Professional Development Workshop Presenters
* All biographies supplied by the presenter
Pat Alexander
Pat is currently employed as UniServ Director by MSTA, assigned
to the Prince George’s County Educators’ Association field
office. Prior to coming to Maryland, Pat worked in both Ohio and Illinois
Pat was a local leader at Teachers’ Association of Baltimore County and also served on the MSTA board of directors.
She is a retired teacher from Baltimore County and enjoys traveling, reading and spending time with her family and friends.
Christine Amiss
Christine E. Amiss is the district IB Programme Coordinator
for the Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Maryland, and an IB English
examiner. Before
coming to AACPS, she was an IB English teacher in Hong Kong. She
also worked for Baltimore County Public Schools for sixteen years, serving
as a teacher,
the IB Diploma Programme coordinator for Kenwood High School, and
an assistant principal.
Darrell “Coach D” Andrews
Darrel “Coach D” Andrews
is the president of Darrell Andrews Enterprises and FamQuest, Inc. Both
companies focus on motivational speaking,
training and coaching programs. He regularly speaks at conferences
and events throughout the United States on the topics of passion, positive
attitude, education motivation and professional development. He is
the
author of How to Find Your Passion and Make a Living At I, The Visionizer
Goal Setting System and the developer of the HYPE (Helping Youth
Pursue Excellence) School of Dreams Video Series.
Darrell has been featured on NPR Radio’s Tavis Smiley Show and is known as “America Passion Coach” on CNN’s Your Morning. He has also been featured in Black Enterprise Magazine. He is a regular guest on many radio and television programs nationally.
Andrews is the recipient of the Philadelphia “40 Under 40” Minority Executive Awars as well as many other leadership awards. He has received mayoral proclamations from both Mayor James Sills and Mayor James Baker for his work as a Delaware Business Owner, and for being a positive role model to the youth of Wilmington, Delaware.
He is a community leader and sits on several community-based boards. His company FamQuest, Inc. is contracted by school, school districts, governments and non-profits to provide motivational workshops and programs for both educators and youth. His HYPE “Helping Youth Pursue Excellence” Program has received recognition from governments and organizations throughout the U.S.A. Coach D holds a BS Degree in Business Administration from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.
José Luis Barata
José Luis Barata is the Executive Director
of Hands On Science Outreach (HOSO), a national nonprofit with a mission
to spark an interest
in science and mathematics in children.
He directs the activities of this Maryland-based agency, which offers informal, hands-on, enrichment activities to children in 42 states and several foreign countries. Mr. Barata’s experience includes science and mathematics teaching, museum science education, gifted & talented instruction, educational program management and university outreach activities. He presented at the 2004 MSTA Convention.
Robert J. Barnes
* Special Educator 1991 – present
* 7 years with MCPS
* 7 years with MCEA
* Union Representative 2000 – present
* MSTA Delegate in O.C. 2001 – 2004
* MSTA Delegate in New Orleans 2002
Jane Witherite Barss
Education:
* BA West Virginia Wesleyan College
* ME Kent State University
* Doctoral Studies in Special Education JHU
Experience:
* Special Education
* Pre-School through High School
* Education Faculty, Memphis State University
* In-Service Education
* Home and Hospital Education since 1980
* Maryland Outstanding Home and Hospital Teacher 2000
* Current Vice-President, Home and Hospital Teachers Association of Maryland
Yvonne Bender
Yvonne Bender is a retired teacher with 30 years of experience
teaching in Baltimore City/County public schools. She has worked with emotionally
disturbed, learning disabled, gifted, and “average” students
teaching reading, English, math, history social studies, and science
in elementary, middle and high schools.
Throughout her teaching career, Yvonne advised and mentored numerous teacher-interns and first year teachers, and provided experienced and inexperienced classroom teachers with practical methods and strategies for teaching students of varying abilities and learning styles within the same classroom. She is the author of The New Teacher’s Handbook, The Power of Positive Teaching, and The Tactful Teacher.
Kenneth J. Bernstein
* B.A. Music, Havenford
* M.A. Religious Studies, St. Charles Seminary
* MAT, 2nd Social Studies, Johns Hopkins
* ABD, Education Administration & Policy Studies, Catholic Univ
* 10 years teaching after 20+ years career in Data Processing
* 6 years at Eleanor Roosevelt
* Former building rep for school
* Coach soccer (boys JV)
* Have been Faculty Sponsor of Muslim Student Association and of Mock
Trial
* Served as chair, Philosophy & goals subcommittee for Middle states real
mediation.
* Served on Faculty advisor board for Law and Public Service Academy.
* Twice served as mentor teacher for students from University of MD,
College Park.
Sylvia Brady
Education:
* BA Wake Forest
MA University of North Carolina
Experience:
* Classroom teacher, 9 years
* Home & Hospital teacher 1979;
* Current President, Home & Hospital Teachers Association of MD
* Recording Secretary of The 1991 Maryland State Task Force on Home and
Hospital Teaching
Steve Brako
Mr. Brako is the president of FASSE. He is in the third and
last year of his presidency. He is an electrician by trade. FASSE has recruited
over
a hundred new members each year that he has been president.
Laura Brown
This is Miss Brown’s second year as the librarian media
specialist at Paint Branch High School and my fifth with Montgomery
County Public
Schools. I have worked in the educational field as a media specialist
for fifteen years and find collaboration with teachers and interactions
with
students to be very rewarding.
I started my professional career as a reference librarian at Livingston University, which is now referred to as the University of West Alabama. I then worked at Southern Union Community College as the acting library director in Opelika, Alabama. My first experience with K-12 students was at Knox Elementary in the Selma City Schools System. My goal as a professional is to ensure teachers and students have the library resources they need to be successful. Personally, I enjoy writing, bike riding, scrap booking, dancing, travel, and playing the flute.
Kate Campbell Stevenson
Kate Campbell Stevenson combines over 24 years
of professional experience in music, theater and education to create “Women: Back to the Future.” Ms.
