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I am proud to have  worked with school districts from across the nation to improve the quality of teaching and learning K-12. To learn more about my projects visit my showcase. Material from recent presentations is in the presentation notes section of my blog. To see comments from participants at my workshops visit reviews. For my institutional clients click here.

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From 2006 Oregon Dept of Education Conference
Ninth Grade Academy - A Small Learning Community that Works 
Rigor, Relevance and Reading for Struggling to Average Readers 
Digital Publishing for Students and Teachers 

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K-12 Presentations

Walk-Through Training for Rigor, Relevance and Literacy
Hood River County School District, Hood River OR, 2008
Northwest Regional Educational Service District, Hillsboro, OR, 2008
North Bend School District 13, North Bend OR, 2008
Lakeland High School, White Lake MI, 2007
Elizabeth Forward School District, Elizabeth PA, 2007

Rigor, Relevance and Literacy
Keynote: Texas State Social Studies Supervisors Conference, Austin TX, 2008
Hood River County School District, Hood River OR, 2008
Northwest Regional Educational Service District, Hillsboro, OR, 2008
North Bend School District 13, North Bend OR, 2008
Erie II BOCES, Angola NY, 2008

American Community School, Amman Jordan, 2007
Lakeland High School, White Lake MI, 2007

Mid-Willamette Education Consortium, Salem OR, 2007

Oregon Department of Education Summer Institute, Portland OR, 2007

Newberg Public Schools, Newberg OR, 2007
Central School District 13J, Independence OR, 2007
Elizabeth Forward School District, Elizabeth PA, 2007
West Jefferson School District, Jefferson Hills PA, 2007
Pottsgrove School District, Pottsgrove PA, 2007
Strategies for Success Oregon DOE, Portland OR, 2007
Warren County Schools, Bowling Green KY, 2006

St. Clair County RESA,
Marysville, MI. 2006

Burlington High School / Middle School, Burlington MA, 2006

CESA 7 Green Bay WI, 2006

NC Principals’ Executive Program, Durham NC, 2006
Carmel USD, Carmel CA, 2006
Belleville West High School, Belleville IL, 2006
Lindenwold High School, Lindenwold NJ, 2006
Delran Middle School, Delran NJ 2006
NYS Office of Children and Family Services, Various Sites, 2004 and 2005
Brownsburg Community School Corporation, Brownsburg IN, 2004
Ottawa Area Independent School District, Holland MI, 2001 and 2002 
Sturgis Public Schools, Sturgis MI, 2002 
Antelope Valley School District, Lancaster CA, 1998 
Iroquois Central Schools, Elma NY, 1998 
Pawtucket School Department, Pawtucket RI, 1990 
Brockton Public Schools, Brockton MA, 1989 

Digital Publishing - Rigor and Relevance in Action
Mid-Willamette Education Consortium, Salem OR, 2007
Lakeland High School, White Lake MI, 2007

Digital Publishing for Rigor and Relevance, Batavia City Schools, Batavia NY, 2007

Michigan Summit for Model Schools, Farmington Hills MI, 2007
New Technologies / “New Literacies”  Fisher College, Rochester NY 2007  
NC Principals’ Executive Program, Durham NC, 2006
Oregon Department of Education Summer Institute, Portland OR, 2006

Model School Conference, ICLE, Orlando FL, 2006
NYS Office of Children and Family Services, Multiple Sites, 2006

Ninth Grade Academies  - Small Learning Communities that Work
Campbell County School District, Gillette WY, 2007
Springville-Griffith Institute HS, Springville NY, 2007
Fay-Penn Economic Development Council, Uniontown PA, 2007
Model School Conference, ICLE, Orlando FL, 2006
Gaining on the Gap Conference, DuPage ROE, Chicago IL, 2006
Pike County Schools, Pike County KY, 2006
Reinventing High School Conference, ICLE, Washington DC, 2005

Content Reading Strategies that Work
School 28 Rochester City School District, Rochester NY 2008
CESA 7, Green Bay WI, 2007
Erie II BOCES, Fredonia NY, 2007

MAPSA Conference, Detroit MI, 2007
Gaining on the Gap Conference, DuPage ROE, Chicago IL, 2006

