 Julie Joynt has been in education for
sixteen years and has taught kindergarten through high school subjects from
English to drama. For the last four
years she has served as a resource teacher for Safe and Drug
Free Schools. While at the high school level, Julie worked
closely with the Tech-Prep Program aligning her drama content with work-related
skills that were required for dual-enrollment degrees. She was voted Titusville High's Teacher of
the Year as well as the North Area Secondary Teacher of the Year.
Julie holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education and
a master's degree in language arts education from The University of Central
Florida. She likes to think of herself
as a life-long student and learner, participating in the Central Florida
Writing Project in 1997,presenting at the Florida Secondary Reading Council,
the National Tech-Prep Conference, and teaching The 7 Habits of Highly
Effective Teens to adult education students.
She has served as an adjunct instructor for National-Louis
University in Orlando
teaching speech and women in theater, and has worked with homebound students
for the past five years tutoring them in world history, integrated science, American
history, English I, II, and III. She
wrote the chapter "Pencils, Books, and Guns: Violence Goes to School," in Using
Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with End-of-Life Issues, edited by
Janet Allen and published by Greenwood Press.
The past nine summers were spent as a facilitator for
Dr. Janet Allen's It's Never to Late Literacy Institutes. Keeping a close connection with literacy has
been a mainstay in Julie's life. At each
grade level and in each subject, making connections with literature is how
Julie has taught all her subject matter.
As a resource teacher and now closely involved in alcohol, drug,
tobacco, and violence prevention, Julie uses literature of every kind to help
students make connections, learn prevention strategies, and make positive
choices in their futures.
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