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Kerry C. Coovert, Ed.D
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Barbara Israel, M.Ed
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| Christine Y Mason, Ph D |
Megan Hottle, M.A. |
| Donnell E. Gregory Ed.D |
Titus Hague |
| Laura Dachenbach M.A. |
Diana L. Peterson M. Ed |
| Lonna Floyd, Parent Enagement |
William Peterson M.Ed |
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| David LawrenceDavid
Lawrence, M.Ed is a urban educator in the Ohio market. He is a graduate of University of Cincinnati
and he recieved his masters in Educational Leadership from Wright State
University. He has over 15 years of
experience in urban education; in which 10 were spent in the classroom actively
engaged in applying proven research based instructional strategies and 5 years
in administration. Mr. Lawrence is
particularly adept at building relationships with students and creating and
maintaining a high performance, academic achievement-based building culture by
making expectations clear to staff and students and putting in place internal
process and procedures to support the ongoing implementation of those
expectations.
He has
played a central role in going in to struggling schools and turning them around
with his no nonsense, focused approach to educational. His educational philosophy is that
"Education should be used to eradicate social inequality." By focusing on research-based best practices,
classroom instructional practices, teacher content knowledge and student
engagement, Mr. Lawrence, has found the keys to academic success on a building
level. "This can be duplicated in
other schools around the country so long as the building leader possesses a
dogged determination to stay the course and isn’t stifled by fading bureaucrats
retelling war stories about their distant careers," says David.
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as a summary of Mr. Lawrence’s perspective on contemporary public education
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| Lonna Floyd
Lonna Floyd is a Parent Liaison, Certified Trainer for Parents for Public Schools of Greater Cincinnati (PPSGC) (www.ppsgc.org) and a Parent Engagement Consultant. She has been working passionately and diligently for nearly ten years increasing parent involvement, equipping parents with resources and knowledge in order to support their child’s education and building partnerships between the home, school and community.
Lonna is also one of the trainers for PPSGC that is currently training parents in the Parent Leadership Institute and a new module called the Pathways to Parent Leadership. She collaborated with PPSGC, the Ohio Department of Education and Ohio State University to develop and implement the Pathways to Parent Leadership Module in 2011.
She was promoted and transitioned from the Site Coordinator for PPSGC to a Certified Trainer in January 2011. She also transitioned from being a Parent Involvement Coordinator for Roberts Academy which is a K-8 Cincinnati Public School to the Parent Liaison for VLT Academy which is a K-12 charter school.
She has coordinated trainings and/or trained in Columbiana County School District, Cleveland Public Schools, Columbus Public Schools, Cincinnati Public Schools, and participants from other districts that participated in the Parent Leadership Institute. She has held a variety of workshops, meetings and trainings for parents of many different ethnic backgrounds. She has experience working with school administrators, parents, families and students to help improve schools and communities. She has increased positive Parent Involvement through her diligent efforts to improve schools.
She has dedicated her time to supporting schools, parents, families and students with life obstacles in order for parents and students to be able to focus on education. She believes that parents and families need to be provided with resources to help make wise decisions that could directly affect their child’s education.
Lonna Floyd is passionate about empowering parents with knowledge and skills to help increase their child’s academic achievement. She has made it her mission to help parents, students and schools increase academic achievement because she understands that “Better Schools Mean Better Communities”.
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Kerry C. Coovert, Ed.D
Dayton, Ohio
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education, University of Dayton,
Dayton, Ohio
Masters degreee in the Art of Teaching, Mary Grove College,
Detroit, Michigan
Reading Endorsement, K-12, University of Dayton,
Dayton, OH
Doctorate of Education,Curriculum and Instruction,University of
Cincinnati,Cincinnati,OH
What Knowledge of Culture and Language do
European-American Teachers Bring to the Literacy Education of African-American
Students? Kappa Delta Pi
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor,
Tenure-Track, University of Dayton.
