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| Suzanne Langford | Amy Conners | Leila Lee | Lisa Weiner | Elizabeth Moore | Richard Langford |
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Education Director |
Education Coordinator | Education Coordinator | Education Assistant | Consultant: Program Evaluation |
Consultant: School Psychology/Counseling, School Safety |
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Suzanne Langford (Ph.D.
1992, University of Washington) is founding principal of ReadWriteHawaii. Under her
leadership, ReadWriteHawaii is responsive to the complexities of developing,
implementing and evaluating literacy programs for all learners. Formerly an
Associate Professor of Education at Chaminade University, Honolulu and an
Educational Specialist II with the Hawaii State Department of Education, Dr.
Langford has taught graduate courses in literacy, research methodology and
middle school education. In the Office of Curriculum and Instruction and
Student Support, she provided leadership for the Literacy for 504 and
Special Education program. Prior
to moving to Hawaii, she was an Associate Professor of Education at the
California State University at Humboldt (HSU) where she taught undergraduate
and graduate courses in elementary and secondary reading and language arts.
While at HSU, she also directed the Reading Certificate Program, designing
the program for approval by the California Commission on Teacher
Credentialing (CCTC) Standards of Program Quality and Effectiveness. Dr.
Langford has published research in the areas of reading acquisition, reading
disability, reading assessment and teacher education. She has developed a
series of teacher and staff training workshops and seminars on the
components of a balanced literacy program (motivation, reading and writing
instruction, independent reading and writing); the role of prior knowledge
and experience in learning to read; the needs of the emergent reader; the
needs of the struggling reader; vocabulary development and the relationship
between comprehension and vocabulary knowledge. She has presented her work
at regional, national and international conferences, and conducted workshops
and in-service training for schools, state and county offices of education
and universities in the United States and New Zealand. Her current research
is in the area of developmental literacy, project-based learning and school
success. Dr. Langford spent 16 years as an elementary and Title I teacher,
Title I Director, and administrator in Seattle, Washington. She has a
Bachelor's degree
in English literature and elementary education from the University of
California at Los Angeles. While Dr. Langford’s passion
for and experience in literacy education is a dynamic force in her life, she
also enjoys cut-paper collage.
Amy
Conners first came to Hawai’i as a military child on the passenger ship, the
Lurline, in 1966. Since that time, she has lived in Germany, Japan, and
Virginia, but always comes home to Hawai’i. She moved from Hawai’i to
Germany in 1972, and attended Department of Defense Schools in Erlangen and
Heidelburg, Germany. She returned to Hawai’i in 1977 and attended public and
private schools in Kailua, graduating from Kalaheo High School in 1984 with
honors in Film and Media Literacy. Though English and Art have always been
equally appealing, Amy graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1988 with
a Bachelor’s degree in English literature. In 1988, she had artwork
published in the University of Hawai’i’s literary magazine, Hawai’i Review,
and served as the managing editor of Hawai’i Review in the spring of 1989.
In 1992, she moved with her military husband and two children to Norfolk
Virginia, where she painted with the Hermitage Foundation
from 1992-1995. From Virginia, she moved with her family to Japan, where she
was fortunate to study Japanese language, literature and culture. In Japan
she taught western style watercolor painting and American English and
culture. Returning to Hawai’i in 1997, she resumed study at UH in Japanese,
film, and writing. She is currently a candidate for a Master’s degree in education
with elementary certification at Chaminade University, Honolulu. When Amy
is not studying, painting, or spending time with her children she can be
found off shore, bobbing around, doing that thing she calls
“swimming.”
Leila
I. Lee, a product of Hawaii’s public and private educational institutions,
is a certified academic language therapist. She joins ReadWriteHawaii with
a background in multi-sensory language therapy and works with individuals
with specific reading difficulties. In private practice, Ms. Lee provides
one-on-one sessions for learners with dyslexia and other issues in reading.
She is currently a fellow-in-training with the Academy of Orton-Gillingham
Practitioners and Educators and a board member of the Hawaii Branch of the
International Dyslexia Association. Ms. Lee has been a guest speaker in
graduate and undergraduate education courses where she has had the privilege
to share decoding and encoding strategies along with personal stories of her
own struggles with learning. The successes and accomplishments she and her
students have achieved have inspired Leila to broaden her vision and train
others in reaching those in need of a systematic, multi-sensory approach to
learning. When Leila is not studying for her Master degree in education at Chaminade University, Honolulu, or helping others learn to read, she can
be found taxiing around Oahu in Betsy, her faithful blue Volkswagen van.
Richard
A. Langford (Ph.D. 1987, University of Oregon) is currently a Professor of
Psychology at Chaminade University, Honolulu directing the school
counseling program and teaching graduate courses in school, marriage and
family and community counseling. Prior to moving to Hawaii, he
was a professor of psychology at the California State University at Humboldt
(1987 – 2002) where he directed the school psychology and school counseling
masters programs, the psychology department training clinic, and taught
undergraduate and graduate courses. Dr. Langford has published work in the
areas of information processing, youth suicide, culture and suicide, and
violence prevention in schools and produced a series of DVD’s on
anti-bullying, conflict resolution, gang prevention, hate/tolerance,
substance abuse and depression and suicide for use in secondary schools. He
has been principal and co-investigator on grants involving youth suicide,
depression, and safe schools and violence prevention. He has presented his
work at regional, national and international conferences, and conducted
workshops and in-service training for schools, mental health agencies and
hospitals in the United States and New Zealand. His current research is in
the area of behavioral literacy, life attitudes, and positive youth
development and school success. While Dr. Langford’s
professional life has been a terrific day job for many years, his
nonprofessional passion in life (for the past 35 years) is longboarding.