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What's the latest?
Check out my latest
article, "Why Teachers Must Be Data Experts," in the
December 2008/January 2009 edition of Educational
Leadership magazine. You can find a digital
copy on
ASCD's website.
I finished up my twelfth
year of teaching as Mid-Carolina's Teacher of the Year
in June of 2009. I have to say that the last two
years as a high school English teacher were fabulous.
I learned a great deal about myself as an educator and
about about teaching older secondary students in a
small, rural (but progressive) district and working with
colleagues in a place where teachers often end up
teaching at the same school they attended as students.
It was an enlightening contrast from ten years in
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, an urban district of
135,000 students. I'm looking forward to
maintaining and enriching the many friendships and
professional connections I've made over the past two
years.
While in Newberry, much of
my leadership and professional development work has
centered around improving teachers' classroom data and
assessment literacy through inquiry and collaboration.
Check out MCHS's
data website
which I designed and built to provide a foundation for
faculty discussion and decision-making.
At the end of July, I will
be presenting a week-long course in data and assessment
I wrote and designed for teachers participating in
Guilford County (NC) School's alternative certification
program. The eight intensive, half-day components
of the course are Summative Assessment, Formative
Assessment, Analysis of Test Results, Data Sharing,
Giving Meaningful Feedback, Grading, Homework, and
Taking Action from Data. Feel free to contact me
if you would like more information.
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