Biography
About Mary Ledbetter
Mary Ellen Ledbetter was born in Texas City, Texas; attended Texas Lutheran College; and graduated from Western Michigan University with a B.A. in English and Speech, and earned an M.A. in English from Michigan State University. She has taught in public schools in Michigan and Texas as well as at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas.
Ms. Ledbetter has been an instructor in the Writing Process Workshop for teachers, has been a presenter at TMSA, NCTE, and Gifted and Talented Conventions. She has received Goose Creek CISD's Board of Trustees' Bell Award for Outstanding Teacher in 1995, 1997, and 1998, and is currently a presenter/consultant for the Bureau of Education and Research in Bellevue, Washington, where she earned the distinction of being recognized for her Distinguished Teaching and Outstanding Contributions to the Education Profession in 2001.
She is also the instructor featured on a two-part video produced by the
Bureau as well as the author of Writing Portfolio Activities Kit and Ready-To-Use
English Workshop Activities, both of which were published by 
Jossey-Bass,
A Wiley Imprint. Writing Research Projects Activities Kit, which also features
numerous assignments for language arts literature and reading, was published
by Prentice Hall. Other publications include: Something for Everyday, All
About Me, You Say; I Say, Success Series One Folders, Literature/ Grammar/
Application Cards, Nuts and Bolts, Spur State Writing Objectives Texas
Style, and Lasso State Reading Objectives Texas Style.