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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to honor Charleston High School
4 teacher Tina Winings for her many accomplishments and accolades
5 throughout her career; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Tina Winings was born on July 1, 1956 in
7 Indianapolis, Indiana; she married Larry Winings in 1978; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Tina Winings received her bachelor's degree in
9 speech communication from Eastern Illinois University in 1978;
10 she received her master's degree in speech communication from
11 EIU in 1979 and her master's degree in English from EIU in
12 1984; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Tina Winings has had a long and distinguished
14 career in education; she has taught English, honors English,
15 speech, and theatre at Charleston High School since 1980; she
16 helped to design and implement 6 honors English classes taught
17 at CHS; she taught beginning literature night courses at
18 Lakeland College in the fall of 1981; she taught basic English
19 at EIU during the summer of 1982; and she taught summer speech
20 oral interpretation workshops from 1994 to 2003; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Tina Winings has coached and directed many

 

 

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1 theatrical performances and training camps, including the EIU
2 Speech Camp, the Charleston High School Speech and Drama Team,
3 CHS Drama and Group Interpretation events, the Homecoming
4 Variety Show, the SCOTIE Tourney, the Spring Variety Show, the
5 Spring Comedy and Drama Revue, the CHS Annual Spring Novice
6 Tourney, the Illinois High School Theatre Festival, the CHS
7 Annual Class Talent Competition, and the Charleston Middle
8 School Speech Program; and she organized and implemented a
9 National Forensic League Charter at CHS in 2007; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Tina Winings has served as mentor for student
11 teachers and practicum students from 1982 to 2006; she
12 participated in the New Teacher Mentor Workshop in August 2004;
13 and she organized the New Coaches Mentoring Workshops of 2003,
14 2004, and 2006; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Tina Winings has received many awards and honors
16 during her career; she was selected as a Charleston Business
17 and Professional Women's Young Career Woman of the Year in
18 1986; she was selected to be on the State Speech Advisory
19 Committee for Individual Events from 1994 to 1996; she was the
20 SCOTIE Coach of the Year for 1995; she received the Education
21 is the Key Award in 2003; she was a member of the IHSA State
22 Drama and Group Interpretation Committee from 2002 to 2007; and
23 she received the ISTA Edith Harrod Award in 2006; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Tina Winings has served in various positions with
2 the Charleston United Way, the Special Commission on
3 Tournaments and Individual Events, the Charleston Education,
4 the ISTA, the Soaring Schools Initiative, and the Consortium of
5 Information and Telecommunications Executives; she currently
6 serves as the Membership/Public Relations Chair for the ISTA;
7 and she is a member of a creative team selected to design and
8 implement new teacher induction programs for Charleston
9 Community Unit School District #1; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Tina Winings' dedication to her profession has
11 truly been a model for the people of the State of Illinois;
12 therefore, be it
 
13     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
14 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
15 honor Tina Winings for her many accomplishments and accolades
16 throughout her career and wish her continued success and
17 happiness in the future; and be it further
 
18     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19 presented to Tina Winings as a symbol of our esteem and
20 respect.