Teaching literacy courses, oversee ECE Senior Block coordination of field
experiences; Implementation of Professional
Development for teachers
Assistant
Professor, Reading, Antioch University McGregor
Teaching literacy courses and coordinating reading endorsement program as
well as reading courses across licensure programs
New Teacher Mentor
K-12, Dayton Public Schools
In charge of mentoring novice teachers, K-12, within the Entry Year Teacher
Program and providing professional development for new teachers.
SCHOLARSHIP
A. ARTICLES (non-peer reviewed)
Aikhionbare, C., Barmore, J., Bengu, E., Brydon-Miller, M., Carnahan, C.,
Carson, D., Coovert,K., et al. (2006). Postcards to Paulo: Applying the
Pedagogical Principles of Freire to the Study of Freire. AR
Expeditions,http://arexpeditions.montana.edu/articleviewer.php?AID=99
Action Research Team
(2008). Postcards to Paulo: Enacting critical pedagogy in the
action research classroom. Journal of Thought, Spring-Summer,11-20.
B. JOURNAL ARTICLES (peer reviewed)
Coovert, K. (in press 2009). What Role Does Culturally Responsive Teaching
Play in Minority Literacy Education? The Ohio Journal of Teacher Education.
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Christine Y Mason, Ph D
Executive Director, Center for Educational Improvement
Washington, DC
EDUCATION
Post-doctorate Fellow:
University of Washington, Transition of youth to post school environments
Post-doctoral Certification: Educational Administration, Arizona State
University
Ph.D., Educational Psychology, Ohio State University.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Executive Director of
the Center for Educational Improvement in the Washington DC
Senior Director of
Research of the Foundation for Exceptional Children
Led Professional
Development Training in the following topics:
-improving
teacher quality
-student achievement
-leadership
capacity building
-teacher retention and mentoring
-new teacher supports
Title 1 and Race
to the Top School Improvement workshops in urban schools for teachers
and Administrators.
-Designing,
-Marketing
-Delivering
Qualitative
research: Focus groups and communities of practice
Grant writing and
educational research
Scenario-based
instruction and strategic planning
SCHOLARSHIP
A. ARTICLES
Mason, C., Mason, C., Harris-Burke, F., Christie, N, (2008). Annual
update: Closing the achievement gap in DC charter Schools. Washington, DC:
Student Support Center.
White, M. & Mason, C. (2006) Characteristics of an effective mentor. TEACHING
Exceptional Children. (refereed)
Mason, C., Dodds, R., & Burgstahler, S. (2005) How all students can
participate in internet research and distance education. techLEARNING News.
http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=164302301 (refereed)
Mason, C., & Webber, J. (Spring, 2002). Principals can accelerate
learning for students by supporting new teachers and adapting curriculum and
instruction to fit students? needs. NASSP Bulletin. Invited article.
Cambridge Accreditation, lesson plans, and student engagement? November 2009,
Miri Piri Academy, teacher professional development.
IDEA Implementation-General and Special Education Collaboration? with Judy
Heumann, Selete Avoke, Colleen McNerney, Beth Bader, and Jay McIntire, to
Council for Exceptional Children Convention, Vancouver, BC, 2000
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Donnell E. Gregory Ed.D
Dayton, Ohio
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education, Wright State University, Fairborn,
OH
Masters degreee in Educational Leadership, Wright State University,
Fairborn, OH
Doctorate, Urban Educational Leadership, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Youth
Development Coordinator for the City of Dayton
Associate
professor at Antioch University McGregor
Teacher of
Middle child (MCE) and Adolescent Young Adults (AYA) programs
Understanding by
Design (UBD)
Designing
curriculum units, performance assessments
School
Improvement Specialist, D Gregory and Associates
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Megan Hottle, M.Ed.
Columbus, Ohio
EDUCATION
M. Ed. Indiana Wesleyan University, in progress
Bachelor of Arts, Middle Childhood Education (4-9) Wittenberg University. Springfield, Ohio.