Stevenson graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. degree
in Education/Fine Arts, and attended Indiana University School of Music.
She has starred in over 30 Broadway musicals produced in regional theaters across the United States (Camelot, Carousel, My Fair Lady, The King and I, Show Boat, Music Man, and I Do! I Do!), as well as performing in radio and TV commercials. In her one-woman show, Kate brings to life historical women with “can do” attitudes who have inspired audiences from the poorest rural schools in South Carolina to the fanciest prep schools in LA: from small county fairs to the National Theatre and the Office of the President in Washington, D.C., from elementary school stages to renowned college and civic auditoriums.
For more information, visit Kate’s website at www.katecampbellstevenson.com
Moreno Carraso
Experienced middle and high school principal. National consultant
and speaker on issues of teacher development and diversity training.
Received the Educator of the Year Award from the Howard County
Chamber of Commerce,
Twice nominated for the Washington Post Leadership Award.
Currently principal of the 11th ranked high school in the country based on the Washington Post Challenge Index (Newsweek Magazine, May 2005). Adjunct professor of education at The Johns Hopkins University. Couses taught include Curriculum Development, Secondary Methods, Foundations of Education, Leadership in the 21st Century and Diversity in Education.
Deborah Carter
18 years teaching English and foreign language
First English/Language Arts
teacher in Maryland to achieve National Board Certification (1998)
Jean Clark
I am a special educator and in that role have collaboratively
taught math and Language Arts and Reading for two years. In my role I work
with many
regular education educators, and together we try to step away from
our comfort zones and work for our students. Part of our students’ success,
I attribute to the collaborative process and the learning to learn
skills from the University of Kansas. I am certified as a University of
Kansas
Strategy Instruction Model Content Enhancement trainer.
Mark Collins
Mark Collins has been a classroom educator for over 16 years.
During that time he has taught a variety of Social Studies and Technology
Education
courses to grades 7-12 in both urban and suburban school setting.
Because of his own struggles with Attention Deficit Disorder, he
has implemented a variety of strategies to improve his own as well
as his students
success
in the classroom.
Patricia Daley
* Howard County Public School System Coordinator of Special
Education
* 14 years teaching Special Education in Prince George’s and Howard County
Public School Systems.
* High School Assistant Principal for 3 years in Howard County, MD.
* HCPSS Coordinator of Special Education for 3 years.
Sherry Dutrow
Teacher, Grade 3 at Quarterfield Elementary.
Dr. Sandra Duval
Dr. Duvall is currently a Staff Content Specialist in
the area of English as a Second Language (ESOL) for the Office of Organizational
Development
in Montgomery County Public Schools. During her career, Dr. Duvall
has taught at the elementary and secondary level as well as the university
level.
She obtained a master’s degree in Bilingual Bicultural Education and her doctorate in Special Education with an emphasis in bilingual education. Her fields of interest include multicultural and urban education; teacher education and language planning.
Sherry Eichinger
I am a special educator and in that role have collaboratively
taught math and Language Arts and Reading for two years. In my role I work
with many
regular education educators, and together we try to step away from
our comfort zones and work for our students.
Part of our students’ success, I attribute to the collaborative process and the learning to learn skills from the University of Kansas. I am certified as a University of Kansas Strategy Instruction Model Content Enhancement trainer.
Jan Erskine
In September 1998, Jan Erskine assumed her current position
as an Organizational Specialist in Education Reform at the Maryland State
Teachers Association.
In that capacity, Jan has worked with numerous schools and school
systems through the MSTA initiative Improving Maryland Schools. This research-based
approach stresses the importance of collaboration among all the stakeholders
in carrying out a mission all believe in and have helped to create
and
that focuses on improved student achievement.
Recently, Senator Sarbanes appointed Jan as a Baldridge Examiner for the State of Maryland Quality and Productivity Awards.Born and raised on Chicago’s south side, she began her teaching career at Mollison Elementary school in Chicago in 1967. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and Mathematics from Chicago State University and a Master’s Degree in educational Administration from the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
She was an elementary school teacher for 18 years in Denver, Colorado. Elected in 1985, she served four years as the full-time release President of the Denver Classroom teacher’s Association, a 6,000-member local. In that capacity she began the Denver ESP unit with a five-year plan to become a wall-to-wall teacher and ESP unit and initiated the first Association/business relationship built on improving the public schools in Denver.
She served as a UniServ Director for nine years with the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Karlie A. Everett
Principal, Quarterfield Elementary, retired. Executive
Director, CEASOM
Dr. Harry T. Fogle, Ed.D.
Harry T. Fogle is currently, Assistant Superintendent
of School Management with Carroll County Public Schools in Westminster,
Maryland. In this assignment
he oversees curriculum, instruction, assessment, student services,
and special education. The school system spans over 28,700 students in
pre-K
through grade 12 in forty-one schools. Previous to this he was Director
of Elementary Schools and Special Education.
He is completing his 33rd year as a public school educator in Maryland and has presented at many local, state, and national conferences. Dr. Fogle has served as the State Special Education Chairperson for Maryland for five years and is a member of the State Superintendent’s K-12 Assessment Advisory Committee. He additionally was recently appointed by the State Superintendent to serve on the “Task Force On Comparable Testing Methods for the Maryland High School Assessment.”
Dr. Fogle has been a presenter and/or Roundtable Leader at the LRP 22nd Institute, LRP 25th Institute, and three LRP Data Conferences during the summer of 2004 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Atlanta, Georgia and Long Beach, California. He authored the document, “Continuous Improvement: Evaluating Student Progress and Program Results,” which was published by LPR.
Dr. Fogle has also presented at the OSEP Leadership Conference in the spring of 2001. His presentation at the National Training Institute on Mental Health was entitled, “Developing Local Systems of Care in a Managed Care Environment for Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbances and Their Families,” held in Orlando, Florida. Most recently Dr. Fogle presented two workshops at the 26th Annual LRP National Institute attended by over 3000 educators and attorneys. Both of the workshops focused on data. One workshop was entitled, “Collecting, Evaluating and Utilizing the Best Data for Instructional Improvement,” and the second one was “How to Change System wide Reading Instruction Based On Case Law and Data Analysis.”
