My belief as an educator is to motivate children to have the desire to want to learn and to continue to learn, regardless of their age. I have had the pleasure of teaching middle school math and I have earned a Masters Degree in Evaluation and Measurement. I believe that seeing students make ...

As a life-long educator, I am proud to work as a consultant with Ed Focus. Quality curriculum, instruction and assessment lead to improved student performance. Best practices, state and national standards, and the belief that all children can learn provide teachers and districts the opportunity to ...

I believe teachers influence their students greatly, whether on purpose or not. I still remember my fourth grade teacher as if it were yesterday. I also confess that there are many teachers I do not remember. Once you stand before a room full of boys and girls and get that first Oh, now I get it ...

As an educator, I have 18 years experience as a teacher and principal within a large urban setting. My main focus has been on children from Birth to Grade 2; but I have also been a teacher of pregnant teenagers in the inner city schools. One of my primary areas of interest is the assessment and ...

My work with EdFOCUS centers on the beliefs and practices I have come to value as a career educator and teacher leader. Students learn when they are actively engaged in important and challenging work that focuses on constructing meaning and applying ideas and learnings as they experiment, analyze, ...

"My passion in education is for children to embrace learning on a daily basis with the enthusiasm they innately possess. My experience in the public schools for the past twenty-six years has enabled me to use strategies to engage students in their learning process and allow them to become partners ...

During my career as an educator the most challenging but most rewarding position I have held is that of an instructional coach assigned to numerous under-performing middle schools in a large urban school district. Working side-by-side with administrators and teachers afforded me the opportunity to ...

Having worked as a teacher, administrator, and consultant, I continue to be amazed at the power of education. Each interaction with an administrator, teacher or student sparks a new discovery. It makes me reflective of what I know and understand about education and what I still need to learn. Some ...

As a former elementary classroom teacher in pre-school through grade four, I have had the opportunity to teach in urban, suburban, international, and Montessori Schools. Serving as Department Chair and curriculum leader during my tenure gave me the opportunity to impact the learning lives of ...

As classroom teacher of children in grades one through 8, parent coordinator, elementary and middle school principal, and executive director of twenty-six middle schools, I have had the pleasure to work with so many wonderful people over my career in urban education. One thing that has been a ...

Having worked as a teacher in a large urban district for thirty-one years, I experienced the challenges and reaped the rewards that accompanied this work.  Overall, it was a privilege and a joy to work side-by-side with caring professionals who have the common goal of making a difference in ...

As a consultant and an instructional coach, I am given the opportunity work with teachers to find ways to present curricular materials in novel, diverse ways.  I believe that teachers are creative people, and as they model their own creative processes, they unleash the creative vitality of ...

Effective teaching is the heart of education. I believe that what students learn is greatly influenced by how they are taught.  The everyday decisions made by teachers concerning content, teaching strategies, assessment tasks, classroom management, and interactions with students make the ...

Every position I have held in education has opened my eyes to its own set of miracles about learning!  I still cherish those moments among my high school English students, and I've been lucky to work with some amazing graduate students!   Even though every school's primary focus is ...

I believe that strong public education is the foundation of our democratic society.  I am passionate about assisting school leaders with creating a culture of collaboration within their educational enterprises resulting in a learning organization which focuses on effective instructional ...

Having worked as a teacher, administrator, college professor, and consultant, I have learned from all of the people with whom I have worked. Each opportunity has offered a fantastic reward that the others did not. I still enjoy the creation of new products based on the needs of the districts with ...