My CV

Curriculum Vitae – A. Ann Redpath, Ed.D.

Phone: 917-596-3984 •  Email: annredpath98@gmail.com

Experience

Editorial Consultant  |  K–12 Writer-Editor/Program Manager (2011-Present)                                                                  

Independent Contractor: Writer/ Editor scholarly, journal, book (Sept, 2011 - Present)
St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s/ K–8 Media & Professional Development (Oct 2011 - Present)

Houghton Mifflin GK (Update for CCSS & Florida Standards) (Nov 2011 - March 2012)

Scholastic (GK–8  Poetry Evaluation) (April 2012 - May 2012)

Pearson (G6– Passage selection and writing assessment align to CCSS & NYStandards) (Aug-Sept 2012)

E2020 (now Edgenuity,Inc) (G11–12 Digital Business Course, Science Life Cycle Course) (May - Aug 2012)                                                                       

Professional Development: Edit  Educators’ Academic Book & Journal Articles (Jan 2012 - Present)

Educational Publishing: Managing, Business & Administration

Manager/Consultant

Ross Schools and Ross Institute Academy, June, 2009-September, 2011

Established a cohesive curriculum aligned to standards from teacher-archived units for Grades Kindergarten through Grade 12.  Formed an external editorial team to rewrite and edit 250 teacher units and 7,000 student downloadables for a digital and print delivery to an international group of schools.

Professional Development and Classroom Library Curricula

Scholastic Education, Inc, NYC, June 2008-2009

Developed editorial work for Professional Development DVD programs, Early Childhood print programs, and elementary and middle school literacy print and digital materials.

Director, Teaching Materials (Middle School ELA program)

Scholastic Education, Inc, NYC, October, 2007- 2008

Developed Digital-and-Print Teacher Edition Proto-type for a middle school literacy and ELA curriculum.

Director, Girl Leadership Development Program

Girl Scouts of the USA, NYC, 2006-2007

Led a group of five editors in establishing proto-types for all levels of a Leadership Curriculum for Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) for print and digital delivery. This curriculum brought Girl Scouts to engage in a new level of youth development.

Editorial Director

Inkwell Publishing Solutions, NYC, 1998-2006

Managed a staff of approximately 30 in-house and 20-40 out-of-house writers/editors; oversee direct preparation of over 80 major Grade K-12 curriculum projects in such areas as: reading, literature/language arts, social studies, math, and science, with special emphasis on reading, language arts, literacy, standards and assessment issues. Facilitated bridging the editorial processes through production to final file; work with publishing clients’ marketing and production staffs, as well as with out-of-house staff.

Communications & Development Director

Center for Social Imagination, the Arts and Education, Columbia University, Teachers College, 1994-1997

Researched and prepared grant applications, set up innovative curriculum proposals, made presentations to boards and prospective grantors. Raised funds for the Center with nationally known educator, Professor Maxine Greene. Planned two regional and two national arts-in-education conferences in New York. Produced pamphlets, brochures, and proceedings.

Founder, C.E.O. and Publisher

Redpath Press, Minneapolis, MN 1985-1991

Founded a publishing house to produce and market a new concept in classic short stories with 22 titles for the domestic book trade, gift trade, and corporate premium markets.  Obtained international distribution, secured and maintained independent sales reps for various markets, negotiated co-publishing arrangements with four countries. Administered a publishing staff of six-to-twenty people, handled financials, raised 250K through private-placement offerings.

Editorial Director

Creative Education, Mankato, MN 1980-1985

Supervised the development of over 500 titles for the high interest/low vocabulary school library market. Originated and managed transition from library market to internationally known trade book line by expanding into international co-publishing arrangements. Produced 40 new titles of fairy tales and classic stories for this innovative market, twice winning the Bologna International Children’s Book prize. This trade line continues today as successful “Creative Editions.”

Co-Director, Book-packaging Company

Guild House Associates, Minneapolis, MN 1978-1980

Shared responsibility for packaging several hundred supplementary curriculum and library books from concept to camera-ready art. Personally authored over 40 children’s titles. Editorial director for 150 titles in library market for Creative Education (MN).

Freelance Writer/Editor in Publishing

Curriculum Writer New York Chancellor’s Adolescent Literacy Task Force

Board of Education of the City of New York, Brooklyn High Schools 1990s

Participated as curriculum writer with a team of Brooklyn teachers in preparing reading texts for teaching English, reading and writing for ESL high-school students.

Researcher for literacy study for disadvantaged students

CityKids Inc., New York City 1990s

Central High School, St. Paul, MN

Interviews with students in class; consulted on students’ written work; wrote literacy curricula from students’ interviews.

