All of the examples of my printed materials below were produced for MMS Education, one of the nation's leading educational consulting, program development, marketing, sales and data services organization.

PBS Scientific American Frontiers
School Program Teachers' Guides

I designed and produced fully illustrated 12- and 16-page magazine-style teaching guides that correlate with the PBS television series, giving information and classroom activities that explore the topics in the shows. I created five guides per year for ten years which were distributed to teachers nationally. Responsibilities included page design and production, graphics and illustrations, diagrams of scientific experiments, photo research and purchasing, convention signage and flyers.

This series was a winner of multiple awards, including Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award, Endorsement by National Education Association (NEA) and National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the Educational Press Association Distinguished Achievement Award, the Curriculum Product News Top 100 Products Award and a Media & Methods Awards Portfolio Winner.

Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association

Responsibilities include creating advertisements and postcards which promote programs that educate food service directors, nutrition educators, parents and students about how to help improve the health of children in schools and lower the rate of childhood obesity. One key ingredient is to encourage schools to offer healthy alternatives to soda and fruit drink, such as milk and other dairy products.

MDA is also promoting in-school breakfast programs. When students have a healthy breakfast, they are more ready to learn, have fewer behavior problems and achieve higher test scores.

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The Field Museum of Chicago
Underground Adventure Educator Guide

I designed and produced this 145-page binder which includes lesson plans, activities and worksheets for teachers to use with their students before, during and after their visit to the Underground Adventure exhibition at The Field Museum. The activities in this guide are separated by grade levels, with sections for grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. The Underground Adventure explores four key ideas regarding soil systems:

• Soil is home to an incredible diversity of living things.
• Soil organisms are connected to each other, to the inorganic components of soil, and to the above-ground world.
• The functioning of the Earth's life support systems depends on maintaining these often fragile connections.
• We, too, are connected to the soil. We affect it and depend on it for survival.

Worlds Almanac Education
Student Reference Skills Learning Kits

I designed and produced kits which include 25-page illustrated blackline masters for teachers to photocopy and distribute to students, teachers' guides and answer keys for classroom lessons. The blackline masters feature activities, games and puzzles to walk students through the basic thesaurus, dictionary and map reading skills. Kits include Thesaurus Adventure, How to Use the Dictionary, Dive Into the Dictionary, Fun With Maps, Survey the USA, and Language Fun On Land and Sea.

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Life's Playbook Program (Verizon)

I created a portion of this 148-page book; designed and produced an accompanying 16-page teachers' guide, plus convention signage and flyers.

The Life's Playbook program is based on personal stories and insights from members of the Verizon Academic All-America Hall of Fame. The book contains essays, surprising stories and inspiring quotes from Hall of Fame members, as well as "Time Out" quizzes, activities and self-analysis exercises on topics such as stress management, leadership, mentors, burnout prevention and much more.

FORTUNE Magazine Education Program

Responsibilities include designing and producing direct mail packages, including brochures, order forms, outer envelopes, business reply envelopes and postcards which promote the use of FORTUNE Magazine as a tool for learning in the classroom. This nation-wide program provides low-cost subscriptions to FORTUNE Magazine for college students, plus resource materials for professors to help them utilize the magazine in their classes.

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PBS "Only a Teacher" Discussion Guide

I designed and produced a 16-page guide for teachers that correlates to the three-part PBS television series and helps teachers explore the topics in the series. The documentary series "Only A Teacher" explores the diverse faces and many roles of the American teacher from the 1830s to the present. In three one-hour episodes, "Only A Teacher" presents historical background about the teaching profession and how it developed, while giving voice to contemporary teachers and their concerns. The series plays out as a dialogue between past and present, as teachers from different eras describe their dreams and setbacks, challenges and achievements.

U.S. Army and Army Reserve
Our American Heritage Series Teacher Guide Kits

I designed and produced a series of illustrated 4-page teachers' guides, postcards, letters and outer envelopes. These were distributed nationally and include topics relating to the history and evolution of the United States, such as "Our Technology Heritage," "Our Frontiers Heritage," "Our American Heritage," "Our People's Heritage" and "How the GI Bill Changed Life in the United States."

Princeton, NJ, Regional Chamber of Commerce

I designed and produced these brochures, postcards and registration forms to promote educator workshops. These workshops explore a wide range of subject matter and help to keep professionals in the Princeton, NJ, area up to date with what is happening in their fields.

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