Educating for Change
Mary Kim Schreck
Educational Consultant
Mary Kim Schreck, after thirty-six years in the
classroom, is currently serving as an education consultant for districts in
Missouri, Maryland, Texas, as well as for the National Writing Project and the
National Education Association. She has published four books of poetry — Pulse
of the Seasons (2004), The Red Desk (2005), Crystal Doorknobs (2006), and Body
Language (2008) — served as editor of the Missouri Teachers Write, and
written articles for national and state education journals. She lives with her
husband, Bernard, at the Lake of the Ozarks.
During her career as a classroom teacher, Mary Kim has spent years in most every possible teaching setting available: she taught in an all girls private academy, then in a small 270 student rural school grades six through twelve. From here she worked in a mega-sized public school of over 4,000 in three grades on a split shift schedule. Mary Kim also spent years tutoring for the St. Louis Special School District while teaching full time in another district. She later taught classes at Brown's Business College, served as a literacy coach at Vashon High School, an inner-city school in the St. Louis School District. Most of her teaching career has been spent in St. Charles County, Missouri in the Francis Howell School District where a rural school district was forced to transform into a suburban district within a few years.
In the last eight years she has taught hundreds of teachers through various workshops and consulting opportunities such as an instructor for the Literacy Academies, a partnership programs between the Missouri National Writing Project and the state department of education, and instructor for the I Can Do It Beginning Teachers Assistance Program offered through the Missouri National Education Association. Currently she is fulfilling a consultant contract at North East High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Mary Kim's book, Transformers: Creative Teachers for the 21st Century was published by Corwin Press in June, 2009.
See what educators are saying about Mary Kim's work:
Thank you for a most wonderful day. You made us look at ourselves and laugh and want to try new tricks. Several people commented on your energy and ability to hit issues squarely on the head. It was a wonderful day and I so appreciate all your efforts and preparedness and patience. Thanks again for giving us a quality professional development day!
Kenna Kenworthy, Communication Arts
Lutie School District, Theodosia Missouri
