Claudette Morton

Background

Morton, Claudette was born on January 21, 1940 in Billings, Montana, United States. Daughter of Hugh Wesley and Timey Delacy (Hopper) Morton.

Education

Bachelor in Drama, U. Montana, 1963; Master of Arts in Drama, U. Montana, 1964; Doctor of Education in Education, U. Montana, 1990.

Career

Teacher English, supervisor, Moorhead (Minnesota) State University, 1964-1965; subordinate teacher, Missoula and Glassgow (Montana) School district, 1965-1970; English teacher, director speech, drama, Glasgow H.S., 1970-1978; English specialist, liaison to county supervisor, Office of Public Instruction, Helena, Montana, 1978-1986; executive secretary and state agency director, Board of Public Education, Helena, 1986-1990; director Montana rural education center and western Montana college associate professor education, U. Montana, Dillon, 1990-1996; executive director, Montana Small Schools Alliance, Helena, since 1996. Member rural education advising committee Northwest Reginal Education Laboratory, Portland, 1991-1996, advisory board Center for Study of Small and Rural Schools U. Oklahoma, since 1993. Member Blue Ribbon Schools Panel, unites states department Education, 1994, 96-.

Achievements

• Claudette Morton has been listed as a noteworthy Education administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Church Public Policy Montana Arts Council, 1978-1986, chair Montana Cult. Advocacy, 1982-1986; state. president American Association of University Women, Montana, 1988-1990, theatre content church arts assessment planning committee Council of Chief State School Officers. Member National Assessment Ednl.

Progress (arts assessment, oversight committee), National Rural Education Association (Howard A. Dawson award for service 1995), National Council of Teachers of English, American Association Colls. of Teacher Educators, American Education Research Association, Montana Alliance for Arts Education, Delta Kappa Gamma, Phi Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, hiking, cross country skiing, politics. the arts.

Connections

Married Larry Roy Johnson, July 5, 1959 (divorced 1987). 1 child, Eric Roy Johnson. Married George Miller, September 3, 1987.

Father:

Hugh Wesley Morton

Mother:

Timey Delacy (Hopper) Morton

Spouse:

George Miller

Spouse:

Larry Roy Johnson

child:

Eric Roy Johnson Morton