OBJECTIVE:
To implement instruction that significantly improves student literacy skills and achievement test scores.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Curriculum planning based on Ohio and National Academic Content Standards, Benchmarks and Indicators.
Plan and instruct differentiated lesson for students with a variety of learning needs.
Incorporate knowledge of Ohio standards in short term, and long term, learning objectives.
Assessments to track student mastery of objectives.
Classroom Management-- Conduct well-managed, safe, efficient classroom environment.
Passed both Praxis II and Praxis III. Highly Qualified teacher in Ohio
Professional Development Experience:
2008 Ohio e-Tech Convention
Technology in the Classroom
Content Area Reading
Calming the Chaos with Love and Logic
Read 180 Teacher Implementation
Short Answer Test Strategies
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Barbara Israel, M.Ed
Cleveland, Ohio
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education, Indiana University, Indiana
English and Pyschology Certification (grades 7-12)
Masters degreee in Curriculum and Instruction, Cleveland State
University, Cleveland, Ohio
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Assessment for
Learning / including Train the Trainer seminars
Content Area
Literacy
Writing Across
the Curriculum
Appreciative
Inquiry model for organizational development
Data Driven
Decision Making, including Value-Added data models
Differentiated
Instruction
Understanding By
Design
Universal Design
for Learning
Regional Value-Added
Specialist
Formative Assessment
Trainer
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Laura Dachenbach, MA
EDUCATION
BS Ed, Bowling Green State University
MA, The Ohio State University
Ohio Endorsement in TESOL
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
- Ohio TESOL Administrative Board, Higher Education/Post-Secondary
Interest Section Representative.
- Co-Chair, 2008 Lau Center/Ohio TESOL Fall
Conference.
- Ohio TESOL Summit on Higher Education
Initiatives Co-Organizer.
- Adjunct Faculty at The Ohio State University
and Columbus State Community College.
- Field Experience Supervisor at Ohio Dominican
University.
- K-12 TESOL teacher
- Reading Recovery
- Applied Linguistics
- Technology
- Urban Methods
Presentations and
Workshops
- The Commanding English Program. (Mar. 2008). Ohio TESOL Statewide
Summit.
- Zen and the Art of TESOL Program Maintenance. (Nov. 2007). Ohio TESOL Fall conference.
- Life Beyond High School: What College-Bound
ESL Students Should Know. (Nov.
2006). Ohio TESOL Fall conference.
- Student Problems and Problem Students. (Nov. 2005). Ohio TESOL Fall
conference.
- Plagiarism: Competing Views and Pedagogies. (Nov. 2004). Arts and Sciences Lecture
Series, Columbus State Community College.
- When Bad Things Happen in Good Books: Studying
Censorship in the Classroom. (Nov. 2004). Ohio TESOL Fall conference.
- Writing Without Erasers: Paragraphs Made Easy. (Nov. 2003). Ohio TESOL Fall
conference.
- A Survey on Peer Conferences. (Apr. 2003). Staff Development
Session, ESL Composition Program, The Ohio State University.
- Assessing ESL Student Essays. (Feb. 2002) Staff
Development Session, English Department, The Ohio State
University. .
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Diana L. Peterson M.Ed.
EDUCATION
M. Ed. Concorida College, Chicago Il, in progress
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism Central State University. Wilberforce, Ohio.
Diana Peterson is the founder of KIDS2000, a non-profit organization that focuses on teacher professional development from a student perspective, youth enrichment activities and extended educational opportunities for at risk youth. Mrs. Peterson specializes in helping teachers modify lesson plans to reach students who are otherwise hard to reach. She also assists principals and administrators in creating avenues in reaching and involving parents in their child's educational process.
She is also an Ohio certified school improvement facilitator. In her work with schools she has helped increase scores in math and reading by as much as 12-15%. Her knowledge of how students are motivated to learn has helped her in conducting numerous staff trainings on the topic.
Diana is a conference speaker and minister who deliver powerful teachings on the power of relationships, child safety, the importance of education as a family affair and creating successful links between home and school.
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