Christine Frank
Christine Frank has nine years of teaching experience.
She has classroom experience in fourth, fifth, and eight grades. Her most
recent experience
was at Cold Spring Elementary School in Potomac, MD, where she taught
fifth grades at the Center for the Highly Gifted. She left the classroom
in 2002
and she is currently on childcare leave from MCPS with her tow young
children.
Christine earned National Board Certification in 2001 as a Middle Childhood Generalist. She co-founded the Montgomery County National Board Certified Teacher Network, which has been instrumental in structuring candidate support to expand the number of NBCTs in Montgomery County to nearly 200. The Network is affiliated with the MCEA/JHU Center for Teacher Leadership, of which Christine is a Teaching Fellow.
She and co-fellow Jolynn Tarwater have created, and now teach, a fifteen-credit JHU graduate certificate program called The Professional Teacher. The certificate enriches the National Board Certification process by providing candidates with a collaborative cohort, coaching, and research base while pursuing National Board Certification.
Juliet Ringol Good
Ms. Good has spent almost twenty-five years working for
MCPS. Over the years she has worked in all grade levels in a variety
of areas and in differing
capacities. Currently, Ms Good is an English Composition Assistant
and Forensics Coach at Richard Montgomery HS in Montgomery County, MD.
Four years ago she created and initiated a new program to introduce education as a career pathway while providing support for the students at RMHS. Over four years, this program has grown from 16 kids to almost 90 students working throughout the school and at two off-site locations.
The school now, in part due to the support provided by her program, has the highest African American SAT scores in MCPS. Richard Montgomery was also recognized in 2004, by the State of MD, for outstanding achievement in the assessment scores by the school population and its subgroups. In 2003, the Rocket Corps program received the American Youth Character Award from the City of Rockville.
Vanessa Greene
Ms. Greene is currently employed with the Metropolitan Police
Department. She has been teaching fitness for the past 12 years.
Her repertoire includes
a wide variety of classes. (i.e. Kickboxing, Step Aerobics, Resist
a Ball, High Low, Pilates, Cycling, Sculpting, weight training, etc.)
Ms. Greene’s
aerobic certification is through AAAI.
Karen Guthro
Karen Guthro is a Staff Development Content Specialist in
the area of Special Education, grades 6-12, for the Office of Organizational
Development
in Montgomery County Public Schools. She supports all content area
in assuring teachers are empowered to meet the multiple needs of the special
education
student population.
Her classroom experiences span 30 years and include teaching in general education and special education settings.
Richard Haas
Richard Haas is a veteran secondary mathematics teacher, currently
teaching math and verbal SAT preparation courses at Severna Park High School.
He
has developed and taught Parapro Prep classes for Anne Arundel Community
College. Ms. Haas has a B.S. from Manhattan College and a M.A. from
Adelphi University.
Glenn Hall
Mr. Hall has been teaching in Prince George’s County for 8 years.
He has been the technology coordinator of Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School
for the past 4 years. Glenn works for the Towson University as the Maryland
Technology Academy’s Electronic Leaning Community and writes lesson
activities for Thinkport.org
Jennifer Hall
Jennifer Hall has been teaching for 8 years and is currently
an AP Government and US History. She is a graduate of the Maryland Technology
Academy and
has presented at the MICCA and MSTA Conferences.
Margaret Hart
Margaret Hart is a Staff Development Content Specialist in
the area of secondary English and reading for the Office of Organizational
Development
in Montgomery County Public Schools. She works with secondary teachers
in implementing the new standards-based curriculum in English and
reading. Her career spanned 25 years in classroom instruction as well as
staff development.
Ms. Hart, an original member of the Staff Development Initiative Project for the Montgomery County Public School System, was one of the first school-based staff development teachers.
Veronica Henderson
Veronica Henderson has a varied academic background
that includes Nursing, Social-Psychology, Personnel Management and Early
Childhood Education.
She is a lifetime member of Psi Chi (National Honor Society in Psychology)
and is currently completing her Masters Degree in Family Counseling.
Additionally, she founded her own private training company, The Dreamcatcher,
LLC.
Veronica not only serves on the MSTA Board of Directors, but is a trainer for MSTA’s training cadres for the Minority Affairs Committee (MAC), Women’s Leadership Training Program (WLTP), and Improving Maryland Schools (IMS). She also proudly represents Maryland as a national trainer for the National Education Association and is a member of NEA Resolutions.
Veronica has been an active member of her local, state and national Associations for a number of years and is employed with the Baltimore County Public Schools System as an Education Support Professional
Kim Henson
Mr. Henson has been employed by the Allegany County Board of
Education for 29 years, as both teacher and guidance counselor. During
that time,
he has served on the Student Assistance Team as chairman and the
Guidance Advisory and Crisis Teams.
Since 2000, Mr. Henson has been a therapist with Zealand Psychological Associates as an Addiction Counselor and in 2003 was awarded the Master Addiction certification by NAADAC
Additional positions held have been Addiction Counselor with the Thomas B. Finan Center and the Potomac Highlands Mental Health Guild.
Pamela A. Hill
Mrs. Hill is the Inclusive Practices Consulting Teacher
for Cecil County Public Schools, working with both Special Education teachers
and Regular
Education Teachers. It is her job to provide professional development
opportunities for educators who are working to improve the educational
outcomes for all
students.
Mrs. Hill holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas and she is currently completing her doctoral studies in Leadership and Innovation at Wilmington College. Mrs. Hill has spent the last four years working with collaborative teaching teams to improve instructional outcomes for students with learning differences.
She teaches reading and special education courses at both The College of Notre Dame of Maryland and McDaniel College, formerly Western Maryland College.
