Acknowledgements for HSS and VAPA

The Literature for History/Social Science and Visual and Performing Arts: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve was prepared by a team composed of library media teachers employed in schools and public libraries, history-social science and visual and performing arts teachers of children in kindergarten through grade twelve, curriculum planners, administrators, and parents. Below is a list of all team members. Additional information is available on the following pages:

Note: The names and affiliations of the individuals listed here were current at the time of publishing this document in 2008.

CDE Administration

• Jack O’Connell, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction and Director of Education
• Gavin Payne, former Chief Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Deb Sigman, Chief Deputy Superintendent, Curriculum, Learning and Instruction Branch

CDE Steering Committee

• Arleen Burns, Consultant, Curriculum Leadership Office
• Nancy Carr, Consultant, Curriculum Leadership Office
• Jim Greco, Administrator, Mathematics and Science Leadership Office
• Barbara Jeffus, School Library Consultant, Curriculum Frameworks Office
• Phil Lafontaine, Director, Professional Development and Curriculum Support Division
• Jill Rice, Consultant, Professional Development Leadership Office
• Maxine Wheeler, Analyst, Mathematics and Science Leadership Office

Working Committee

• Kate Bowen, Teacher, Lesson Designer, Librarian, Communications Editor, Davis Joint Unified School District & UC Davis History Project
• Lorissa Boxer, Teacher, Santa Monica-Malibu unified School District
• Gayle Bryner, Teacher, Davis Joint Unified School District
• David Burt, Library Media Teacher, Central Union High School District
• Jim Charkins, Executive Director, CA Council on Economic Education
• Rick Charvet, Teacher, Gilroy Unified School District
• Monica Cooper, Teacher, Adelanto Elementary School District
• Julie Duncan, Paraeducator, Yolo County Office of Education
• Amy Elder, Teacher, Oxnard Elementary School District
• Meg Gillman, Teacher, San Juan Unified School District
• Katharine Goodwin, K–8 Library Media Teacher, Center Unified School District
• Deborah Granger, Coordinator, Orange County Department of Education
• Marcia Harris, Reading Specialist, Westminster School District
• Cheryl Holcomb, Teacher, Arcadia Unified School District
• Linda Jewett, Executive Director, CA School Library Association
• Sharon King, Art Instructor/VAPA, Department Chairperson, Woodland Joint Unified School District
• Carol Kinzel, Curriculum Specialist, Burbank Unified School District
• Robert Kobzi, Teacher, GATE Facilitator, Pomona Unified School District
• Virginia Kutcher, Teacher, Saddleback Valley Unified School District
• Pamela Lambert, Teacher, Department Chair of Performing Arts, Apple Valley Unified School District
• Maureen Lorimer, Adjunct Faculty, CA State University San Marcos
• Katherine Lunine, Teacher Coach, Facilitator, UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project
• Kate MacMillan, Coordinator of Library Services, Napa Valley Unified School District
• Cynthia MacDonald, Youth Services Manager, Fresno County Public Library
• Eileen Maeda, Teacher, Santa Ana Unified School District
• Claudette McLinn, District Coordinating Field Librarian, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Arlene Moore, Teacher, Santa Rosa City Schools
• Patricia Moses, Teacher, Travis Unified School District
• Kimra Musser, PAR Consulting Teacher, San Diego Unified School District
• Janet Pardee, Teacher, Oxnard School District
• Victoria Patterson, Library Media Teacher, Colton Joint Unified School District
• Priscilla Porter, Professor Emeritus, CA State University Dominguez Hills, Retired–Independent Consultant
• Ross Pytlik, Attorney, Gagen, McCoy, McMahon, Koss, Markowitz & Raine
• Brigeen Radoicich, Library Consultant, Fresno County Office of Education
• Nancy Reich, Specialist, Library Services, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Jane Ritter, District Librarian, Mill Valley School District
• Mary Robinson Hendra, Program Associate, Facing History and Ourselves
• Teresa Rogers, Teacher, Barstow Unified School District
• Martha Rowland, Coordinator, Library and Textbook Services, Sacramento City Unified School District
• Angela Satterwhite, Teacher, Los Angeles County Office of Education
• Linda Stewart Kidd, Elementary History/Social Science Teacher Advisor, Los Angeles Unified School District
  
• Bonnie Tillotson, VAPA Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator, San Bernardino County Office of Education
• Hamish Tyler, VAPA Coordinator/Administrator, Monterey County Office of Education
• Jeffrey White, Teacher, Department Chairperson Eighth Grade History/Social Science, Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District
• Karen Wick, ELA Secondary Expert, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Jah-Yee Woo, History/Social Science Coordinator, Alameda County Office of Education
• Anthony Zambelli, Economics Professor, Cuyamaca College

CDE Coordinator

• Maxine Wheeler, Analyst, Mathematics and Science Leadership Office

Other CDE staff members who contributed to this document are:

• Laurie Duresky, Senior Programmer Analyst Specialists, Application Development and Maintenance Office
• Ali Hosseini, Senior Programmer Analyst Specialists, Application Development and Maintenance Office
• Karen Martin, Office Technician, Mathematics and Science Leadership Office