Karen G. Johnson
Media Specialist
National Board Certified Teacher
One of my favorite and most important job responibilities is to help our students discover the world of books. Our media center is open to everyone in the school community and is designed to excite students and to motivate, inspire, and encourage them to learn new things. Children who LEARN HOW to read and CHOOSE to read will be successful students. I've never seen it fail.
My husband of 31 years, Jodie, is a research chemist at the University of Florida. My two children attended Ochwilla Elementary. Joshua is now a senior at UCF in Orlando, majoring in Digital Media and Jenna is a sophomore at University of FL in Gainesville, considering a major in Anthropology.
In my free time, I love to travel to new places and learn as much as I can about them. I also enjoy gardening, listening to music, attending cultural events, taking daily walks, visiting with my large extended family (I'm the oldest of 7 siblings), and reading materials of all types.
I invite to you visit our Media Center any time.
"The
mind, stretched by a new
idea, never goes back to its original dimension."
Oliver
Wendell Holmes
B.S. Educational Media
M.Ed. Educational Media and Instructional Design
M.L.S. Library Science
Florida Atlantic University, 1974
University of Florida, 1982
Florida State University, 1988
Educational Media Specialist
Home Economics
National Board / Library Media
Pre-K - 12th grade
grades 7-12
Early Childhood through Young Adult
Bradford Middle School (1974-75)
Grove Park Elementary School (1977-80)
Eastside High School (part-time) (1980-81)
Melrose Elementary School (1981-92)
Ochwilla Elementary School (1992-present)
Starke, FL
Orange Park, FL
Gainesville, FL
Melrose, FL
Teacher of the Year (1983-84)
Teacher of the Year (1992-93)
Technology Teacher of the Year (1994-95)
Melrose Elementary School
Ochwilla Elementary School
Ochwilla Elementary School
FL Association for Media in Education (1974-present)
Putnam Association for Media in Education (founding member, 1983) Ochwilla School Advisory Council
Ochwilla Literacy Council
Ochwilla Parent/Teacher Organization
Friends of the Library
current Awards Committee member
2007-08
2007 FAME Conference
SES Tutoring
Wikis, blogs, podcasts and Google Calendar
Picture Books for Older Readers
Follett's Destiny Circulation/Catalog System
2006-07
Harcourt Science
Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse
NEFLIN annual meeting
Sunlink update
What Struggling Readers Need and How Libraries Can Help
2006 FAME Conference
Discovery Educator Training
Dreamweaver for Web Development
Fireworks
FAME Leadership meeting
Scary, Gross and Enlightening: Books for Boys
Kagan Strategies for Cooperative Learning
2005-06
Standards-Based Library Media Instruction
Stories to Go!
United Streaming video
Go Grolier! (Electronic Database)
Florida Electronic Library
Increasing the Effectiveness of School Media Programs
Mentor Training: Becoming Reflective Practitioners
2005 FAME Conference
Creating Web Quests
Making Math Connections
Strategies for Teaching Reading
National Board scoring (Library Media Entry 2)
2004-05
FCAT STAR-AIP
Excel, Level 2
DIBELS Palm Pilot
FL Association for Media in Education 2004 Conference
PCSB E-mail System - Train the Trainer
NEFEC Regional National Board Mentor Training
2nd Annual NEFEC Media Specialist Showcase
Web Design with FrontPage
Marilyn Burns Math Strategies
Mosaic of Thought Learning Community
Beyond Mother Goose (Pre-Emergent Learning Theory)
Dreamweaver/Fireworks
Spanish Library Language
Kid's Bookmaking for Teachers
Information Literacy for Media Specialists
2003-04
Staff Development Protocol
Improving Parent/Teacher Conferences
Project Praise
FL State Staff Development Guidelines
SuccessMaker Management
FCAT for Parents
Windows XP Security
FL Reading Initiative - Media Specialists Fall Showcase
Clinical Educator
DIBELS Test Administration
FAME 2003 Conference
SURWEB (State of Utah Resources Web)
Web World Wonders
FLARE Institute
National Board scoring, Entry 4
