Ginny Hoover retired after 31 years of teaching the middle grades in Kansas. She found a second career providing professional development in Six Traits, a writing model that also serves as the model for the Kansas writing assessment. She also does professional development in the areas of social studies, classroom management, and instructional strategies. Hoover is designated by the State of Kansas as a trainer of teachers for Six Traits and as the official lead trainer of teachers for Civics and Government. Recently she was asked to serve again on the Kansas Social Studies Standards Committee to revisit the state social studies standards. She maintains a Web site titled Ginny's Educational WebPages at
http://www.geocities.com/ginnks/ to share her work and to collaborate with teachers around the world. Ginny also writes a regular column, “The Eclectic Teacher,” for Teachers Net at http://teachers.net, and has published language arts units and teacher resources through Teacher Time Savers at http://teachertimesavers.com/GinnyHoover.htm. She also wrote a reference tool on Six Traits published by EDUPRESS.