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Carol A. Josel - Moto Photo, Tim Jackson

Defining and all-encompassing roles: parent, wife/now widow, learning specialist, former middle-school teacher with the Methacton School District in Pennsylvania, current supervisor of student teachers at Gwynedd-Mercy College, education consultant, book author, and freelance writer. My career in academia spans 30 years, much of it reflected in my writings and presentations for teachers, parents, and students:

PUBLICATIONS:

• The School-Wise Newsletter, monthly, www.schoolwisebooks.com
• "What's Your Child's Learning Style?" Curious Parents, April, 2007
• "Take Note" Write Down the Details," Curious Parents, February, 2007
• "The Dreaded Essay: How to Ace It," Curious Parents, March, 2007
• realsavvymoms.com: education-related articles (5), 2007
• clubmom.com: education-related articles (26), 2006
• "Meeting and Beating Your Goals," Curious Parents, January, 2006
• "Get Organized," Curious Parents, September, 2005
• "Their Homework Is Done, Is Yours?" Curious Parents, October, 2005
• "Tips for Student Organization," Middle School Reading Special Intererst Group, 2005
• Other-Wise and School-Wise: A Parent Guidebook, Scarecrow Press, December, 2003
• Getting School-Wise: A Student Guidebook, Scarecrow Press, March, 2002
• "Rx Note-Taking: Keep It Short," Teaching PreK-8, January, 2000
• Home and Community Connections, Scott-Foresman, 1997 (contributor & consultant)
• "Abbreviated Note-Taking," Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 1996
• "Creative Note-Taking: Getting It All Down," The Best of Free Spirit, Free Spirit Publishing, Inc, 1995
• "Ready to Use ESL Activities for Every Month of the School Year, Center for Applied Research, in Education, 1994
• "Making a Note of It," Journal of Reading, 1990
• Biographies for Merrill Integrated Language Arts Series, Merrill Publishing Company, 1989
• Biographies for Supplemental Reading Series, Merrill Publishing Company, 1988
• Teacher Guides, Bantom Books, Inc., 1988
• "Why Not Rappaccini?" Teaching PreK-8, February, 1988
• "A Silent DRTA for Remedial Eighth Graders," Journal of Reading, February, 1986

PRESENTATIONS:

• Parenting Workshops, on-going, 1995 to present
• Keystone State Reading Association: "Getting School-Wise," 2006 & 2007
• Valley Distributor's Literacy Fest: "Writing Workshop," 1996, 1996, 2001 through 2004
• Valley Distributor's Literacy Fest: "Teaching the Lessons of the Holocaust," 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005
• Keystone State Reading Association, "Teaching the Lessons of the Holocaust," 1995, 1998, 1999
• International Reading Association, "Memory Techniques," 1999
• Keystone State Reading Association, "Activities for ESL & Elementary Students," 1995
• Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, "Teaching the Holocaust," 1192, 1993, 1995 through 2005
• National Middle School Association, "Writing for Teachers," 1993
• International Reading Association, "Writing for Teachers," 1992
• Keystone State Reading Association, "Writing for Teachers," 1991

My articles are available at School-Wise Books, as well as such sites as Curious Parents, Club Mom, Authors Den, and Real Savvy Moms. And, always at the heart of my work is advice on teaching and learning strategies, along with how to raise healthy, well-behaved children who honor family life, work hard in school, believe in themselves, and are not afraid to try new things--even at the risk of failure.