Daron W. Kennett is the English Language Arts and English Learner Assessment Specialist at the Utah State Office of Education. He also teaches literacy endorsement courses through a number of local universities. Prior to this Daron taught English language arts reading and ESL in public schools and served as the ELA supervisor in his local school district. Kristin van Brunt has been an English Language Arts teacher for the Davis County School District in northern Utah for the past 21 years and she currently teaches at Viewmont High School. She has extensive experience working not only with secondary students but also with ELA teachers. In conjunction with the Utah State Office of Education Kristin has facilitated professional learning related to the Common Core State Standards throughout the state in both face-to-face and online formats. Kim S. Rathke has spent 17 years in the classroom teaching Language Arts/Journalism to 7th through 10th graders. She is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher in Early Adolescent Language Arts as well as holding endorsements in Reading Gifted and Talented Education and English as a Second Language. Kim has a Bachelor of Science in English/Journalism Teaching with a Minor in History Teaching; and a Masters of Education in Secondary Education with an emphasis on Gifted and Talented Education. Her thesis involved Tracking Student Writing Using Online Essay Assessment. . Language: English