Curriculum Vita
Bonnie M. Davis, Ph.D.
A4Achievement Consulting
Laguna Beach, California 92651
Business Phone: 314.496.3596
a4achievement@earthlink.net
Areas of Expertise
Research-based Culturally Relevant Classroom Instructional Strategies; Balanced Literacy—Reading and Writing Pedagogy; Multicultural Literature; The Impact of Race and Poverty upon Academic Achievement; Professional Development Planning
Education
1989 Ph.D., English, St. Louis University; Dissertation—A Rationale for the Reconstruction of
the American Literary Canon
1975 M.A.I., Media/Communication/Film Criticism, Webster University
1971 M.A., English, University of Mississippi; Thesis—The Senses in the Works of William Faulkner
1967 B.S. in Education, cum laude, Southeast Missouri State University
Occupational History
2001-present A4Achievement Consultant and Author
1997-07 Cooperating School Districts, Program Planner/Facilitator
2004-06 Adjunct Instructor, Fontbonne University, “The Culturally Diverse Learner”
2003 Adjunct Instructor, University of MO-St. Louis, “The Impact of Poverty upon Learning”
2003-06 Adjunct Instructor, Webster University, “Building a Classroom of Excellence”
1991-97 English Instructor, Clayton School District
1994 Adjunct Instructor, St. Louis University, English Methods Class; Reading Across the Cur.
1989-93 English Instructor, Missouri Eastern Correctional Center
1978-93 Adjunct English Instructor, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis, MO
1989-91 Staff Development Teacher, Mehlville School District, St. Louis, MO
1987-91 Consultant, Court-appointed Desegregation Monitoring Committee, St. Louis, MO
1992-97 Co-Director of the Clayton Writing Project, Clayton School District
1988-92 Facilitator, A World of Difference Program
1986-92 Educational Consultant, Midwest Desegregation Assistance Center
1979-85 Manager, Waitress, Bookkeeper, Bartender, Emanuel’s Restaurant and Catering
1967-89 English Teacher, Mehlville School District, St. Louis, MO
1969-70 Home Tutor, Special School District of St. Louis County, St. Louis, MO
1959-66 Piano Teacher, Cape Girardeau, MO
Books, Articles, Publications
2007 How to Coach Teachers Who Don’t Think Like You: Using Literacy Strategies to Coach Across Content Areas, Corwin Press (Nov. ’07)
2007 No Excuses! How to Improve Minority Achievement, The School Improvement Network
2006 “How to
Teach Students Who Don’t Look Like You” MNEA’s Something Better, Cover
Article
2006 How to Teach Students Who Don't Look Like You: Culturally Relevant
Teaching Strategies,
Corwin Press: Thousand Oaks, CA
2004 Closing the Gap: Building a Classroom of Excellence
2002 African-American Academic Achievement: Building A Classroom of Excellence
2001 Women in Faulkner, entry in The 2000 William Faulkner Encyclopedia
1998 African American Academic Achievement, IEC Newsletter
1999 MOHum, The Missouri Humanities Program, IEC Newletter
1997 "Radio Raincoat Man," short story published in 100 Words, University of Iowa
1997 Book Review, Bird by Bird, Teacher Magazine
1996 “Writing Across the Ages,” English Journal, January, 1996
1995 Three articles in The Clayton Quarterly, education journal, Clayton School District
1994 "A Cultural Safari: Dispelling Myths and Creating Connections Through Multicultural and