Freelance Publications Director

AGS Publishing (American Guidance Service), Circle Pines, MN 1993 –1994

Supervised a writing series program with panel of reading and writing experts.

Capstone Press, Minneapolis, MN

Wrote eight titles in a motor vehicle series for high-interest/low-vocabulary school library market.

Senior Editor

AGS Publishing, Circle Pines, MN 1990 – 1993

Wrote and supervised production of a multicultural critical thinking, reading, and writing program for at-risk students.

Winston Press, Minneapolis, MN 1980s

Conceived and developed a new Kindergarten-Grade 6 supplementary, ecumenical religious curriculum, Joy; the product became Winston’s main revenue-producing product for fifteen years. Writer for school religion series.

Teaching

Writing Center Teacher/ Tutor/ Consultant

Teachers College, Columbia University, 1994-2000

Writing instructor, tutoring, and seminars for English-speaking, ESL, and international graduate students.

Tutor Coordinator, College Discovery Program

Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York 1998

Set up and administered one-on-one tutoring services for literacy program serving over 800 adult learners.

New York Chancellor’s Adolescent Literacy Task Force Teacher

Board of Education of the City of New York, Brooklyn High Schools, 1997-1998

Teacher of English and writing to ESL high-school students from Haiti.

University Instructor, “Aesthetic Foundations of Education”

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 1996

Taught masters level course on relationship between art and basic skills to pre-service teachers preparing for Kindergarten-Grade 12 teaching.

Academic Degrees

Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, NY

Ed.D., Philosophy and Education

Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

M.A., Theology

Mundelein College, Chicago, IL

B.A., English with honors,

Honors/ Awards

1998            Kappa Delta Pi
1989            National Premium Award for excellence in promotion of new concept to new market.

1986            Bologna International Book Fair Honor Award for Rose Blanche.

1985            Bologna International Book Fair Special Award of Excellence for 20-book Fairy Tales Series.

1985            Communication Arts’ Award of Excellence Editorial/illustration direction Rose Blanche and Snow Queen.

1985            American Institute of Graphic Arts Award for Three Languages, Beauty and the Beast.

1984            Bologna International Grand Prize for Little Red Riding Hood from Creative Education Series.

Curriculum Vitae – Part 2 – Published Work

A.     ANN REDPATH, Ed.D.

Phone: 917-596-3984 • Email: annredpath@gmail.com

Published Work 

The following list summarizes the various kinds of publishing for which I’ve written, edited, or managed.

Educational Publishing

Current Work:

•            Re-conceptualize The Ross Schools K-12 curriculum from teacher lessons plans on wikis to cohesive digital and print curriculum

•            Professional Development and online assessment tools for Department of Education

•            Intervention for Reading Comprehension for Disadvantaged Students

Middle School English Language Arts Curriculum & Preschool Teacher Materials, Elementary & Middle School Mentoring Program, and Professional Development DVDs for Scholastic Education, Inc.

•            K-12 Leadership program for non-formal education, including youth product and facilitator guide at each level for Girl Scouts of the USA

•            Freelance Projects—Writing and Editing

Middle School/High School—Free Spirit Publishing titles: What Do You Stand For (conceptualization of revision);

G1-2 Art program – Scott Foresman

G9-12 Literature & Historical Events Background Ancillaries to History texts – McDougal Littell

G1-8 Test Prep (Passages and practice tests) – The Princeton Review

G1-4 Readers’ Theater Scripts and Teacher Guides – Benchmark

Edit Scholarly papers for faculty in NYU Department of Education

•            Managed curricular programs for a New York Development House-- (including major publishers e.g., Harcourt Brace, McGraw-Hill Macmillan, McDougal Littell, etc). The following list indicates the type of product and company for which I oversaw development.

Curriculum

Reading/Language Arts (Primary & Elementary)

G2-4 Teacher Editions (TE), Ancillaries - SRA/Open Court Reading

G1-2 Decodable Readers and Revision of Phonics Workbooks - SRA

G1-2 Reading Practice Blackline Master Books - Harcourt

G 1-4 ESL Ancillaries - Harcourt

Pre-K Literacy 8 Teacher Editions (TE) - Wright Group/McGraw

GK-6 A whole-language approach to social studies content – Scott Foresman

G2-6 Reading Intervention Program, Student Editions (SE) and Teacher Editions – Zaner-Bloser

GK-2 Series Big Books – Big Books by George

Pre-K-12 Quizzes for 1,000 trade books on software program - Scholastic

G1-6 Test Prep (TAAS) and diagnostic tests for reading – Options

GK-6 Leveled Readers & Teacher Guides – Scott Foresman

Literature/Language Arts/Reading Intervention (Middle and High School)