Mrs. Hill has 3 children and 1 grandchild. One of her children had a learning disability, so she has had the opportunity to work with schools as both an educator and the parent of a child with a disability. This experience has taught her how important it is for the school’s instructional team and the family to work in partnership. Mrs. Hill has a passion for her work as an educator.
Dr. Helené Hodges
Over the course of over three decades, Dr. Helené Hodges
has filled a variety of roles, always with an emphasis on connecting research-based
practice to the daily work of schools. Dr. Hodges is a thorough researcher,
skilled collaborator, a fine trainer, and is widely recognized for
her
work in improving the performance outcomes of diverse learners.
Formerly with ASCD, Dr. Helené Hodges is a teacher who is still teaching. Now an educational consultant, Dr. Hodges is known as a practitioner with a wealth of practical, hands-on experience in working with urban schools and school districts worldwide. Helené is well known for her skill at putting research into practice and in presenting complex information in an easy to understand manner.
Helené has produced numerous educational resources that address the schooling needs of diverse learners and research-based practices that promote high and rapid gains for struggling learners. Helené is a teacher’s teacher whose motto is: “Powerful teaching methods ensure powerful learning experiences.”
Dr. Kittybelle Hosford
Dr. Hosford is Director of the Hood College Onica
Prall Child Development Laboratory Preschool and Assistant Professor of
Education. She has also
worked in school settings as a speech and language therapist and
special education teacher. Her areas of interest are transition from student
to
teacher, theory-to-practice in early childhood education, and neurological
development ’s effects on learning.
Renee Ingram
* Educator 16 years
* Special Educator with MCPS 2000 - 2004
* RTSE – Ed 2004 - present
* Building Representative 2002 - present
* Delegate in O.C. 2002 – 2004
* MCEA member 2000 - present
Kathy Jenkins
Kathleen earned a BA in Education in 1971 at Glassboro State
College (now Rowan College) in New Jersey, an MA in English: Composition
and Rhetoric
in 1990 at Norwich University, and completed the program for a Certificate
of Administration and Supervision in 2002 through Western Maryland
College (now McDaniel College). In 1983, she became a Teacher Consultant
by attending
the National Capital Area Writing Project at Catholic University.
As a Teacher Consultant, she presented at conferences and workshops held at the University of Maryland College Park, the University of Vermont, Catholic University, Towson University and at public and private schools throughout the state of Maryland for MSDE. She served for four years as an early member of the Scoring Committee for the Maryland Writing Test. She has presented at several National Council of Teachers of English Conventions, and served or five years a member of the NCTE Language and Learning Across the Curriculum Committee.
She attended the Maryland Writing Project Teacher Researcher Institute at Towson State University in 1989, and during school year 2003-2004; she interned as an instructional leader for the current Teacher Inquiry Institute at Towson University. She has taught grades 4-12, worked as a Charles County Public Schools Writing Resource Teacher, taught in undergraduate programs at Charles County Community College (now College of Southern Maryland).
She has worked with the Maryland Assessment Consortium as a consultant, served on several MSDE assessment committees, developed Charles County Public Schools English and Writing Assessments, and trained teachers in item writing and holistic scoring. In 2003 she was selected as Charles County Coordinator of the Southern Maryland Satellite of the Maryland Writing Project for the 2003 and 2004 Summer Teacher Institutes for Towson University. Recently, she won a $4,000 grant from the National Writing Project to support the reading and writing connection at her high school. Currently, she works as a High School Resource Teacher, AP Coordinator, and Accelerated and Enrichment Facilitator at Maurice J, McDonough High School in Pomfret, Maryland.
Rosemary King Johnston
Special Educator over 27 years, from preschool age
students to adults with disabilities. Published 3 books on curriculum and
instruction for
individuals with moderate to severe disabilities. MSDE 3 years as
regional administrator, section chief for monitoring of special education
programs
and compliance. Currently program manager for Interagency Coordination
NEA Cadre of Trainers for the implementation of IDEA
Carmen Patrice Johnston
* Degree Information: Early Childhood, Elementary,
and Middle School Education, Pre-Kindergarten-Grade 8
* Reading Specialist K-12
* Undergraduate College Instructor-Early Childhood, Elementary, and Reading
Education: Pre-K-8
* Graduate Level College Instructor–National Writing Project Co-Facilitator:
Pre-K-12
Kelly Ann Karwacki
* National Board Certified Teacher-Middle Generalist,
2003
* Co-Author Published Reading Assessments for Baltimore County
* Co-Author Performance Based Assessments in Reading and Writing under
the tutelage of Carla Zamerelli-Clifford
* Adjunct Professor, Community Colleges of Baltimore County-Essex Campus,
Elementary Assessments and Elementary Methods
* Grade Five Educator, 5 years Edgemere Elementary School
* High School Educator, Family Studies, 3 years, Sparrows Point High
School
* SIMAT, Johns Hopkins University, 1997
* B.A. Psychology, Mt. St. Mary ’s College, 1980
Terry Kelly
Miss Kelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has worked
30 years for Monongalia County Schools as an English teacher (7 years)
and as a
counselor (23 years) serving grades K-12.
She specializes in mediation and multiculturalism and has been a presenter and trainer for state and national programs fro the past 10 years. She received specialized training through the REACH (Respecting our Ethnic And Cultural Heritage) PROGRAM in Seattle, Washington and the Community Boards Program in San Francisco, California.
She received her Bachelor and Master’s Degrees from West Virginia University and is presently a counselor at University High School in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Ms. Shawn Lees
* B.S. in journalism from UMCP
* M.A. in Curriculum/Instruction with Reading Specialist
concentration from Hood College
* English teacher at middle and high school levels
* Former Gifted and Talented/Enrichment teacher
* Current high school reading specialist
Phyllis Lerner
Phyllis Lerner (M.A.) is the Director of interweave, an
organization specializing in educational equity and effectiveness training.
Programs, typically designed
for teachers and administrators from pre-school through graduate
school, have also been adapted for community groups, including parents,
social
service personnel and business leaders.
