Background
Wiley, Shirley Winona Walters was born on May 20, 1920 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Daughter of John and Cressie (Gottschalk) Walters.
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Shirley Winona Walters Wiley
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Shirley Winona Walters Wiley, American adult education educator, artist. Achievements include Awards to students studying with Shirley Wiley; Five Woodrow Wilson Fellows; National Council of Teachers of English Writing Awards, 1961-1965; Atlantic Monthly Crative Writing Awards, 1966-1975. Lecturer Women's Institute, Houston; Member of Citywide Creative Writing Anthology, Cum Laude, Houston Society.division of Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University Texas, 1938—1941. Master of Education, University Houston, 1951. Attended, Community College, Houston, Texas, 1984—1997.
Attended, Rice University Continuing Education, Houston, Texas, 1982—1989. Attended, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1984. Attended, The Breadloaf School of English, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1993.
Career
Bilingual teacher El Paso Elementary Public School, El Paso, Texas, 1942. English teacher Reagan High School, Houston, 1947—1954. Chairman English department Bellaire Senior High School, 1954—1969.
Master teacher Rice University, 1965—1992, University director film study for teachers, 1969—1975, lecturer in education department, 1970—1971. English teacher, curriculum design High School for Performing Arts, 1970—1973. Chairman English department The Kinkaid School, 1987.
Citation National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Miami, Florida, 1991. English teacher The Kinkaid School, Houston, 1974—1995. Teacher, specialized writing Women's Institute, since 1997.
Guest lecturer Art History The Kinkaid School, Houston, 1997. Associated Press consultant, lecturer CEEB, Southern West Region, 1993—1995. Leader,advanced composition workshop HISD Area1, Houston, 1977—1978.
Literature committee CEEB, Princeton, New Jersey, 1964—1970. Advisory board Rice University, Houston, 1963—1964. Lecturer Harris County Writing for Teacher, Houston, 1963—1964.
Achievements
Membership
Lecturer Women's Institute, Houston. Member of Citywide Creative Writing Anthology, Cum Laude, Houston Society.division of Phi Beta Kappa.
Interests
Connections
Married Lee Grandison Wiley, August 20, 1941. 1 child Lee Walters.
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Nationality
American
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1951
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1942
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1947 - 1954
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1954 - 1969
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1970 - 1973
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1974 - 1995
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Recipient First Film Student Made, KUHT Television Station, 1953, sponsor, Creative Writing Club, Bellaire Senior High School, 1956-1959, National Honor Society, Bellaire Senior High School, 1958-1963, District Judge, Southwest Area National Council of English Writing, 1959-1963, speaking, Southern Texas Regional Conference of National Education Association, 1961, Texas Joint Committee for Secondary School and College, 1962, art director, Convention of National Council of Teachers of English, 1966, Teacher of the Year, Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1967, Harvard University, 1967, consultant, Open U.: The Humanities, University of Houston, 1975, major speaker, National Council of Teachers of English, Secondary, 1976, lecturer, Advanced Placement Workshops, Houston, 1977-1978, Advanced Placement Workshops, Galveston, Texas, 1977, Advanced Placement Workshops, Albuquerque, 1977, Advisory Placement Workshops, Austin,Texas, 1979, Advanced Placement Workshops, El Paso,Texas, 1980, Advanced Placement Workshops, Oklahoma City, 1981, Advanced Placement Workshops, W. Orange Cove, Information Systems Development, 1982, Advanced Placement Workshops, Orange Consolidated School District, 1983, Citation, Southern Methodist University, 1985, Special Recognition CEEB Award, Associated Press Commission, 1985, Columbianna Award for Outstanding Teaching at Kinkaid, Kinkaid School, 1993, University Citation, Tufts University, 1994.Recipient First Film Student Made, KUHT Television Station, 1953, sponsor, Creative Writing Club, Bellaire Senior High School, 1956-1959, National Honor Society, Bellaire Senior High School, 1958-1963, District Judge, Southwest Area National Council of English Writing, 1959-1963, speaking, Southern Texas Regional Conference of National Education Association, 1961, Texas Joint Committee for Secondary School and College, 1962, art director, Convention of National Council of Teachers of English, 1966, Teacher of the Year, Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1967, Harvard University, 1967, consultant, Open U.: The Humanities, University of Houston, 1975, major speaker, National Council of Teachers of English, Secondary, 1976, lecturer, Advanced Placement Workshops, Houston, 1977-1978, Advanced Placement Workshops, Galveston, Texas, 1977, Advanced Placement Workshops, Albuquerque, 1977, Advisory Placement Workshops, Austin,Texas, 1979, Advanced Placement Workshops, El Paso,Texas, 1980, Advanced Placement Workshops, Oklahoma City, 1981, Advanced Placement Workshops, W. Orange Cove, Information Systems Development, 1982, Advanced Placement Workshops, Orange Consolidated School District, 1983, Citation, Southern Methodist University, 1985, Special Recognition CEEB Award, Associated Press Commission, 1985, Columbianna Award for Outstanding Teaching at Kinkaid, Kinkaid School, 1993, University Citation, Tufts University, 1994.