Earlene Hairston Thornton, American Newspaper editors Certified Maryland. Advanced Professional, New York Permanent Advanced Professional Elementary and Middle School supervisor, elementary and middle school principal, special education, reading specialist, English teacher, counselor.
Education
Bachelor in Education, Winston-Salem U.
Master of Arts in Reading and Special Education, Virginia State University
student, University Virginia, 1966-1967;
student, Syracuse University, 1969-1971;
Doctor of Education, George Washington University, 1989.
Career
Assistant director College Reading Clinic, Virginia Union U., Richmond, 1966-1967;
language arts chairperson, reading specialist, Elmira, New York, 1967-1972;
reading specialist, Montgomery County School System, Maryland., 1975-1988;
guidance counselor, Montgomery County School System, Maryland., since 1988;
counselor, county schools, Maryland., 1975-1994;
executive editor, The County Globe, Frederick, Maryland., since 1990. Adjunct college professor. Vice president G.E.D. Corporation.
Title I evaluator New York State Department Education, 1971. Instructor English Frederick Community College, 1976-1981.
Membership
Chairman Frederick County Ethnic Festival, 1977-1986. Vice president Patuxent Women,1990-1994. Board directors Cmty.
Living, Inc. Member National Education Association (education committee Frederick's Human Rels. Council), American Association of University Women (past vice president), International Reading Association (past president), Maryland. Council Education Association, Frederick Negro Business and Professional Women, Frederick County's Human Rels.
Council (chairman), Delta Kappa Gamma (chairman professional affairs committee, president Gamma chapter), Phi Delta Kappa.