1. Angela K. Johnson
(269) 757-2019 angiejohnson67@gmail.com
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Seeking opportunities to contribute my professional expertise in a progressive school district that values
diversity, social justice, critical thinking, and passionate, student-centered education.
Education
Ph.D. Educational Psychology and Educational Technology December 2017
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Dissertation: CultivatingCritical Mindsetsinthe Digital InformationAge:TeachingMeaningful WebEvaluation
M.A. Educational Technology (K-12 Library Media) December 2006
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI.
M.A. Reading
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. August 1998
Thesis: AnAnalysisof the MichiganEducational AssessmentProgramReadingTest
B.A. English (Secondary education, French minor). June 1989
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Honors College.
Teaching Experience
Instructional Coach, Library Media Specialist, Language Arts Instructor,
Instructional Technology Specialist, Technology Instructor
Lakeshore Middle School, Stevensville, MI 2004-present
❖ Coach ELA departmentteachersforintegrationof ColumbiaUniversityTeachersCollegeUnitsof Study.
❖ Manage librarylearningcenter:collectiondevelopment,readingpromotion,website,andstaff.
❖ Provide professional developmentinliteracyinstructionandinstructionaltechnology.
❖ ChairLanguage Arts DepartmentandleadcurriculumreforminELA and instructional technology.
❖ Designedandtaughtlibraryresearchcurriculumwithscience andsocial studiesteachers.
❖ Designedandtaught:HonorsLanguage Arts,TechnologySkills,InformationLiteracy.
Instructor and Teacher Assistant
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. 2013, 2014, 2016
Instructed undergraduate and master's courses (online).
❖ TE 150: ReflectionsonLearning,sectioninstructor,directedbyDr.RalphPutnam
❖ TE 843: SecondaryReadingAssessmentandInstruction,T.A.forDr.Doug Hartman
❖ CEP 816: Technology,TeachingandLearningAcrossthe Curriculum, T.A.forDr. RandSpiro
Language Arts and French Instructor
Lakeshore High School, Stevensville, MI 1995-2004
❖ Language Arts 9-12 (English9,English10, AmericanLit.,BritishLit.,AdvancedComposition,WorldLit.);FrenchI.
Hartford High School, Hartford MI 1992-1995
❖ English9, English10, FrenchI, andReadingSkills.
Littlefield Public School, Alanson, MI 1990-1992
❖ English9, English10, AmericanLiterature,ContemporaryLiterature,FrenchI,FrenchII.
ESL Instructor
Byong-Chul Min English Institute, Seoul, South Korea 1989-1990
Relevant Professional Development
Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Institutes
2. Columbia University, New York, NY
SecondaryBookClubsInstitute January2020
AdvancedSummerWriting Institute August2019
CoachingInstitute forWriting January2019
SummerWritingInstitute August2018
CoachingInstitute forReading January2018
SummerReadingInstitute August2017
Knowledge of Educational Models, Initiatives, and Theories
❖ ProfessionalLearningCommunities
❖ Universal DesignforLearning
❖ The PositivityProject
❖ Growth Mindsets
❖ Social and Emotional Learning
❖ Positive BehaviorInterventionSupports
❖ ProjectBasedLearning
❖ Student-CenteredLearning
❖ 5D+ FrameworkforTeachingandLearning
❖ Charlotte DanielsonFrameworkforTeaching
❖ TPCKModel for TechnologyIntegration
❖ DesignThinkingforEducators
❖ CommonCore State Standards
National Board Certification (NBPTS) November 2002
Third teacher in MI to attain Adolescent/Young Adulthood ELA certification
Awards and Grants
Lakeshore Public Schools Superintendent’s Excellence Award 2007
Berrien County Golden Acorn Grant 2016
MACUL MiChampions School Technology Leader Grant 2010
National Institute of Arts Picturing America Grant 2009
Lakeshore Excellence Foundation Teacher’s Grants 2005, 2008, 2011-15, 2017-2019
Academic Publications and Presentations
Johnson, Angela Kwasnik. "Cultivating Critical Mindsets in the Digital Information Age: Teaching
Meaningful Web Evaluation." Michigan State University, 2017. Ann Arbor: ProQuest. (Doctoral
dissertation).
Spiro, R. J., Klautke, H. & Johnson, A. K. (2015). All bets are off: How certain kinds of reading to learn on the
Web are totally different from what we learned from research on traditional text comprehension and
learning from text. In Spiro, R. J., DeSchryver, M., Hagerman, M. S., Morsink, P. M., & Thompson, P.
(Eds.) Reading at a crossroads?: Disjunctures and continuities in current conceptions and practices. New
York, NY: Routledge.
Johnson, A. K. & Putnam, R. T. (2015, April). Eighth graders’ critical evaluation of web sources about a
controversial issue. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research
Association. Chicago.
3. Johnson, A. K. (2012, December). A study of sixth graders’ evaluation of Internet sources. Poster session
presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association, San Diego.
Practitioner Publications and Presentations
Johnson, Angela K. (2018, November). Teaching meaningful web evaluation through student-centered dialogic
discussion. Session presented at the annual convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Houston.
Johnson, A. (2017, July 25). Ignite Learning through Student Talk with Flipgrid and Recap. Session
presented at the Lake Michigan Technology Conference, Coloma, MI.
Johnson, A. (2012, October). Getting to the Common Core through Socratic Seminars. Session
presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English, East Lansing, MI.
International Literacy Association Literacy Daily regular contributor. (2013-2019)
Digital tools for book clubs and choice reading. (2019, July 5).
Poetry in the digital writing workshop. (2018, March 16).
Amplify student talk through video. (2017, May 12).
Teaching students to evaluate reliability on the Web. (2016, October 9).
Power up class discussions with a backchannel. (2015, November 6).
The power of responding with voice. (2015, January 9).
Gathering diverse texts for multimodal enrichment. (2014, June 6).
NEWSELA, a resource worth reporting. (2013, November 1)
Service and Leadership
Language Arts Department Lead 2015-present
Reviewer, Journal of Information Literacy 2018-present
Literacy Daily Blog Contributor, International Literacy Association, Edited by Dr. Julie Coiro 2013-2019
Technology Team Lead 2013-2016
President, Lakeshore Education Association 2007-2010
Lakeshore Public Schools Contract Management Committee 2002-2010
Student Media Specialist Supervisor, Grand Valley State University 2009, 2011
Lakeshore Public Schools New Teacher Mentor 1998-99, 2007-08, 2008-09
Vice-President, Lakeshore Education Association 2002-03
Student Teacher Supervisor, Western Michigan University 1996-97
Letters of reference and contacts available upon request.