International Education," English Journal, February, 1994
1993 Multicultural Perspectives, Consultant and Reviewer, McDougal-Littell, c. 1993
1993 Contemporary Short Stories for High School Students, Consultant and Reviewer,
1993 Immigration/Black Migration Curriculum, Hitachi Foundation
1991 "The MSD Connection," International Education Consortium Newsletter
1990 "The Forder Writing Day," Education St. Louis
1990 Freedom Rising, Viewer Guide to video production, Editor and co-author
1990 "Words of Freedom from the Men Within," Editor, literary magazine, Missouri
1989 “Internationalizing the English Curriculum," English Journal, NCTE, October
1989 "Africa: Words and Images," Writing consultant and co-editor, SLPS
1989 Consultant and co-author, Contemporary World Literature course, Mehlville School Dist.
1988 St. Martin's Guide to Writing, Consultant, Heinemann Press, c. 1988
1988 A World of Difference, co-author of "Black History of the St. Louis Area," c. 1988
1986 "Africa: A Curriculum," Mehlville School District, St. Louis, MO
1985 BEST Local Objectives Activity Packets, Mehlville School District
1984 English Curriculum, accepted as model curriculum by ERIC, Mehlville School District
1978 Elective courses: Multi-Ethnic Literature; Science Fiction Literature; Modern Poetry
Professional Development Certification and Trainer in the following
The Equity Framework, The School Improvement Network, Salt Lake City; Ruby Payne, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Galveston, TX; Cooperative Discipline; National Crisis Prevention Institute; Jeff Howard Developmental Model; Learning Styles, Dunn & Dunn Model, St. John's University, NY; Cognitive Coaching, Bob Garmston and Art Costa; Team Cognitive Coaching, Peg Luidens; Presentation Skills. Joellen Killion, Los Angeles, CA; Multicultural Training, James Banks, Seattle, WA; ITIP--Instructional Theory into Practice; Cooperative Learning, Johnson and Johnson Model; TESA--Teacher Expectations, Student Achievement; Writing Across the Curriculum; Four-Block Reading; Critical Friends Protocals
Grants and Awards
2007 Missouri Humanities Grant from DESE through RPDC/CSD, St. Louis, MO
1997 Teacher of the Year for Service above Self, Clayton Rotary Club
1996 Grant for The Four A's Club: African-American Academic Achievers; $5,000.00
1994 National NCTE Farmer Writing Award for article published in English Journal
1993 Grant for hookup and expenses for Breadnet, Breadloaf, Middlebury College, Vermont
1990 Most Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Missouri Honors College
1990 Most Distinguished Teacher Award, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
1989 A World of Difference Community Service Award
1989 Who's Who in American Education
1989 Middle School Writing Grant, Danforth Foundation, St. Louis Public Schools
1989 Subject for article, Education Week, "Feeding the Hunger 'For Intellectual Growth”
1988 Recipient of the first Robert D. Elsea Award for Outstanding Teaching
1988 Teacher of the Year, Mehlville School District, St. Louis, MO
1988 Subject of Kappan article, "A Blueprint for Empowering Teachers”
1987 International Education Consortium, $2,000.00 grant for global education materials
1987 VICC, $1,180.00 grant for multicultural ed. project, Seattle, WA
1986 Governor's Award for Excellence in Education
1986 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, $2,800.00 for proposal "The Influence of
African Literature Upon the Contemporary Afro-American Writer"; Senegal, Africa
1986 International Education Consortium Grant for summer travel to Senegal, Africa
1985 NEH Grant, $2,350.00, "William Faulkner,” University of Mississippi
Presentations and Speaking Engagements
National
2007 National Staff Development Council, Dallas, TX
2007 Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, Anaheim, CA
2007 Character Education Conference, featured speaker, St. Louis, MO
2006 National Association of Multicultural Education, Phoenix, AZ
2006 National Staff Development Council, Nashville, TN
2005 National Staff Development Council, Philadelphia
2004 National Staff Development Council, Vancouver, CA
2004 Dealing with Diversity Institute, Western IL U., Featured Speaker
2004 National Character Education Conference, Featured Speaker, Pre-Session
2003 National Staff Development Conference—Facilitated for Glenn Singleton
2003 National Character Education Conference—Featured Speaker
2002 National Character Education Conference
