SHS Language Arts

Classes:
English 10
English 10 Honors
English 11
English Lit. / Shakespeare

Professional Awards:
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Recipient "Teaching Shakespeare from Performance;" State Assessment reader for Writing Assessment; Item Writer for the State Reading Assessment; Oregon Department of Education and Oregon University System PASS Moderator; AP Workshop Grant Recipient

Education:
B.A. in Education from Eastern Washington University, 1977.
Major: English
Minor: Secondary Remedial Reading
M.A. Western Oregon University, 1982

Bio:
Ms. Barker was born in Roseburg, Oregon and also grew up there. She graduated from Roseburg High School in 1972, graduated from college in 1977, and earned her M.A. degree in 1982. Ms. Barker has been teaching for 29 years. She has taught in Roseburg, Newport, Creswell, and at Marist High School in Eugene. She was hired to work at Springfield High in 2001.

Ms. Barker's daughter, Missie, is enrolled at the University of Oregon majoring in French and biology toward a career in medicine. Her other daughter, Brooke, is enrolled at Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR, majoring in Exercise and Movement Science, leading to a career as a physical therapist.

In Ms. Barker's spare time, she enjoys playing golf, reading, and gardening.

Favorite Quote:
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
-Langston Hughes

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