Authentic Learning through Literature

Teaching since 1998. Accomplished English teacher and perpetual student with over two decades of experience planning and implementing curriculum. A lifetime love of books has led to a life's work dedicated to learning.

Multimodal, inquiry-based, student-centered.

2023 Pennsylvania Poetry Society Contest First Place: William A. Hildebrandt Memorial Award. “The Weaver and the Spinner.” 2022 Pennsylvania Poetry Society Contest First Place: Margaret Meagher Memorial Poetry Award. “Jason at Recess.” 2021 Graham Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University. Outstanding Graduate Student. 2018 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar. “Moby-Dick and the World of Whaling in the Digital Age.” 2018 Pennsylvania Poetry Contest: First Place. Blanche Whiting Keysner Memorial Award.“Stacks and Shelves.” 2017 Pennsylvania Poetry Contest: First Place. Wilbur Lee Fake, Sr. Memorial Award. “Abandoned Turnpike.” 2016 Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute. Washington, DC. 2014. NCTE Secondary Teacher of Excellence for Pennsylvania. 2010. U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Teacher Recognition Award. 2009. Teaching Tolerance Grant. “Teaching Tolerance through Graphic Novels.” 2007. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar. “Writing Africa: Comparative African and European Palavers and Perspectives.” April 2000. Graduate Teaching Fellow of the Year, English Department, University of Vermont. April 1999. Buckham Award, English Department, University of Vermont.

Delta Middle School Teacher, State College Area School District 8/22 - present Graduate Teaching Instructor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 8/21-5/22 Adjunct Instructor. Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology 2/19-5/22 Middle School English Long-term sub. Delta Middle School, State College, PA 1/21-6/21 Curriculum Specialist. Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology 2/19-1/21 Substitute Instructor LLED 401 The Pennsylvania State University 10/1/20-11/5/20 Adjunct Instructor CI 497. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 1/20-5/20 High School English Teacher. State College High School, State College, PA. 8/06-1/19 Instructor for Lit Camp. Community Education. State College, PA. 8/17 Online Instructor. “Technology in the Secondary English Classroom.” Eduspire. 3/15-7/15 Co-Director, Professional Development School. PSU/SCASD State College, PA. 8/10-6/13 SAT Prep Instructor. Community Education. State College, PA. 1/12-12/12 Summer Technology Instructor. Community Education. State College, PA. July 2011 High School English Intern. PDS. The Pennsylvania State University, PA. 8/05-6/06 Upper-School English Teacher. Sandy Spring Friends School, Sandy Spring, MD. 9/01-6/04 Adjunct Lecturer. English Department. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. 9/00-12/01 Graduate Teaching Fellow. English Department. University of Vermont. 9/98-5/00

Publications Hoffman, Kat. “What’s Appropriate, and What’s Appropriation? Teaching Indigenous History & Literature in a Middle School Classroom Context.” Social Studies Journal, Summer 2023, vol 43, issue 2. Hoffman, Kate. Instructor Manual for They Say, I Say, 6th Edition. Norton, 2023. Walker, Kate. Instructor Manual for Uncharted Territory, 2nd Edition. Norton, 2021. Walker, Kate. Instructor Manual for High School Introduction to Literature. Norton, 2019. Walker, Kate. NCTE Blog. “Pay It Forward This Year: A Reminder That Generosity Is Contagious.” 1/15/2018. Walker, Kate. High School Teacher’s Edition for the Glass Menagerie. New Directions, 2018. Walker, Kate. NCTE Blog. “Conference Conversations: Reflecting on the 2016 NCTE Annual Convention in Atlanta. 1/2/17 Walker, Kate. Instructor Manual for Uncharted Territory. Norton, 2016. Walker, Kate & Nahid Soltanzadeh. “Diversifying AP Literature.” NAPDS Blog: Stories from the Field. 24 June 2016. Hoffman, Kate. “Let’s Get Graphic! Carpe Librum, Seize the (YA) book.” English Journal. July, 2015. Hoffman, Kate. “Conference Chair Reflection on PCTELA 2013 ‘Transforming Teaching: Navigating our Rapidly Shifting Profession’” PCTELA Newsletter. Winter 2013. Hoffman, Kate. “The Perks of National Board Certification.” PCTELA Newsletter. Summer 2012. Hoffman, Kate. “The High Point of My Professional Development: An NEH Seminar on Africa.” English Journal. September 2008. Hoffman, Kate. “Comic Life Review.” English Journal. July 2007. Hoffman, Kate. “A Web of One’s Own.” Reading, Writing, and Interpreting Texts. Random House, 2001. Hoffman, Kate. Instructor’s Manual for The Blair Handbook. 3rd edition. Prentice Hall, 2000.