Standerford Receives 2008 MRA Teacher Educator Award
Dr. N. Suzanne Standerford, Director of the Upper Peninsula Writing Project, was awarded the Michigan Reading Association’s 2008 Teacher Educator Award.
Dr. Standerford, left, pictured here with MRA leaders Julia Reynolds, President, Lynn Bigelman, President-Elect, and Patricia Gallant, Vice-President, received her award on March 15, 2008, at the MRA Past-Presidents’ Dinner hosted at the Detroit Athletic Club.
This description of her work is quoted from the MRA website:
As educators we can all look back and think of one teacher that inspired us to make a difference. This year’s recipient of the MRA Teacher Educator Award is one of these people. Dr. Suzanne Standerford, teacher and mentor at Northern Michigan University has made a difference in many students’ lives. She played a key role in helping educators in the Upper Peninsula become active in reviewing the Michigan curriculum standards. She also led the production of videos featuring writing workshops in order to create community awareness about reading and writing. As founder and director of the Upper Peninsula Writing Project; she developed a summer institutes, Saturday seminars, and a fall writing marathon. Dr. Standerford lives the phrase “teacher educator.”
Congratulations, Dr. Standerford, from your colleagues in the National Writing Projects of Michigan!
Photo by Troy Hicks
March 25th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Congratulations once again to Suzanne! We are so very proud to have her as one of the leaders of the UPWP. She is so deserving of this award! I have been lucky enough to know Suzanne throughout my entire career as a teacher as I was an undergraduate during her first years at NMU. She is truly an inspiration!