She was the Supervisor and Instructional Manager for Laureate Resident Teachers in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Ms. Lerner's background includes over three decades of teaching experiences at the elementary, secondary and university levels, as well as a special service consultant for the California State Department of Education Title IX Office. She assisted in the development of and appeared in a Master of Arts in Teaching video series produced and disseminated by Laureate Education.
Phyllis produced, directed and presented a gender equity series for The Educational Channel, Baltimore County Public Schools along with similar programs for Public Broadcasting in Massachusetts and Virginia.
As a national Trainer of Trainers in programs such as TESA and GESA, and as a leader in issues ranging from effectiveness in teaching to equity in athletics, Ms. Lerner has been an invited speaker at hundreds of conferences.
Stephen Lewis
Mr. Lewis is a lifetime resident of Allegany County. He graduated
from Glenville State College with Biology degree in 1975 and received his
Masters
in Education from Frostburg State University.
His first job in education was teaching and coaching at St. Michaels High School in Talbot County for two years before returning to Fort Hill High School in Allegany County. In addition to teaching science and math, he also coached wrestling and football. He was appointed as Assistant Principal at Beall High School in 1990 and returned to Fort Hill as Principal in 1994.
Sharon Lewis
Co-chairperson, Eleanor Roosevelt HS Guidance Dept.
Coordinator, School
of Business and Finance Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Former English Teacher,
Peer Mediation Teacher and Helping Teacher in PG County
B.A. and M.A. University
of Maryland
Volunteer Global Citizens Network
Theresa Lochte
Recently retired after 39 years as a speech language pathologist
for Baltimore County Public Schools. Provided diagnostic and therapeutic
services for
students in elementary, middle and high schools.
In addition she worked with infants and toddlers and the CORE program for students with developmental disabilities ages 19-21 at Catonsville Community College. Undergraduate degree in speech and hearing therapy from Mt. St. Agnes College, MEq. in speech pathology at Loyola College, MLA from Johns Hopkins. MSDE certifications:
Speech language therapist and administration-supervision.Presented at numerous conferences, in-service workshops, and school based meetings on topics including Autism/Asperger Syndrome, ADD/ADHD, Language Disorders, Assessing Students with Limited English Proficiency, IDEA.
Dr. Frank Lyman
Frank Lyman was for 26 years a teacher educator for University
of Maryland/College Park in Howard County. He coordinated a teacher education
and professional
development center, where he worked with 1,100 student teachers,
K-12. His expertise is in instructional innovation (Think-Pair-Share) and
in
teacher reflection. He is currently working at the University of
California-Berkley with the Urban Principal Leadership Program, focusing
on helping teachers
learn.
Patricia Mackey
* Howard County Public School System Department of Special
Education Resource Teacher
* 16 years teaching special education in New York State, Montgomery and
Howard County Public School Systems.
* Instructional team leader for 3 years in HCPSS.
* Academic Intervention Resource Teacher for the Department of Special
Education, HCPSS for 4 years.
Peter Martin
School programs manager for Maryland Zoo in Baltimore for
3 1/5 years. Prior to that, Senior Naturalist at Irvine Nature Center
for over 14 years.
Holds a bachelor of science degree in Wildlife Biology from the University
of Vermont.
Dr. James McCleaf
* B.S., Mt. Saint Mary’s College, M.Ed., Boston
University, Ph.D., U of Maryland.
* Teacher, counselor, supervisor of guidance and testing, career counselor,
pupil personnel worker, college instructor, project director.
* Married, six children, many grandchildren
Dr. Maureen McDonough
Dr. Maureen McDonough is the Director of Teacher
Education at the Community College of Baltimore Maryland. She coordinates
the curriculum and instruction
of the department that serves over 1000 students. Dr. McDonough is
an active partner with Baltimore County Public Schools in projects such
as establishing
an “ESP to Teacher” program.
She has been involved in faculty leadership positions for nearly 30 years at a variety of two- and four-year institutions. Dr. McDonough earned a B.A. from Syracuse University, a M.Ed. from Boston University and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland at College Park.
Her research interests include student transfer issues and the role of the community college in teacher preparation. She recently completed a term as President of the Maryland Association of Teacher Educators and is a member of the executive board of the Maryland Association of Colleges in Teacher Education.
Dr. Delores McGhee
* Educator 18 years
* Montgomery County 12.5 years
* Building Representative 2001 – present
* MCEA Delegate in O.C. 2002 – 2004
* CTL (English) 2004 - present
Tina McGuffey
* Parent of two Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) students – one
in 10th grade and one in 11th grade.
* Secretary of ERHS
* PTSA and parent volunteer for numerous activities
* Retired US Army Lieutenant colonel
* Second career as professional church worker
* B.A from University of Illinois, Urbana in the teaching of German
* M.A. in business management from Central Michigan University
Michele S. McKoy
Itinerant Resource Teacher with the PGCPS Special Education
Department. Received master’s degree in Special Education from Bowie
State University.
Kathleen McPartland
* Teacher (U.S. History) for 18 years including APUSH
* M.Ed. from University of Maryland State Teachers Association
* B.A. History and Government, D’Youville College, Buffalo, NY
* Coordinator for school of Public Service at Eleanor Roosevelt HS
* Coordinator of American History Scholars Program at Eleanor Roosevelt
HS (a Glider Lehrman Program)
Fawn Mete
Fawn Mete is the International Baccalaureate Diploma Coordinator
and a social studies teacher at Annapolis High School. Mrs. Mete has experience
studying and teaching abroad in Austria and Germany. She earned a
M.A.T
in Secondary Education and a B.A. in International Studies from Towson
University.
Elizabeth Mitchell
Elizabeth Mitchell has taught with Anne Arundel County
Public Schools since 1993. Her work as an IB Diploma Programme Coordinator
allows her
to engage in both teaching and staff development at the high school
level. Developing effective instructional strategies, assessments, and
support
systems for students, as well as incorporating an international perspective,
and community service activities are an important part of the program
she oversees.