G7-9 Language Arts Teacher Editions - McDougal Littell

G6-12 Composition Strand Student Editions & Teacher Editions – Barrett Kendall

G9-12 Ancillaries (Authors in Depth and Open Book Tests) – Pearson Prentice Hall

G6-12 (2) Leveled Reader Anthologies & Guides – AGS

G7-9 Test Prep for binding into Student Editions (Georgia) – McDougal Littell

GED Revision of Practice Books in 5 subject areas – Steck Vaughn

PRE-GED Software program in 5 subject areas – Harcourt Achieve

G9-12 Nine volumes controlled vocabulary stories – Harcourt Achieve

G6-12 Prototype lessons for software program – Glencoe

G6-12 Competitive analysis database for 5 High School literature programs - Glencoe

G6-8 Develop Student Editions and Teacher Editions for middle school reading and literature program – Glencoe

Test Prep

GED Practice Books – Steck Vaughn

G1-6 Reading program correlations in nine states – Scott Foresman

G5 Writing test prep book for FCAT – People’s Publishing Group

G 9-12 Correlation and Practice Tests Indiana – McDougal Littell

Pre-GED Software Assessment for 5 content areas - Steck Vaughn

Adult Literacy Reading Strategies - Steck Vaughn

Science

GK-2 Pupil Editions, Teacher Editions, Ancillaries - SRA

GK-6 State Specific Activity Cards - Scott Foresman

G4-6 Ancillaries - Scott Foresman

Social Studies

GK-6 Ancillaries Reading activities in content area - Scott Foresman

G4-5 Assessment - Scott Foresman

Spanish

GK-6 Math PE, TE, Ancillaries - SRA

GK-5 Reading Ancillaries - Harcourt

G5 Science TE, Ancillaries - Harcourt

G4 Social Studies - Harcourt

G1-2 Science SE, TE, Ancillaries – Scott Foresman

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Founder and Administrator

Redpath Press

Founded a company with new idea: book-card (short stories not as long as a book and longer than a card) - 22 books in the line—and was administrator of the company for 7 years. Authors included in the series:

Kurt Vonnegut

Willa Cather

Somerset Maughn

A.A. Milne

P.G. Wodehouse, and more

General Categories (Conceptual development/editorial work/ oversee design & production)

• Online and digital delivery products

• Magazines

• Curriculum Kits

• Photo books (using set up and stock photo)

• Library series

• Children’s trade books

• Adult trade books

• Curriculum basal lines and supplementary

• PR, brochures, posters, catalogs

Magazine

Created Joy magazine for Winston Press GK-6: Very successful, humanistic/ ecumenical publication, which became Winston’s main product for over 15 years.

Educational Kits

1. Ecumenical material (Winston Press; small paperbacks/ posters/ parent guides -- with long royalty life (10+ years).

2. MN Historical Society (Created large box of history themes - for school library (combining artifacts, facts, maps, Teacher Guide, print workbook materials).

Photo books  Author of approx 8-10 books on kid topics (EMC & St. Mary’s College Press). These titles included:

Whobody There (sold over 100K copies)

Rainy Days

Grandparents Day

Series

Creative Education Inc, as Library Publisher

As co-founder and co-director of a development house, “Guild House,” we developed approx 80 titles/year for this leading publisher in high-interest/low-vocabulary books on such areas as:

• Rock ‘n pop stars

• sports figures

• political/ philosophical figures

• biographical series on famous people

• biographical features on young, not famous, people

Authored over 40 of these titles in 4-year span; managed editorial direction of series.

Creative Education, Inc, as children’s trade publisher

As executive editor/editorial director for Creative Education, conceived of new library titles of classic short stories, study skills, etc.

• Established an international team of artists to interpret 20 classic fairy tales. Artists included Etienne Delessert, Ivan Chermayeff, Seymour Chwast, Michael Hague, and others; merited Bologna International Children’s Bookfair awards for 3 consecutive years.

• This fairy tale series emerged into full-scale international partnerships in graphic/story presentations (children’s books for all ages). This line continues to expand and sell by Creative Education.

AGS (American Guidance Service, Minneapolis)

Created a comic workbook series on “Critical Issues” for middle school & high school students that combines concept and graphics to present famous people/thinkers’ views on these big issues that teens deal with-- suicide, divorce, self esteem, teen pregnancy, etc.) for students to use in reading/ writing skill development.

Columbia University

1. Created all brochures and proceedings for the Center for Social Imagination, the Arts and Education under the founder-philosopher, Maxine Greene.

2. With teachers from the Brooklyn High School Board of Education, turned teacher’s homemade curriculum into more professional curriculum (novel Taste of Salt for use with ESL students in 1998).