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International School of Tianjin(IST) Wei Shan Road (Shuang Gang) Jinnan District Tianjin 300350 CHINA Phone: 86-22-2859-2001 FAX: 86-22-2859-2007 Email: beahgo at gmail.com Personal Link School Link & Wiki-Blog
 * Elizabeth Ahrens Gourley**

• **Teacher-librarian** for over eleven years in an International Baccalaureate (IB) school (PYP/MYP/DP) with 500 students (NPK through grade 12). • IST’s **first librarian** who collaboratively designed and developed a vibrant student-centered, information-rich library environment and is at present working on a new library-information commons. • IB **Extended Essay coordinator** and MYP **Approaches to Learning (ATL) leader.** • Led the process for implementation of the **[|Inquiry Cycle Model]** in our PYP. • **Information Literacy Team** co-Chair • **Secondary school English teacher**, including training and experience teaching IB **Language A** and **ESL**. • **Reference/ Electronic Services Librarian** with over seven years experience in all phases of public librarianship who was responsible for direct services at a busy public Reference Desk, development and maintenance of web page and library collection.


 * WORK EXPERIENCES:**
 * 8/1998 - present: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **International School Teacher-Librarian** ||   ||   || International School of Tianjin (IST), China ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 8/1999 - 2002: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **High School English Teacher** ||   ||   || International School of Tianjin, China ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 9/1990 - 7/1998: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **Reference/Electronics/Young Adult Librarian** ||   ||   || [|Handley Regional Library]; Winchester, VA ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 9/1994 - 7/1997: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **Drama Teacher** ||   ||   || Country Day School; Charlestown, WV ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 3/1989 - 8/1990: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **Office Manager** ||   ||   || Walnut Springs Graphics Arts; Winchester, VA ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 10/1988 - 3/1989: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **Cataloger** ||   ||   || Firestone Construction Co.; Waterford, VA ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 7/1988: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **Summer School English Teacher** (grades 9 & 12) ||   ||   || Clarke County; Berryville, VA ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 3/1987 - 1/1988: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **Community Center Activities Coordinator** ||   ||   || Purcellville, VA ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 7/1985 - 4/1986: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **Library Technician** ||   ||   || University of Kentucky Library; Lexington, KY ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 9/1983 - 5/1985: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **Substitute English Teacher**, ||   ||   || Lexington, KY ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 6/1981 - 4/1983: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **English Teacher/Outdoor Education Coordinator/Ranch Manager** ||   ||   || Rawhide Ranch Camp; Sunlight Basin, WY ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 8/1979 - 5/1981: ||  ||   ||   ||   || **High School English Teacher** ||   ||   || Bighorn School Dist.; Greybull, WY ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * DEGREES and CERTIFICATES**
 * 6/2006: ||  ||   || **MSLIS** (MSci Library and Information Science), Beta Phi Mu (G.P.A. 4.0) Drexel University ||
 * 5/1979: ||  ||   || **B.A.** with Honors, Major: English and Education (G.P.A. 3.5) University of Wyoming ||
 * 8/2005 - 7/2010 ||  ||   || Commonwealth of Virginia **Teacher Certification** in English ||


 * AWARDS:**
 * 2005: ||  ||   || [|H.W. Wilson Foundation Scholarship] ||   ||
 * 2004 & 2005: ||  ||   || [|Tung-Li and Hui-Hsi Yuan Award for Excellence] ||   ||
 * 1997: ||  ||   || [|Miriam L. Hornback Scholarship] ||   ||
 * 1978: ||  ||   || [| Ruth Hudson Memorial Scholarship] ||   ||
 * 1974 to 1975: ||  ||   || [|American Field Service] exchange student (Harstad, Norway) ||   ||


 * VOLUNTEER-SERVICE EXPERIENCES:**
 * 2009 || **Accreditation team visit** to UNIS Hanoi ||
 * 2009 || **Advisory member for Heinemann** publishers ||
 * 2008 - present || **Faculty liaison for PFO** ||
 * 2005 - present: || Initiated and continues to liaise with a grassroots Qinghai Tibetan **community-wide service project** at IST that establishes and sustains **cross-cultural relationships** ||
 * 2004 - 2005 || **Accreditation steering committee**; chaired Section F ||
 * 2001-2004 || **IST Board staff representative** ||
 * 2000 - present: || Provides a variety of **English instruction** to Chinese speakers ||
 * 9/1993 - 6/1994: || **Home-schooled** our daughter ||
 * 9/1991 - 5/1992: || Acted as **Effective School parent-representative** at D. G. Cooley, Berryville, VA ||
 * 9/1990 - 5/1991: || Led **nature workshops** for primary grades at VA State Arboretum ||
 * 1990: || Coached youths in community **youth soccer** ||

