Rank 1 Instructional Leadership Principal Certification (all grades)
Supervisor of Instruction (April 2008)
Educational Program Consultant Certification Grades 1-8 (Exp. 6/30/2010)
Information Technology Grades 5-12 (LIFETIME)
Standard Elementary Certificate Grades 1-8 (Exp. 6/30/2010)
Rank II (MA Ed)
World of Webmasters Certified Web Developer Associate

>>Educational Philosophy

Differentiated Assessment & Grading Rick Wormeli & Linda Allen (2008)
What Great Teachers Do Differently for faciliators (Todd Whitaker)
Learning By Doing – DuFour (2008)
Results Now – Mike Schmoker  (2008)
Rigor, Relevance and Relationships – National Model Schools Conference (2007)
Winning with People by Dr. John Maxwell (2007)
Turning Teacher Talent in Student Achievement by Mike Rutherford (2007)
Measured Progress Formative Assessment in the Classroom (2007)
Creating a Culture of Continuous School Improvement (2006)
Professional Learning Communities Rick DuFour (2006)
Building Assessment Coordinator (2006)
Rethinking Assessment (2006)
Read & Write Gold (2006)
eWalk (2006)
Ron Clark's Essential 55 (Ron Clark) (2006)
On Common Ground: Professional Learning Communities (Rick DuFour) (2006)
CHAMPS Positive Behavior (2005 & 2006)
Creating a Vision & Mission Statement (2005)
Creating the Learner Centered School Mike Rutherford (January 2004)
Making Curriculum Accessible to All Learners (January 2004)
Combined Curriculum Document Training (Spring 2004)
Marzano’s Strategies - Brain Research (Fall 2003)
Senate Bill 168 Achievement Gaps (2003)
Designing Open Response Items and Teaching Strategies for Students (2003)
Understanding & Using Data to Improve Student Performance in Science & Math (5 days - 2002)
Strategies for Successfully Securing School Grants (2000)
(More training may be provided upon request.)

Interview Quotes for ESS Article Featured in Lexington Herald-Leader (due to ESS program success & budget cuts)
Featured in the December 2006/January 2007 Issue of Kentucky Teacher Magazine (page 12)
Featured in the March 2003 Issue of Kentucky Teacher Magazine (page 4)
EntreSchools Grant Technology Project #161 KSTC Feature Article
EntreSchools Grant Technology Project #166 KSTC Feature Article
EntreSchools Grant Technology Project #164 KSTC Feature Article
KY Academy of Science Outstanding Secondary School Science Teacher Award Nominee (1999)
Collaborative  E-mail Project with Scientist Assistant in Antartica (6 months 2000)
Short term missionary to Guatemala Summer 2005
District Science Fair Coordinator  (Overall Winning School 4 consecutive years at Cumberland College Regional Fair)
 

August 2006 – Present  Fayette County Schools
 Duties/Roles:

2007-2008 School Year
Edythe J. Hayes Middle School
Curriculum & Instruction Specialist
E.S.S. Coordinator

2006-2007 School Year
Crawford Middle School
Curriculum Specialist/Academic Dean
Building Assessment Coordinator
C.S.I.P. Facilitator
Curriculum Portal Website
 

2005-2006 School Year - Berea Independent Schools
 Duties/Roles:
Berea Community Middle School
6th & 8th Grade Science Teacher (Science, Math & Technology)
Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Chairperson
Berea High School Swim Team Coach
 STLP Sponsor for High School & Middle School
Darlene's Science Source Website
 

April 2002 - Present  Weblight Designs & Consulting LLC (Part- time mainly summer)
Duties/Roles:
Web Design & Hosting
Team, School & Church Printing Designs
Graphic Design (Print & Web)
Outsourcing I.T. services (repair – networking)
Multimedia presentation authoring
Hardware & Software Trainings for businesses & schools
www.weblight1.com

August 2004-December 2004 Danville Independent Schools
Title: Elementary Curriculum/Technology Resource Teacher
Duties/Roles:
School Technology Coordinator & Computer Lab Manager
Curriculum/Technology Resource Teacher Grades K - 5
STLP Coordinator
Elementary Computer Lab Resource Website

