LAINE I GURLEY 3191 S. Brockway PALATINE,IL 60067 (847)431-3703(c) (847)303-0304 FAX (pre arranged)
FORMAL 1982-86 Administration in Education University of Illinois EDUCATION 1979-82 Ph.D. Curriculum/Instruction Cornell University 1974-79 Certificate Health Education University of Illinois 1971-73 M.S. Animal Behavior Tufts University 1967-71 B.S. Biological Sciences Rutgers University
ADJ. PROF. 2008-09 Harper College, Palatine, IL - Biology Survey 101
CONTINUING 1976-08 Human Physiology Update: Evanston Hospital & Northwestern Univ.; EDUCATION
Writing Across the Curriculum; Aids;
Instructional Effectiveness; Evaluation; Computers- Intro/Adv;
Ornithology; Mammal Social Behavior; Microbiology; Field Natural
History; Scientific Journal Writing; Animal Behavior Lecture Series.
BEYOND 1971-08 Grammar school curriculum design for Environmental Education, CCSD #15; HIGH SCHOOL Teacher/Counselor for Florida Ecology Program with Univ. of Iowa; Naturalist/ TEACHING curriculum development Forest Preserve District of Cook County, IL; T.A. :
Animal Behavior Lab;
Audition; Behavior Modification; and Man & Environment; courses;
Advisor, Project Earth; Organizer, Earth Day; Coach, EnvirothonTeam, and Bio Field Day. UNIVERSITY TEACHING Tufts University, 1972-73; Illinois Institute of Art, 2005,; Harper College 2008-2009
PUBLICATIONS
1980-08 “Animal Behavior--An Exciting Addition to H.S. Bio.
Curriculum” (American Biology Teacher); “Ring necked Doves- An Approach to Non-Destructive Animal Study” (American Biology
Teacher); “Human Postural Signals”(American Biology Teacher); “H.S. Students CAN Read Original Research
papers” (Animal Behavior newsletter); “ A Bird’s Eye View, Injecting Environmental Science Into
Your Present Curriculum” (Science and
Children); “It’s Not Just Instinct” (The Science Teacher); “Body
signals” (The Science Teacher); “Animal Tracking” (The Science Teacher ); “Gowin’s Vee” (The Science Teacher);
“Concept Mapping- Teaching Students Responsibility for Learning” (DC Heath Notes); Text: Heath
Biology , 1991 copyright: Lab Manuals: Biology, Visualizing Life, 1994 copyright; Lab Manual: Modern Biology,
1995 copyright; Contributing Writer to Holt’s Modern Biology, Modern Chemistry, and Holt Physics 2002
copyright; Contributing writer to BioDetectives: Investigations in Forensics, Prentice Hall 2002
copyright; Concept Mapping: How To Make Them and Teach Them to Others, copyright 2004. McDougal Litell Houghton
Mifflin Biology text, 2007 Consultant and writer of ancillary publications and Biozine 2008.
AWARDS 1998 Golden Apple Award For Excellence in Education 1998 Howard Hughes Scholarship/ Human Physiology Institute 1993 Excellence in Education Award, Twp.H.S. District #214
1987 Outstanding Biology teacher Award/Illinois
(NABT); Award of Educational Excellence: Outstanding Contribution to
Science Education (District #214) 1985 Nominated for outstanding Ph.D. dissertation 1980-1985 (AERA) 1983 Finalist in Illinois Teachers Awards for Excellence (U.S. Presidency) 1979,1978 Westinghouse Award of distinguished Secondary School Science Teachers 1979 Audobon Society Scholarship for Bird Study in Maine 1977 American Cancer Society summer Internship/Mt.Sinai Hospital Pathology Dept. 1971-73 National Science Foundation graduate school fellowship
PROFESSIONAL 1998-2005 North American Editorial Board member, International Jrnl Sci. Education ACTIVITIES 1984-86 Midwest Regional Director (NABT) 1980-85 Editor, Animal Behavior Teachers Newsletter (NABT) 1973-Present PI DELTA EPSILON, ASCD, AERA, NABT, NARST, ISTA, NSTA, BETA BETA BETA
COMMUNITY 1970-08 Earth Day Activities, High School, Elementary School, Community INVOLVEMENT Envirothon Competition Coach Bio Field Day Director, High School and Community 1989-06 Community continuing education courses/ Field Natural History 1987 Community Health Awareness Day - BP and Respiration Booths 1985-87 Wetlands Ecology Committee/Program Committee- Audobon Society Local 1984 “How To Get A Job” teacher, Private Industry Council 1983 Organizer, NSTA Drive-In conference 1980-85 Audobon Society, National, Environmental Education Program designer 1976-86 Sponsor for Environmental Awareness Days for Boy and Girl Scouts