Jennifer Morrison
Jennifer Morrison earned her Bachelor of Arts degree
in English from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA in
1991. That fall, she
began her teaching career as an English teacher at Stephen Decatur
Middle School in Prince George’s County. There she first discovered
the joy of helping students become writers comfortable with using their
experiences
and knowledge as means to communicate with others.
After three years, she moved to Westlake High School in Charles County, where she continued to teach English to ninth through twelfth grade while coaching a dance squad along the way. Her favorite class to teach quickly became AP Language because it delved so deeply into the constructs of writing. This class became the impetus for Jennifer to pursue freelance writing. Since that time, she has published articles in Teachers’ Digest and English Journal, one for which she received the Paul and Kate Farmer Writing Excellence Award. In 2000, she became a National Board Certified Teacher, and last summer she completed the Maryland Writing Project to become a Teacher Consultant. In 2002, she received her Master’s degree from McDaniel College in Curriculum and Instruction and completed Administrator I certification. She is currently a Gifted Education Resource Teacher at John Hanson Middle School in Waldorf.
In addition to her educational duties, she also has a principal husband and two wonderful children.
Joan A. Mory
Ms. Mory received her B.S. from the University of Maryland
Baltimore County in Psychology and her M.S. from Johns Hopkins University
in Special Education:
Communication and Its Disorders. For the past 26 years she has taught
in Montgomery County Public Schools.
Currently, Ms. Mory is a full time staff development teacher at Lois P. Rockwell ES. She has conducted numerous presentations at her school, district, and at the state level.
Awards include Performance Learning Systems, Inc. Instructor Honors awarded 1994, 1196, 2000; United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon School Award 1991-1992; and Montgomery County Public Schools In-Service Instructor Certificate of Merit 1989.
Ms. Mory serves as an elementary director on the Montgomery County Education Association’s (MCEA) Board of Directors as well as on the Labor Management Collaboration Committee, Council on Teaching and Learning and Co-Chair of the Staff Development Teacher Representative Group. She serves on the Management Board of the MCEA-Johns Hopkins University Center for Teacher Leadership. Ms. Mory also serves on the Maryland State Teachers Association (MSTA) Instruction and Professional Development Committee.
Ms. Mory is a member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the National Staff Development Council, Maryland Council of Staff Developers and International Reading Association.
State of Maryland Certifications include Special Education K-12, Reading Specialist K-12, Elementary-Middle School Principal Supervisor, Special Education Principal, and Special Education Supervisor. Ms. Mory is a 2003 candidate for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in the area of Early and Middle Childhood/Literacy: Reading-Language Arts.
Leslie “Boh” Newsom
Leslie Newsom is the Vice President of
Human Resources Development for Systems III, L.L.C., an educational and
organizational development consulting
company located in Bowie, Maryland.
Mr. Newsom has over thirty years of professional experiences, many of them in the area of consulting and education. Boh, as Mr. Newsom prefers to be called, has worked as a Resource Specialist in the Office of Systemic Change for the Multicultural Education Branch of the District of Columbia Public Schools. He has served as team leader for the Emergency Response Team for traumatized students and teaches for this same system.
He served as a Senior Counselor for the Division of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Palm Beach County, Florida Mental Health Clinic. He has worked as an instructor at Prince George’s County, Maryland Community College and Detention Center and as a teacher in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As a member of the Model Cities Board of Directors, Mr. Newsom worked as a public official carving out solutions to community issues.
In these various capacities, Mr. Newsom has had many years of experience as a speaker, planner, mediator, evaluator, designer and negotiator.
Most recently, Mr. Newsom has created and developed a unique program for male youth called The Gentlemen’s Club. He has designed and implemented this program for the achievement and social development of non-achieving male students. Locally and in other cities, this program has been sited by the news media for its innovative strategies for addressing a social concern in our communities. Boh trains adults across the country to implement this program and to work more effectively with young males in urban settings.
Boh provides workshops and speeches in other areas as well, including conflict mediation, team building. He presents at national and regional conferences as well as designs and delivers training to teachers and parents in schools and districts throughout the country.
Mary Thomas Newsom
Mary Thomas Newsom is an experienced and dynamic trainer.
She is also President and CEO of Systems III, L.L.C., an educational consulting
and
event mangaement firm. With over 25 years of professional experience,
Mary has spent many of them providing consulting services.
Her experiences include, but are not limited to providing technical assistance in the areas of cultural diversity, strategic planning, effective communication, sexual harassment, team building and more. She has provided services to public and private organizations.
As a keynote and motivational speaker, Mary has presented at national, regional and local professional conferences and community sponsored events. Her background is filled with experience in providing training and professional development for various professiona entities such as the National Education Association, Prince George’s County Community College, The Research and Development Center of the University of Delaware, Howard University, Delaware State University, Automatic Data Processing, Delaware NAACP, Maryland State Teachers Association and many schools and school districts throughout the country and abroad.
Additional career accomplishments include serving as Vice President and President of the Maryland Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, and on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers. Mary has been a member of the Anne Arundel County, MD Children’s Council and was nominated for, Outstanding Young Woman Award. As a former member, Mary volunteered with the National Black Child Development Institute as a “Hill Watcher” to watch and build a broad base of support for the legislation affecting minority children.
Mary holds current membership in various professional organizations including The National Alliance of Black School Educators, National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and National Speakers Association, Washington, D.C. Area where she serves as Public Relations Chairperson.
Debra Nixon
Debra Nixon currently serves as an Organizational Specialist
with the Maryland State Teachers Association working with training, leadership
and organizational development. She has served as the Director for
the Center for Revitalization
of Urban Education, working with several Michigan school districts
on student achievement, closing the achievement gap, parental engagement,
and conducting
public engagement initiatives.
Ms. Nixon has partnered with various regional education laboratories and organizations focused on improving student and educator achievement. She most recently served as Associate Executive Director of the Louisiana Association of Educators.
