The Literature for Science and Mathematics: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve was prepared by a team composed of library media teachers employed in schools and public libraries, science and mathematics 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 2002.
CDE Steering Committee
Chris Dowell,
Consultant, Curriculum Frameworks Office
Barbara Jeffus, School Library Consultant, Curriculum
Frameworks Office
Phil Lafontaine, Consultant, Mathematics and
Science Leadership Office
Diane Levin, Consultant, Office of the Chief
Deputy Superintendent, Accountability and Administration
Debby Lott, Consultant, Reading/Language Arts
Leadership Office
Martha Rowland, School Library Consultant, Curriculum
Frameworks Office
Deborah Tucker, Consultant, Mathematics and Science
Leadership Office
Maxine Wheeler, Analyst, Mathematics and Science
Leadership Office
Working Committee
Karen Buxton, Curriculum Coordinator, San Juan
Unified School District
Diane Carnahan, K-12 Alliance Regional Director,
San Joaquin County Office of Education
Marina Claudio-Perez, Young Adult Services Coordinator,
San Diego Public Library
Olga Clymire, Environmental Education Consultant,
Lake County Office of Education
Jennifer Collins, Science Teacher, Poway Unified
School District
Joan Commons, Academic Coordinator, University
of CA, San Diego Center for Research in Educational Equity, Assessment,
and Teaching Excellence (CREATE)
Vivian Cordoba, Literacy Coach, Los Angeles Unified
School District
Loretta Cudney, Teacher, Franklin Elementary
School, Riverside Unified School District
Michele Dean, Manager of Staff Development, Oxnard
Elementary School District
Ruth DeSilva, Teacher, Charles J. Carver School,
ABC Unified School District
Denise Findlay, Teacher, Neal Dow School, Chico
Unified School District
Theresa Foote, Science Teacher, Roosevelt Jr.
High School, Modesto City School District
Debra Freitas, Science Coordinator, Mariposa
County Office of Education
Francisca Goldsmith, Senior Librarian/Teen Services,
Berkeley Public Library
Kathy Granger, Coordinator of Educational Projects,
Walnut Valley Unified School District
Michael Harris, Teacher, Rosedale School, Chico
Unified School District
Carol Hatalsky, Math Resource Teacher, Evergreen
School District
Rya Hege, Teacher, Grapevine Elementary School,
Vista Unified School District
Sharon Janulaw, Director, North Bay Science Project,
Sonoma State University; Teacher, Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified
School District
Jim Jones, Teacher, Valley View Elementary School,
Coachella Valley Unified School District
Kathy Jones, Teacher, Shasta Elementary School,
Chico Unified School District
Terry Karsh, Mathematics Specialist, Los Angeles
County Office of Education
Natalie Keller, Teacher, San Vicente Elementary
School, Soledad Unified School District
Marsha King, Secondary Mathematics Coordinator,
Imperial County Office of Education
Ed Locker, Teacher, City of Santa Rosa Elementary
School District
Cynthia MacDonald, Youth Services Manager, Fresno
County Public Library
Carolyn Mendonca, Teacher, Marco F. Forster Middle
School, Capistrano Unified School District
Connie Oliver, Teacher, Linden High School, Linden
Unified School District
Susan Pennell, Library Media/Instructional Technology
Specialist, Madera County Office of Education
Ann Pentecost, Children's Selection Specialist,
Stockton-San Joaquin County Library
Teresa Quam, Science Specialist, Magnet School
Coordinator, Moreno Valley Unified School District
Anthony Quan, Science Teacher, Richard Garvey
Intermediate School, Garvey School District
Brigeen Radoicich, Library Media Teacher, Central
High School East, Central Unified School District
Rosemary C. Rankin, Program Specialist, English
Language Learners, San Juan Unified School District
Nancy Reich, Coordinating Field Librarian, Library
Services, Los Angeles Unified School District
Jane Ritter, District Librarian, Mill Valley
School District
