Humanities Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Christina Stanek Middle School English and Social Studies Neurodiversity by Thomas Armstrong
Christina Stanek Middle School English and Social Studies Mud is Cake by Pam Munoz Ryan
Ellen Stenson Upper School Mathematics The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver
Jane Thornton Director, Pre-Primary School Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush
Megan Weiskopf Upper School English The Compassionate Life by Marc Ian Barasch