She has experience as a political action organizer, lobbyist, and UniServ Director with NEA affiliates. She is a nationally, respected civil rights advocate and former advisor to the late Dr. Leon Sullivan and the African-African American Summit.
Corey O’Brien
I was an intern in the Penn State University’s
Professional Development School during the 2000-2001 school year. Through
that program I presented
at an Ethnography Convention at the University of Pennsylvania in
2000, the 2001 Annual NCTE Convention, and the 2001 Annual IRA Convention.
I
am also currently participating in the Masters of Reading Program
at Towson University, and I am a Teacher Consultant with the Maryland Writing
Project.
Veronica Peirson
* Educator all levels 20 years
* 7 years with Montgomery County Public Schools (Math)
* 7 years as member of MCEA
* MSTA Delegate
* Building Representative 3 years
Jamie Picardy
Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation (MAEF) has 16
years of educational programming to increase Marylanders’ understanding and appreciation
of agriculture and our food system. Jamie serves as MAEF’s Secondary
Education Director.
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Biosystems Agricultural Engineering and a Master’s degree in Geography, both from Michigan State University. Ms. Picardy has developed curriculum for MAEF (such as the Maryland Resource Kit) and coordinated Ag in the Classroom Teacher Professional Development
Bill Preston
Bill Preston is currently Assistant District Director in the
Baltimore, Maryland District Office. Mr. Preston was previously Assistant
District
Director in the New Orleans District Office. He was also Team Leader
for the New Orleans District Office before being promoted to Director of
Enforcement
in the Houston, Texas District Office. Bill is a magna cum laude
graduate of Southern University in New Orleans with degrees in Real Estate
and Economics.
Bill has had assignments throughout the United States including assignments in the National Office of the Wage and Hour Division in Washington, D.C. He has worked with several national firms assisting them in the development of compliance plans that ensured their compliance with both the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA – pronounced “Fem-La”).
Bill has made numerous presentations on the FLSA, Child Labor, FMLA, Davis Bacon and Related Acts, and the Service Contract Act. He has worked diligently with both public and private sector employers, professional associations, and labor groups.
Cyril Pruszko
Cyril Pruszko has a M.Ed. in Secondary education and a M.S.
in Computer Science. He has been teaching for over 12 years at the college
and High
School levels. He currently teaches conceptual physics to 9th graders
and a system admin class to 11th & 12th graders.
He is also the Technology coordinator and network administrator at ERHS. He is working on National Board Certification.
Lavonne F. Radonovich, MS Ed
* MS. Ed – Hood College,
* MD State certified ECE,
* Reading Teacher K-12,
* Generic Special Ed experienced in GTLD Learning Center
* Reading Specialist K-12
* Special Education Teacher in inclusion classes
* Taught 12 years at business college
* Ten year elementary school teacher
* Volunteer tutor for Frederick Reading Center for 15 years
* Taught piano for over fifteen years
Dr. Thomas Rhoades
Dr. Thomas W. Rhoades has over 30 years experience in
education. His original work was in the Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
There he served as
Director of Program Planning with responsibilities for research,
testing, evaluation, planning, and student information systems.
Dr. Rhoades is very interested in analysis of student work products, educational reform and the history of educational reform, as well as the analysis of data for school improvement. Dr. Rhoades is married to Dr. Phyllis Sunshine and they have one daughter and one granddaughter.
Dr. Rhoades teaches in the evening for the Graduate Programs in Education at Goucher College.
For fun he and his wife love to travel and play with their granddaughter.
Dr. Carol Ann Robbins, Ph.D.
Dr. Robbins is a clinical psychologist in
private practice in Annapolis and Silver Spring, specializing in diagnosing
and treating Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder and related learning issues across the lifespan.
She has presented at St. Andrews Day School and the Summit School,
as well as at NSA, the Peace Corps, Northrop Grumman, Anne Arundel Community
College
(adjunct faculty) and various Children and Adults with ADD (ChADD)
chapter presentations.
She is the coordinator for the Anne Arundel County Chapter of ChADD and will be presenting at the CHADD National Conference in Dallas in October 2005. She works closely with Dr. Kathleen Nadeau, a renowned expert in ADD, at the Chesapeake Center for Attention and Learning Disorders in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Patrick L. Ryan, Jr.
Mr. Ryan received his Bachelor and Master’s
Degrees from West Virginia University and has been a social studies teacher
in grades 7-12 for Monongalia
County Schools for over 30 years. He specializes in Native American
Studies, the Civil War, and multiculturalism.
He was trained through the REACH (Respecting our Ethnic And Cultural Heritage) PROGRAM in Seattle, Washington, as a multicultural trainer and has been a presenter for the past six years for state and national programs. He is active in several Native American organizations, is a retired Boy Scout Master, and coached basketball for 20 years. Patrick presently teaches social studies at University High School in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Joanne
Saltzberg
Joanne Saltzberg is an entrepreneur and a women’s rights’ advocate.
Her current business, Think Better Enterprises, LLC, provides planning
and training services for entrepreneurial individuals and organizations.
She is an experienced speaker and trainer with national and international
experience.
Saltzberg has served as the Chief Operating Officer for Women Entrepreneurs of Maryland (WEB),a non-profit organization that provides women, particularly those who are economically disadvantaged, with an opportunity to become self-sufficient through business development.
For seven years she was the Executive Director of the Maryland Commission for Women (MCW). During her tenure the Legislative Agenda for Maryland Women was founded and grew to be a significant coalition for legislative and policy change.
Saltzberg came to the public and non-profit sectors from the financial services industry where she held positions in training and management. She developed and conducted financial training workshops and counseling programs for low-income women.
For her entire adult life she has worked as a volunteer women’s rights advocate and grassroots organizer at the state and local levels. Joanne serves on numerous boards and councils and is the immediate past-president of the YWCA of Greater Baltimore. Her special interest is the power of women’s coalition and collaboration for social and political change.
Saltzberg hold several degrees in financial services from the American College and a degree in government and politics from the University College at the University of MD. She was named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women by Warfield’s Daily Record in 1997 and 1999.
