MARY KATHLEEN MORGAN

EDUCATION:
Bellarmine University: Louisville, KY; Literacy Specialist K-12; GPA 4.00/4.00
University of Louisville: Louisville, KY; Endorsement in Teaching English as a Second Language;
GPA 4.00/4.00, June, 2000- May 2001
University of Louisville: Louisville, KY; Master of Education, Endorsement in Gifted Education;
GPA 4.00/4.00, August, 1995- May 1997
Indiana University: Bloomington, IN; Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education;
GPA 3.75/4.00

CERTIFICATION:
Kentucky Certification
 Teaching in the Elementary Grades
 Endorsement for Literacy Specialist, All Grades
 Endorsement for Teaching English as a Second Language, All Grades
 Endorsement as Resource Teacher of Gifted Education, K-12
 Approval for Elementary Education Program Consultant

EXPERIENCE:
Literacy Diagnostician: Independent. Provide diagnostic assessment, intervention planning, and consultation
to students, parents, and elementary school staff.
2016-Present
ESL Teacher: Lincoln Performing Arts Magnet School, Louisville, KY
Provide effective instruction and staff development to a highly sought public magnet elementary school.
Liaison to literacy department at district level.
2017-Present
ESL Elementary Resource Teacher: Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, KY
2002-2017
Provided professional development to ESL and mainstream teachers relevant to effective assessment and
instruction for English language learners; Collaborated with ESL teachers, bilingual associate
instructors, mainstream teachers, resource teachers, and administrators at ESL site schools to
continuously improve ESL program; Completed year-long Literacy Intervention Framework training in
collaboration with Reading Recovery teacher leader to better serve needs of ELLs at emergent and early
literacy stages; Applied for and attended the Writing Project at Columbia Teachers College; Attended
Universal Design for Learning Program at Harvard Graduate School of Education
Adjunct Instructor: Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
2013-2017
Co-developed and taught courses in the Annsley Frazier Norton School of Education MAED program
and for the JCPS Bellarmine Literacy Project. Served as Team Lead for Course Instructors.
Adjunct Instructor and ESL Instructional Coach: Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2007-2009
Taught graduate course on ESL/ENL Teaching Strategies; Served as ESL Instructional Coach to four
Indiana elementary schools with high ELL populations through the New Neighbors Project funded by
the Office of English Language Acquisition of the U.S. Department of Education
ESL Teacher: Engelhard Elementary School, Louisville, KY
July 2001- August 2002
Provided effective instruction to English language learners at various stages of language proficiency
Classroom Teacher: Engelhard Elementary School, Louisville, KY
July 1998- June 2000
Assumed full responsibility for instruction and management of self-contained grade 4/5 classroom
Consultant for Research and Documentation: University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
July 1995- June 1997
Liaison to research and development site schools for the Different Ways of Knowing
Research and Evaluation Project

Classroom Teacher: Harrington Waddell Elementary School, Lexington, VA

August 1993- June 1995
Assumed full responsibility for instruction and management of self-contained grade 5 classroom
Classroom Teacher: J.E. Manch Elementary School, Las Vegas, NV
August 1990- June 1993
Assumed full responsibility for instruction and management of self-contained grade 3 classroom

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAININGS PRESENTED

KYSTE Conference 2019
ALER Conference 2018
Consultant to the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy for Professional Development
KYSTE Conference 2017
WIDA Conference, 2016
Co-Author MTSS Guidebook for JCPS 2016
JCPS Elementary English Language Arts Collaborative, Louisville, KY 2014-2017
Kentucky Reading Association Conference, Lexington, KY, 2012
Reading Recovery Council of North America National Conference, Columbus, OH, 2012
Elementary Conference for All, Jefferson County Public Schools, 2008-2011
Redesign Summer Institute, Jefferson County Public Schools, 2009
Differentiated Instruction Professional Development at Redesign Schools, Wheatley Elementary and Engelhard
Elementary, 2008-2010
SIOP Training, Fairmont Elementary, New Albany, IN, 2008-2009
OKI Regional Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference, 2007
Kentucky Teaching & Learning Conference, 2004
Kentucky Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, 2004

AWARDS AND ORGANIZATIONS:

International Literacy Association
Kentucky Society for Technology Education
First Place in Center for Applied Linguistics/Education Connections Lesson Planning Contest 2013
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Kentucky Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
ESL Recognition Award- Kentucky TESOL 2002
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Pi Lambda Theta National Education Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society