Paula Roach, Teacher, Orange Unified School District
Jenny Rodriguez, Resource Specialist-Special
Education, Visalia Unified School District
Rosamaría Rodríguez, Teacher, Los
Angeles Unified School District - District J
Cathleen Rogers, Instructional Consultant - Mathematics,
Tulare County Office of Education
Sandra Ruehlow, Coordinator of Staff Development
for Mathematics and Science, Santa Clara County Office of Education
Elainea Scott, Program Manager, Educational Resource
Services, Tulare County Office of Education
Connie Smith, Instructional Consultant, Tulare
County Office of Education
Bonnie Styles, Math/Science Coordinator, National
School District
Barbara Sugaya-Jones, Teacher, Fall River High
School, Fall River Joint Unified School District
Nancy Taylor, Science Coordinator, San Diego
County Office of Education
Barbara Troisi, Coordinator of Library Services,
Kings Canyon Unified School District
Ronald Ulrich, Science Department Chair, Washington
High School, Fremont Unified School District
Carolyn Wallace, Teacher - Science and Technology,
Scotts Valley Unified School District
Suzy Ward, Teacher, Cypress Elementary School,
Tulare City Elementary School District
Terri Wilson, Eighth Grade English Teacher, Rafer
Johnson Junior High, Kingsburg Joint Union Elementary School District
Anne Wolfstein, Math/Science Teacher, Consultant
- UCLA Math Project, Los Angeles Unified School District
Cora Wright, Librarian, El Dorado Middle School,
Mt. Diablo Unified School District; Children's Literature Instructor,
California State University at Hayward
Tom Wright, Teacher, Diablo View Middle School,
Mt. Diablo Unified School District
Vivian Yee, Children's Collection Development
Librarian, Oakland Public Library
Janet Zierenberg, Teacher, Tenaya School, Big
Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District
CDE Coordinator
Phil Lafontaine, Consultant, Mathematics and Science Leadership Office
Sub-Committees for Languages Other Than English
Chinese
Aileen Kuo, Librarian, San Francisco Public Library,
Fisher Children's Center
Milly Lee, Author and Retired Librarian
Filipino
Marina Claudio-Perez, Young Adult Services Coordinator, San Diego Public Library
Hmong
Martha Rowland, School Library Consultant, California Department of Education
Spanish
Marina Claudio-Perez, Young Adult Services Coordinator,
San Diego Public Library
Michele Dean, Manager of Staff Development, Oxnard
Elementary School District
Denise Findlay, Teacher, Neal Dow School, Chico
Unified School District
Michael Harris, Teacher, Rosedale School, Chico
Unified School District
Kathy Jones, Teacher, Shasta Elementary School,
Chico Unified School District
Ed Locker, Teacher, City of Santa Rosa Elementary
School District
Isabel Schon, Barahona Center for the Study of
Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents, California State
University, San Marcos
Terri Wilson, Eighth Grade English Teacher, Rafer
Johnson Junior High, Kingsburg Joint Union Elementary School District
Vietnamese
Milly Lee, Author and Retired Librarian
CDE Coordinator
Phil Lafontaine, Consultant, Mathematics and Science Leadership Office
Other CDE staff members who contributed to this document are:
Yvonne Evans, Consultant, Mathematics and Science
Leadership Office
Sterling Hickox, Analyst, Data Administration
Unit
Daniel Holt, Consultant, Specialized Programs
Division
Ali Hosseini, Analyst, Data Administration Unit
Robert Cervantes, Former Manager, Curriculum Leadership
Office
Terry Janicki, Former Manager, Mathematics and
Science Leadership Office
Tom Lester, Former Consultant, Mathematics and
Science Leadership Office
Karen Martin, Office Technician, Mathematics
and Science Leadership Office
Cheryl Shores-Taylor, Analyst, Administrative
and Fiscal Services Office
Stacy Sinclair, Former Consultant, Curriculum
Frameworks Office
William W. Vasey, Former Director, Professional Development
and Curriculum Support Division
Cindy Villines, Manager, Data Administration
Unit