2001 National Character Education Conference, AAAA Models
2000 African-American Academic Achievement, NCTE, Milwaukee, WI
2000 National Association of Multicultural Ed (NAME), AAAA Models, Nebraska
2000 NCTE Fall Convention, Reading Achievement, Denver, Colorado
1999 Inclusion Conference, Achievement Models, St. Louis, MO
1998 NCTE Fall Convention, African Literature, Nashville, TN
1997 American Literature Association, Violence Against Women, San Antonio, TX
1996 NCTE Fall Convention, Multicultural Literature in the Middle School Classroom, Chicago
1996 National Women's Studies Conference, Panel on Violence, Skidmore College, NY
1995 NCTE Fall Convention, Multicultural Literature, Orlando, Florida
1994 International Literature, A Conversation with IEC Teachers, NCTE, Portland, OR
1992 A Rationale for the Reconstruction of the American Literary Canon, NCTE, Louisville, KY
1991 Keynote Speaker, The Changing Paradigms of Literature, San Francisco, CA
1991 Combating Racism in the Workplace, MLA, Chicago, IL
1991 Training the Trainers, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL
1990 Multicultural Women in Literature, Manhattan, KS
1990 The Necessity of International Education for Engineering Students, Manhattan, KS
1990 Using International Literature in the Classroom, Colorado Springs, CO
1989 Internationalizing the Curriculum, Baltimore, Maryland
1988 African Literature as a Model for the Teaching of Writing, Boston, MA
1988 Using African Literature in the YA Literary Canon, National NCTE Fall Convention
1988 Integrating Multicultural and International Education, The Am. Forum on Ed., St. Louis
1987 Using African Literature Across the High School Curriculum, Cornell University, NY
1987 Restoring the History of the Afro-American Through the Humanities, Louisville, KY
State
2007 ELL Conference, Keynote Speaker, Jacksonville, Florida
2007 Featured speaker, Omaha Public Schools fall conference
2007 Keynote, Barrington High School, Barrington, IL
2007 Keynote, Loudon County School District, Loudon County, VA
2007 Opening Day speaker, Worcester County, Ocean City, MD
2007 Teaching and Learning Conference, Featured Speaker, Gaston County, North Carolina
2007 NAME Conference, Keynote Speaker, Salisbury, Maryland
2007 New Teachers, LA Unified, spring and summer
2007 Multiple other presentations for school districts across the U.S.
2006 Cultural Competence Conference, Featured Speaker, Omaha, Nebraska
2005 Keynote: CharacterPlus Fall Conference
2005 Featured Speaker: PreConference MNEA, St. Louis
2005 Keynote: Division of Youth Services Literacy Conference
2005 Keynote: Home Health Services State Conference
2005 Write to Learn: Literacy Conference
2004 Write to Learn Conference
2003 Show-Me Conference; Pathways Conference; Write to Learn Conference
2002 Keynote Speaker: Missouri State Teachers Associate, Education Conference
2002 Write to Learn Conference
2001 Show-Me Conference—Missouri Humanities Model
2000 Accelerated Schools Conference—Literacy Models
2000 Show-Me Conference—African-American Academic Achievement Models
2000 Pathways to Success—African-American Academic Achievement Models
1999 Show-Me Conference—MOHum, Missouri Humanities Grant
1998 Midwest Equity Center—Four state Conference, Minority Achievement
1998 Missouri Staff Development Conference, Interdisciplinary Teams
1997 Young Women’s Leadership Conference, UMSL
1993 Basic Education Training, MO State Dept. Training
1991 Challenging the Literary Canon, Missouri Humanities Council, Columbia, MO
1991 Using Writing with Staff for Professional Development, DESE Conference, MO
1991 Women in Literature, Gamma Delta Gamma Fall Conference
1991 Coaches on Call, on-going multicultural workshop, NETWORK, St. Louis, MO
1990 The Socialization of the Culturally Diverse Child, DESE, MO State Dept. Conference
1989 Integrating Human Rights into the English Curriculum, NEA State Convention
1989 Global Awareness in the School System, NEA State Convention
1987 Using Multicultural Materials to Facilitate Harmony Among Staff and Students, KC
Volunteer Occupational History
2007 Women’s Writing Groups, Irvine, CA
2003-04 Mentor, Webster Groves High School
2001 Writing teacher, Maplewood-Richmond Heights Community Center
2000 Writing teacher, Covenant House, Homeless shelter for 17-21 year old drop-outs
1996-97 Writing teacher, Christian Service Center, Women’s Homeless Shelter
Memberships
ASCD, NSDC, NCTE, Delta Kappa Gamma