Susie Wilde
Teacher, Writer, Reviewer, Presenter,
Consultant, Children’s Book Specialist
7400 Talbryn Way
Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
(919) 932-3300
email: susiewilde@bellsouth.net
Professional Teaching Experience:
Fall 2016 Writer-in-residence Aulander Elementary School, Bertie County, grant from North Carolina Arts Council
Winter 2016 Full-school professional development and modeling at Aulander Elementary School, Bertie County, grant from North Carolina Arts Council
Winter 2015 Guest Lecturer at Elon University, Elon, NC
Fall 2014 Full-school professional development and classroom modeling at Stoneville, Elementary School, Rockingham County, NC
Fall 2014 10 session residency at Underwood Elementary, Raleigh, NC
Fall 2013 Whole school professional development and modeling, South Toe River Elementary School, Yancey County
2013 Guest lecturer for education students at Antioch University, Santa Barbara, CA
2012-3 Rural, low wealth residencies in Warrenton, Wilkes and Yancey Counties, funded by North Carolina Arts Council
2012 “Pictures and Words: Writing and Illustrating for children,” a two-week workshop for teachers and artists at Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC; self-publication of Passage: & Its Making, a class resource about creating picture books.
2012 Series of five teacher trainings at Bogue Sound Elementary School centered on boys’ reading and higher order thinking, sponsored by UNC Chapel Hill’s First Schools
2011 “What Can a Small Bird Be?” a book collaboration with Peg Gignoux and teen writers/illustrators from across NC, sponsored by NC Department of Public Instruction and the NC Museum of Art
2004-2011 Story Quilt collaborations with Peg Gignoux in Yancey, Wake, Dare, Orange, Alamance, Durham, Guilford counties
2009 Luncheon Speaker at Eastern Carolina University, “Books Your Students Will Devour”
2009 Children’s Literature Training Seminar for Preschool Teachers for DOPA (Durham Orange Preschool Association)
2007 Collaboration with Washington Gallery, Welsh artist, Heloise Godfrey and Llandough Primary School’s Language and Speech Unit, South Wales, Great Britain
2007 “Pangeo’s Story Project”, Mary Scroggs Elementary School, Chapel Hill, NCAn arts-based collaboration of music, song, story, art, and creative movement
2006 Collaboration with Washington Gallery, Welsh artist, Heloise Godfrey and 5th-6th grade students at Radnor Road Primary in Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
2005 Designed and co-led “Heroes” reading-writing program for at-risk 5th graders at Estes Elementary School, Chapel Hill, NC
2005 Visiting Artist at Elon University for Winter Term course, funded by James H. McEwan Visual Arts Fund.
2005 Leader Teacher and Project Developer for ArtsTeach Professional Development, Charlotte, NC
2004 Keynote address at Eastern Carolina University “No Teacher Left Untested: Bringing Meaning to Literacy Instruction”
2004-2013 CEU Workshop Leader for Meredith College in Raleigh, NC
2002-2008 Guest lecturer, Duke University, Durham, NC
2000-present Leader of Professional Development Seminars
1990-present Presenter for parents, families & teachers on the uses of children’s books & writing.
1990-2001 Visiting artist/ performer offering writing residencies and educational presentation about writing to children K-6
1998 National Presenter at YMCA Childcare Conference, Chicago, IL
1988-1989 Coordinator, Santa Barbara County Year of the Young Reader
1987-present Children’s book and audio reviewer (see publishing credits below)
