Kathleen K. Whitaker

Background

Whitaker, Kathleen K. was born on March 26, 1940 in Kansas City, Missoury. Daughter of Richard Ingram and Rosemary (Frost) Kidd.

Education

Bachelor, U. Missouri, 1962; Master of Science, Kansas U., 1982.

Career

Teacher learning disabilities, Wyandotte County Special Education Cooperative, Kansas City, Kansas, 1980-1984; learning specialist diagnostic team Children's Rehabilitation Unit, Kansas U. Medical Center, 1984-1985; teacher learning disabilities, Turner School District, Kansas City, Kansas, 1985-1989; teacher gifted education, Turner School District, Kansas City, Kansas, 1988-1989, 94-; facilitator underachieving gifted education, Shawnee Mission (Kansas) Schools, since 1989; teacher of gifted, since 1994. Presenter, staff member Rimm Underachievement Institute, 1992. Presenter, developer larning materials in field.

Teacher, designer materials for parenting classes.

Achievements

• Kathleen K. Whitaker has been listed as a noteworthy Gifted education facilitator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman worship committee Shawnee Mission Unitarian Society, 1991, trustee, 1992-1993. Advisory board Saramis Teddy Bear Comfort. Member Association for Education Gifted Underachieving Students, Kansas Association for Gifted, Talented and Creative, Phi Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: bicycling, bridge.

Connections

Married William P. Whitaker, February 24, 1962 (divorced 1971). Children: Lorie Beth, Minda Corinne.

Father:

Richard Ingram Kidd

Mother:

Rosemary (Frost) Kidd

Spouse:

William P. Whitaker

child:

Lorie Beth Whitaker

child:

Minda Corinne Whitaker