Las Cruses Public School District, Las Cruces NM, 2006
Lemon Bay HS,
Englewood FL, 2006
Colonial School District, Plymouth Meeting PA, 2006
Pope High School, Marietta GA, 2006
NYS Office of Children and Family Services, sites across NYS, 2004-6
Lindenwold High School Lindenwold NJ, 2006
L'Anse Creuse Public Schools,  L'Anse Creuse MI, 2006
Learning Through Literacy Summer Institute, Toronto Canada, 2005
Wilson County Schools, Nashville TN, 2005
School City of Hobart, Hobart IN, 2005
Delran Middle School, Delran NJ 2005

Parkland High School, Winston-Salem NC, 2005
Model School Conference, Nashville TN, 2005
Chaminade College Preparatory School, Los Angeles CA, 2005
Winnfield Senior High School, Winnfield LA, 2005
Killingly Public Schools, Danielson CT, 2005
Learning Through Literacy Conference, Toronto Canada, 2004
Model School Conference, Washington DC, 2004
Casa Grande UHS, Casa Grande AZ, 2004
Burlington HS, Burlington MA, 2004
Learning 24/7 - NSCI Conference, Rochester NY, 2004
Honeoye Central Schools, Honeoye NY, 2004

Social Studies Curriculum Design and Mapping
High School for International Business and Finance, NYC NY 2007
Concordia Parish Schools, Concordia Parish LA, 2006

Volusia County Schools, Volusia County FL, 2006
Middle Township High School, Cape May NJ, 2002
Waynesboro School District, Waynesboro PA, 2002 
Antelope Valley School District, Lancaster CA, 2000  
Carter Center, Emory University, Atlanta GA, 1985

Instructional Technology
Using TurningPoint ARS, Klamath County Schools, Klamath Falls OR, 2007
Learning Through Literacy Summer Institute, Toronto Canada, 2005
Solutions for Schools Conference, Eduventures, Boston MA, 2004
American International School, Vienna Austria, 2003
Tech Forum, New York City NY, 2003
Element K Conference, Rochester NY, 2003
Tech Forum Conference, New York NY, 2002
St John Fisher College, Rochester NY, 2002 and 2003
Brighton Central Schools, Brighton NY, 2002
Model School Conference, Orlando FL, 2001

Monroe BOCES I, Fairport NY, 2001 and 2000

White Mountains Regional School District, Whitefield NH, 2000  
Waterloo Central Schools Waterloo NY,  2000
Model School Conference, San Antonio TX, 2000
Honeoye Falls-Lima CSD, Honeoye Falls NY, 2000  
Monroe BOCES II, Spencerport NY, 2000
Monroe BOCES I, Fairport NY, 1999
  
Antelope Valley School District, Lancaster CA, 1999
Nogales High School, Nogales AZ, 1999
Waterloo Central Schools, NY 1999
National Education Computing Conference, San Diego CA, 1998
International Conference for Information Technology, Washington DC, 1998
NYS Digital Mapping Conference, Rochester NY, 1997  
NYS Council for Social Studies State Conference, Rochester NY, 1997

Program Development and Assessments
North Bend School District 13, North Bend OR, 2007

Ninth Grade Academy Planning, Pike Co Schools, Pike Co KY, 2006
CTE Program Development, Palm Beach County Schools, Palm Beach FL, 2004
Academic Intervention Program Development, Kendall CSD, Kendall NY, 2001

“Middle School Assessments,” Albion Central School, Albion NY, 2000 
“Academic Intervention,” NYSED In-service Conference, Albany NY, 2000 
“Teaching With Documents,” Iroquois Central Schools, Elma NY, 1999 
“Building Standards” Erie BOCES II, Angola NY, 1998 
“School-to-Work Integration,” Ohio STW Consortium, Deer Creek OH, 1998 
“Critical Thinking in the Classroom,” NERCSS Conf, Boston MA, 1989.  

No Child Left Behind / Strategies for Success
Phi Delta Kappa, Rochester NY, 2004
Project LEARN, Old Lyme CT, 2003
Tech Forum, New York City NY, 2003
Model Schools Conference, Orlando FL, 2003
St John Fisher College, Rochester NY,  2003
Honeoye Falls-Lima CSD, Honeoye Falls NY, 2003  

Block Scheduling Transition
White Mountains Regional School District, Whitefield NH, 2000

Tucson Unified School District
, Tucson AZ, 2000 
Waterloo Central Schools NY,  2000    

 

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