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Doris Sanders
English Specialist IV

  • Doris taught for 27 years in Texas public school systems.  
  • She taught, at various times, Pre-AP* , Gifted, Dyslexia, and Regular Language Arts; Creative Writing; Social Studies; TAAS Remediation; Title I Reading; and English as a Second Language. 
  • She was Language Arts Department Chair and TAAS Coordinator at Cedar Bayou Junior School in Baytown.
  • Doris taught at Lamar University, San Jacinto Community College, and Lee College.
  • She received the Teaching Excellence Award presented by Southwest Bank of Texas and the Baytown Sun in 2002.
  • Doris was named to Who's Who among Teachers in America  in 2004 and 2005.
  • She contributed to A Lighthouse Initiative for Language Arts Teachers , published by the Texas Education Agency in cooperation with the Southwestern Regional Office, College Board, 2000.
  • Doris also contributed to Laying the Foundation® : A Resource and Planning Guide for Pre-AP ® English , published by AP Strategies™, 2004.
  • Doris has been a lead presenter for Advanced Placement Summer Institutes, Pre-AP* Middle School English, since 1998.
  • She has a B.S. degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a M.A. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and is certified as an Alphabetic Phonics Therapist.
  • Contact: dsanders@layingthefoundation.org
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