Elizabeth A. Sandall
Ms. Sandall is currently a Staff Development Content
Specialist in the area of Gifted and Talented Education, K-12, for the
Office of Organizational
Development in Montgomery County Public Schools. She builds the capacity
of MCPS staff to effectively implement curriculum for highly able
learners based on current educational research.
She promotes access to gifted programs for culturally, linguistically, and socio-economically diverse students. She also works collaboratively with the Office of Curriculum and Instructional Programs on system-wide middle and high school instructional program reviews to assist schools in identifying professional development needs.
Bekah Saxon
Bekah Saxon is a doctoral student at the Curry School of Education
at the University of Virginia. She received her undergraduate
degree in public
policy in 1996 from brown University and her MT from University
of Virginia in 1998. During her 7 years as a middle school special
education teacher,
Ms. Saxon served in numerous positions within the Virginia
Education
Association, including local presidents, Resolutions Committee
member and Commissioner
on the Fitz Turner Commission on Human Relations and Civil Rights.
She is currently the Mid-Atlantic regional director of the NEA GLBT Caucus.
Ms. Farhana N. Shah
Ms. Shah is a fifth grade teacher in Montgomery County
Public Schools. Her educational background includes a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education
from Penn State, Pennsylvania and a Master’s in Education, with a
concentration in Administration/Supervision from Loyola College,
Maryland.
Ms. Shah has presented information on Islam at local conferences, schools, and non-profit organizations. She has also facilitated a course, Ethnic Groups in American Society, for Montgomery County Public Schools.
Art Smelkinson
Art Smelkinson currently works as a teacher recruiter for
the Division of Human Resources with Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
Previously,
Art worked as a Staff Developer, specializing in differentiated instruction
and multicultural education. Art has presented around the country
on such topics as Cooperative Learning, Multiple Intelligences, Emotional
Intelligence
and Minority Student Achievement. He also has directed over 50 plays
for various educational and community theatres.
Richard Smith
Richard Smith has been with NEA since 1992. Over the past
eight years he has been the Member Benefits Regional Representative providing
support
for MSTA, VEA and DSEA. He is a resource for the 220 locals that
support 134,000 members in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware.
He is best known as a strong promoter for membership development and provides assistance in many different activities designed to attract, retain and transition public school employees to the NEA and its affiliates.
Jennifer Coates Spencer
Ms. Spencer teaches 1st grade at a Title 1 School.
It is also a Special Education “Magnet” school for the county. She has taught students
with ALL disabilities in her regular education classroom. She is currently
in her second year of pursuing National Board Certification and hoping
to get into the Doctoral Program at the University of Maryland. Ms. Spencer
teaches Children’s literature as an adjunct professor for Wilmington
College.
Sandra Stamer
* Teaching for 29 years; presently teaching Pre-Calculus
and SAT Prep Classes.
* Undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College and MA from Kean College.
* Presented at the High Schools That Work Conferences, NCTM Conferences,
MCTM Conferences and the Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Conference.
* Attended TI workshops, NSA Summer Institute for Mathematics Teachers
and TIM ’s Institute.
Jolynn Tarwater
Jolynn Tarwawter is in her 13th year of teaching. She has
classroom experience in first, second, third and sixth grades. She is currently
teaching third
grade at Fallsmead Elementary School in Rockville, MD. She has also
been a Consulting Teacher with Montgomery County Public Schools’ Peer
Assistance and Review Program, and is a supervising teacher with
the University of Maryland Student Interns.
Jolynn is a National Board Certified Teacher (Middle Childhood Generalist, 1998), one of the first in the state of Maryland. She co-founded the Montgomery County National Board Certified Tacher Network, which has been instrumental in structuring candidate support to expand the number of NBCTs in Montgomery County to nearly 200. The Network is affiliated with the MCEA/JHU Center for Teacher Leadership, of which
Jolynn is a Teaching Fellow. She and co-fellow Christine Frank have created, and now teach, a fiftee-credit JHU graduate certificate program called The Professional Teacher. The certificate enriches the National Board Certification process by providing candidates with a collaborative cohort, coaching, and research base while pursuing National Board Certification. Jolynn’s best job is being a Mom to her three boys.
Dr. Patricia Tate
Dr. Pat Tate is the Director of Laboratory Experiences
at The George Washington University and Assistant Professor of Elementary
Education. Dr. Tate supports
teacher educators who prepare teachers for their professional roles
in schools. In this regard she maintains a support network of professionals
who supervise and mentor developing teachers.
Alana Dale Turner
* Teaching for 28 years; presently teaching geometry.
Attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus. Graduate
work at Washington College and
Loyola College.
* Presented locally, state level and nationally at High Schools That Work
Conferences (10 years), NCTM Conferences (2 years), Eisenhower
Mathematics and Science Conferences (4 years), MCTM Conferences,
Generation Next in
New Jersey.
* Consultant for SREB. Conducted workshops on Advisement, Parent Involvement,
TAVs and mathematics.
Kevin Valenti
Teacher, Grade 4 at Quarterfield Elementary.
Rus VanWestervelt
Rus has been teaching writing for nearly 20 years to students
of all ages. He holds an MFA in creative nonfiction, is a teacher
consultant with the
Maryland Writing Project, and has presented nationally on
topics such as metacognition, journaling, publishing, writing creative
nonfiction,
and
motivating reluctant writers.
He is the founder of Maryland Voices, a biannual publication of creative nonfiction for all Maryland high school students. Currently Rus is working on two major works: a fiction piece of a young man facing a terminal illness, and a nonfiction investigation into the possible murder of Baltimore’s mayor during the Great Fire of 1904.
Javan Williams
* Speech Pathologist for 3 years
* 1 year with MCPS
* 1 year with MCEA
* First time delegate in O.C. 2004
Brearn Wright
* 6th grade Social Studies
* 4 years of service with MCPS
* 4 years with MCEA
* MSTA Delegate 2004
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