Dr. William L. McBride
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT
Dr. Bill McBride has worked in a variety of public school and university settings as both a teacher and a consultant. In middle and secondary schools, he has served as a Reading Specialist, an English and Drama teacher, a gifted and a talented instructor, and a curriculum coordinator. On the university level, Dr. McBride has assisted in the training and evaluation of middle and secondary English teachers. For fifteen years Bill worked as an editor and National Consultant with McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin Publishing Co., developing both elementary and secondary literature and language arts materials. He has contributed to highly successful programs that reflect the latest research in teaching reading, literature, and social studies, including The Language of Literature, The Writer’s Craft, Language Network, World History, The Americans, and Creating America. An exciting and inspirational keynote speaker, Bill shares his professional beliefs and teaching strategies at conferences and workshops all over the United States and abroad. His workshops are filled with practical, hands-on activities that teachers can begin using immediately in their classrooms.
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PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
- If They Can Argue Well, They Can Write Well, Incentive Publications, ©2008.
- International Consultant, Staff Development in Content Reading, Brain-Based Teaching, Gender Differences, & Gifted and Talented.
- National Language Arts Consultant, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin. In-service training and consulting.
- Author, Entertaining an Elephant—an inspirational novel about teaching and living.
- Curriculum and Reading Specialist, Department of Defense Dependents School in Bonn, Germany. Specialties: Secondary Reading, Writing, and Assessment.
- Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Masters in Reading, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Specialties: literature and writing methodologies,
reading strategies, and adolescent literature.
PUBLICATIONS
Dr. McBride is the author of numerous books and professional articles, including:
- If They Can Argue Well, They Can Write Well, Incentive Publications, ©2008.
- Building Literacy in Social Studies with Ron Klemp & Donna Ogle, ASCD, ©2007.
- Reading Toolkit for Social Studies, with Donna Ogle, McDougal Littell, ©2005.
- “Vocabulary Development for Older Students,” McDougal Littell, ©2004.
- “Six Trait Writing: Research & Practice,” McDougal Littell, ©2003.
- Power Words: A Bridge to Literacy, McDougal Littell, ©2003.
- Entertaining an Elephant: A Novel About Learning and Letting Go, Pearl Street Press, ©1997.
- "A Content Analysis of Interpersonal Relationships in Adolescent Literature", University of North Carolina, ©1982.
CONTACT INFORMATION
- By Phone: 415-826-2115
- By FAX: 415-826-2310
- E-Mail: drbilly@comcast.net
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