Independence, Kentucky, United States
Youth leadership development facilitator at a Northern Kentucky nonprofit. Innovator- Designer- Believer in the Power of Relationship in Education! Educator for 24 years at WVMS teaching grades 5-8 ELA and Yearbook. National Board Re-Certified- EA/ELA Former President and former Newsletter Editor for KY Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts- www.kcte.org Media Literacy Evaluator for KQED Blog- middlewriter.blogspot.com Professional Development Presenter for almost all things Writing/ELA/Common Core Standards/Flipped Learning/arts integration/making learning interactive/ and Educational Technology KQED/PBS- Media Literacy Certified Educator KY Dept of Education- KPrep Virtual Reviewer 2020 ISKME Youth Media Evaluation Pilot - Reviewer: The project aims to pilot and refine an evaluation rubric that outlines the characteristics of high quality youth media. 2021 Presenter for KY TALK and KY Reading Association Conferences
Working with youth in social emotional learning
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Provided collaboration opportunities with instructional coaches in NKY as well as specific Professional Development deemed most important to the group. PD included Brain Based Learning, Technology , formative assessment, Writing and more.
Middle Grades educator- 5-8 grades for ELA and yearbook. Former Cluster Leader for the middle school Current Writing Program Review Lead Technology Committee Member SBDM Council Member 2018-19; 2021-22 Golden Apple Award Recipient
I have presented professional development workshops in areas of writing, ELA, Common Core, Tech tools and integration of technology, Integration of the arts into all subject areas, Writing across the curriculum, and flipped learning. Below is just a sampling of the places/events I have presented for: - KY High Performing Districts Conference- Contact Gene Kirchner- Ft. Thomas District - Social Studies Conference at KY History Museum- Frankfort, KY - Various middle schools in N KY area- (professional development workshops, analyzing writing for next steps teaching, integrating the arts, and writing across contents.) - Northern KY University- Presented Projects in Literature and Created Web quests for Book Fest 2009. - Presenter for Career and Technology Education Conference- July 19, 2011- contact- Morgan, Joe H (OCTE-FK) [[email protected]] - 2012- Presenter at the Ohio/Indiana/KY Children’s Literature Conference- Web 2.0 tools for Reading and reading instruction - Presenter for many years at the KY Council Teachers of English Language Arts Annual Conferences