Kathryn A. Egawa, Ph.D.
Education and Professional Experience

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Indiana University  1996 Reading & Language Arts/Socio-psycholinguistics
M.A. University of Puget Sound 1975 Education / Special Education
B.A. University of Puget Sound 1971 Education
 
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
• Leadership of complex national organizations
• Teaching and learning processes
• Literacy instruction
• Assessment for targeted instruction
• Professional development and coaching
• Multiple literacies /multi-modal/media
• New roles for the teaching librarian

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Executive Director, Elementary & Middle Level   
National Council of Teachers of English
Urbana, IL
1999–2005
 
Responsibilities:
Professional Development Leadership
• Standards Development, Middle and Secondary Literacy Coaching Standards; Chair of English/Language Arts work group
• National network of school-based study groups; Program Administrator, budget manager, curriculum director, and coach of coaches, consultant, NCTE Reading Initiative

On-line Resource Development
• Standards-based lesson plan site; Developer and Administrator, a partnership with the Marco Polo Education Foundation; www.readwritethink.org
• Online resource collections; Developer: www.ncte.org/collections

Media Development
• Inside Writing Communities, Grades 3-5; Lead Content Developer in partnership with Kentucky Education Television

Leadership
• Committee on English Language Learning, Committee on Adolescent and Young Adult Literacy, Commission on Reading, Commission on Language; Standing Committee on Early Childhood Issues, High-stakes Testing Task Force, Standing Committee on Testing & Evaluation; governance and working groups of The National Council of Teachers of English

Librarian
Seattle Schools 
1996–1999    
• Secured grant funds
• Transformed two elementary libraries
• Provided district leadership on new roles for teacher librarians 

Teacher
Lake Washington Schools, Shoreline Schools  
1993–1996
• Multi-age primary teacher
• Mentored interns
• Facilitated teacher/parent study group
 
Teacher
Tacoma Schools     
1972–1989 
Urban magnet school, ELL magnet school, special education
• First grade teacher, special education teacher
• Implemented magnet school program for English language learners
• Secured grant funds for a family literacy project
• Administered Pierce County National Science Foundation project
• Served on Superintendent’s Advisory Council

Teacher 
Frances Hadden Morgan Center for Autistic Children 
Washington State Department of Education
Bremerton, WA
1971–1972
 
Adjunct Professor
Seattle University, M.A. Education
Seattle, WA
Spring 2006
• LITC 525 Seminar in Literacy Instruction

Adjunct Professor
Pacific Oaks College, Teacher Certification and M.A. Education
Seattle, WA 
1996–1998 
• Taught  ED443 Language & Literacy

Associate Instructor
Indiana University, Language Education
Bloomington, IN
1989–1993 
• Taught E339 Language Arts Methods, E340 Reading Methods
• Taught E545 Advanced Study of the Teaching of Reading
• Taught M301 Seminar on Legal & Ethical Issues and field supervision

Adjunct Instructor
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA   
1980–1995
• Taught ED508 Early Childhood Literacy: Socio-psycholinguistic Applications of Language Theory
• Taught ED508 Reading & Writing Our Professional Lives
 
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & EXPERIENCES
Representative-at-Large to the Executive Committee of NCTE; elected office  1997–1999 
University of Washington Academic Programs for Teachers, Advisory Board  1998–1999 
Standard-Based Curriculum Reform in the Northwest, NWREL Focus Group  1998–1999 
Washington State Assessment Training Cadre, Puget Sound Alliance   1996–1999 
Assessment & portfolio leadership, Student Profile & Profile Benchmarks committee 1993–1996 
Mentor teacher, student teacher supervision
Grant recipient & facilitator of a parent/teacher/teaching assistant collaborative   1993–1995
Collaborative Teaching in the Arts & Sciences, a cross campus task force
National Science Foundation / Pierce County coordinator for energy education  1979–1985
  
MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
International Reading Association
National Council of Teachers of English
National Staff Development Council
Phi Delta Kappa
Rethinking Schools
Teaching Tolerance/Southern Poverty Law Center

AWARDS
Ruth G. Strickland Scholarship, Indiana University
Fulbright Seminar Participant, Peru
Grand Prize Winner, Kodak Photography Contest, Tacoma, WA