• Digital Gist (21st Century Learning @Hong Kong, September 2009 & Beijing Learning Summit 2009 • ACAMIS Job-Alike (Beijing 2009). • Gourley, Beth. “ **[|Inquiry–The Road Less Traveled]**.” Knowledge Quest. 37.1 (2008): 18-23. • Exploring Your Approaches to Learning with Technology (Tianjin 2008) • Inquiry cycle model (2007) • Various IST **staff/parent workshops**: online databases, searching skills, information literacy, social software (2000-present). • “**Visions of China**” (Cheyenne, WY 2006) • “Visions of the Future: the Long Tail in the Flat World” EARCOS (Manila 2006) • Organized and coordinated the annual Association of China and Mongolia International Schools (ACAMIS) conference for librarians (Tianjin 2005) • **Online Searching** (Tianjin Normal University 2000)
 * WORKSHOPS and PUBLISHED WORKS**

//Various Librarian Workshops Attended:// ACAMIS Annual Librarian’s workshop (Beijing 2009); **Information Literacy, Research Technology** pre-conference presented by Doug Johnson (EARCOS, Bangkok 2007); **Guided Inquiry: A Framework for Learning through the School Library** pre-conference by Ross Todd (EARCOS, Manila 2006); AASL **Leadership Institute: Leading Through Collaboration** led by Helen Adams (Ho Chi Minh City March 2005); **ALA-Mid-winter** (Philadelphia 2003); **IB-PALMS** (Singapore 2001, Beijing, 2003); **Library and Information Science Foundations** course (USC 1998); **Nonprofit Management** course (George Mason University 1997); **Paraprofessionals** (VA State Library); **Connecting Young Adults** with Patrick Jones (VA State Library); “**Library Goals for Kids**” (VA State Library); **VLIN training** (VA State Library); **ALAN conference** (Pittsburgh); **Books for the Beast** workshop (Baltimore); SOLINET–**Business References; OCLC FirstSearch** training; **Storytelling** (VA State Library); **Children’s Literature** course Shenandoah U 1991); **Difficult Patrons** (City of Winchester); **Reference** (VA State Library); **Reference** course (UK 1986).
 * PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT**

//Various Teacher Workshops Attended://
 * 4 Parties Accreditation** (Bejing 2009); EARCOS **Leadership Strategies for Department Heads and Teacher Leaders** 2-day workshop with Bambi Betts (TEDA, Tangu 2008); **International School’s Gifted Certificate** (ISGC) three-session course (Beijing): 1. “**An Exploration of Who They Are, How to Find Them and What to Do Next** ” by Dr. Karen B. Rogers (2007) 2. “**Provisions and Programs for Gifted Students**” by Dr Katherine Hoekman (2008) 3. “**Meeting the intellectual, social and emotional needs of gifted students in the school setting**” with Dr. James R. Delisle (2008); Learning 2.0 (EARCOS, Shanghai 2007); K12 Online (2006, 2007); **EARCOS conference** (EARCOS, Taipei 1999, Ho Chi Minh City 2005, Manila 2006, Bangkok 2007); EARCOS **Assessment for Learning**—Bambi Betts (Tianjin 2005); IBAP **PYP E-Learning Workshops** (Singapore 2004); **PYP** (Tianjin 2003); **ESL in the Mainstream** course (Tianjin 2003); **Differentiation Institute**–William and Ochan Powell (EARCOS, Tianjin 2003); **IB-Lang A** (Mumbai 2002); **ESL 6-day** workshop w/Virginia Rojas (Feb/Sept 2002); **MYP** (Tianjin 2000); **Aesthetics of Education** course (UVA 1990).

[| ALA]—[|AASL] and [|YALSA] [| ACAMIS] librarian SILC-Asia/[|EARCOS] Executive board 2005 to present.
 * PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:**

Born 29 March 1956 Married, 1 daughter who works in Beijing U.S. Citizen Excellent Health
 * PERSONAL:**

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