Vita

Name:    Linda C. Herward
Position:   Master Teacher, Falk School
Appointed:   September 1, 1992

• Academic Degrees:
  M.L.S., University of Pittsburgh,  1989,  School Librarian K-12
  M.Ed.,  University of Pittsburgh,  1973,  Elementary Education
  B.S.,  Duquesne University,  1969,  Elementary Education

• Professional Experience:
  Falk School, University of Pittsburgh
  School Librarian/Master Teacher, 9/1992 - Present
  School Librarian/ Demonstration Teacher, 9/1990 - 8/1992

Blairsville Senior High School, Blairsville-Saltsburg School District
School Librarian, 12/1989 - 6/1990

Concord Elementary School, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Elementary Classroom Teacher, 9/1969 - 6/1976

• Faculty and Administrative Load:
  Teacher/Librarian, 9/1990 - Present
  Chairperson, Faculty Search Committee, 9/1997 - 6/1998
  Peer Review Committee, 1/1998 - 3/1998
  Technology Committee, 3/1999 - Present
  Web Page Committee, 12/2000 - Present

• Professional Activities:
  President, Pittsburgh Area Independent School Teachers Association
  Grant Participant, "Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers for Technology," University of Pittsburgh, US Department of Education
  1999 Conference Chairperson, Pittsburgh Area Independent School Teachers Association
  1997 Conference Chairperson, Pittsburgh Area Independent School Teachers Association
  Humanities Team Representative, Falk School PTA Executive Board
  Member at Large, Western Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Executive Board
  Historian, Kappa Delta Pi
  Editor, PAISTA Newsletter, Pittsburgh Area Independent School Teachers Association
  Committee Member, Falk School Language Arts Curriculum Committee

• Current Professional Memberships:
  Pittsburgh Area Independent School Teachers Association
  Beta Phi Mu, International Library and Information Science Honor Society
  Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education
  American Library Association
  American Association of School Librarians
  Pennsylvania School Librarians Association
  Western Pennsylvania School Librarians Association
  Pennsylvania Middle School Association
  National Association of Laboratory Schools

• Presentations and Publications:
  "Library Resources for the Classroom Teacher," guest speaker, Teaching Language Arts, Elementary Level, University of Pittsburgh, November 1999, 2000, 2001
  "Children's Books and Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Youth," guest speaker, Mental Health Education, University of Pittsburgh, May 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
  "So Now You're a Librarian," Church and Synagogue Association, Fall Workshop, October 1998
  "Resource-Based Instruction: The Teacher and the Librarian," Pennsylvania Middle School Association State Conference, May 1997
  "Resource-Based Instruction: The Teacher and the Librarian," Pittsburgh Area Independent School Teachers Association Fall Conference, October 1995