2002-2004 Lincoln County Board of Education (Lincoln County Middle School)
Title: Academic Performance Specialist
Duties/Roles:
Curriculum Alignment Leader for Lincoln Co Middle School
Resource Teacher  & P.D. Facilitator for various topics
Grant Writer & District/School Consolidated Planning Committee
STLP Coordinator & Curriculum/Technology Integration

2000-2002 Lincoln County Board of Education (Central Office)
Title: Curriculum/Technology Integration Specialist (LCHS & LCMS)
Duties/Roles:
Planned Lessons integrating curriculum and technology with teachers
Instruction on use of software and hardware (Some troubleshooting)
Modeled Lessons integrating technology
Planned curriculum that included technology component
Web Design & Searching for Internet Research Sites (WebQuests)
Worked closely with Portfolio teachers
Grant Writing
S.T.L.P. Resource Person LCMS & LCHS

1997-2000 Lincoln County Board of Education (Lincoln County Middle School)
Title:  7^th & 8^th Grade Science Teacher
Curriculum Alignment for 7-8 grade science
District Science Fair Coordinator
Grant Writing
Summer School Science/Technology Camp Teacher
(more experience provided upon request)

2008 Standards for Achieving Excellence with Standards Based Units of Study (EJ Hayes)
2007 Marzano 9 Strategies That Improve Student Achievement (EJ Hayes)
2007 Synergistic Standards Based Units of Study (EJ Hayes)
2007 Open Response Strategies and Writing ORQs with Rigor (EJ Hayes)
2007 Engaging Active Learning (Hall County, Georgia)
2007 Using Open Response as Regular Classroom Assessment
2006 Successful Open Response Strategies
2006 Authentic Assessment
2005 Illustrating Science Models with PaintShop Pro
2004 Differentiated Instruction with PowerPoint
2004 Math Best Practices & Open Response Strategies
2002-2004 Analyzing Science & Math Data
2003 Standards-Based Units of Study & Curriculum Alignment (5 days)
2001 Math, Science & Technology Integration Using Data Collection Tools (KTLC)
2001 Web Quests to Web Pages (CCTM Conference)
2000 Teaching Science Inquiry Skills & Experimental Design
1998 Outdoor Classrooms
1998 Using River Tanks & Technology to Teach Science (KY Science Conference)
1995-1996 KY ACES II (Summers Statewide)
(More trainings listed upon request.)

Project ACHIEVE for Crawford Middle School PLATO Reading/Math Improvement $20,000 (2006)
IKICK Land and Water Grant for County Park Garrard Co. $75,000 (2005-2006)
ACCLAIM Grant Math/Technology  Professional Development Grant  Value $8,000 per year (2003)
Fly Like an Eagle (Character Education Grant) Funding Source: AllState Foundation $10,000 (2004)
I.T.O.U.C.H.Innovative Teaching of Urban & Commercial Horticulture   $52,000 (2001)
T.E.A.C.H. Horticulture Grant (Greenhouse Technology) Value  $39,000 (2001)
Environmental Regeneration Project for LCMS Funding Source: InterCounty Energy $1,000 (2003)
Digital Diaries II  Technology Careers Entrepreneurial Project - EntreSchools  $1,700 (2003)
Eagle Publishing (Technology Entrepreneurial Project EntreSchools $1,000 (2003)
Technology Integration into the Math and Science Classroom ($1,000) (1999)
Digital Diaries (Technology/Horticulture Careers Camp for 8-9th grade students $2,000 (2002)
Smartboard Grant Matching Grant for $5,000 to implement SmartBoard technology (2000)
Dix River Ecosystem Project Math/Science & Technology grant for $1,000 (1999)
(more successful grant writing experience provided upon request)

Sherri Heise
Principal Edythe J. Hayes Middle School
Lexington, Kentucky 40509
(859)381-4920

Dave Hoskins
Associate Principal Edythe J. Hayes Middle School
Lexington, Kentucky 40509
(859)381-4920

Michael Ernst
Director of Middle Schools in Fayette County
710 East Main Street
Lexington, KY 40502
(859)381-4000

Michael Bayless
Principal Crawford Middle School
Lexington, Kentucky 40503
(859)381-3370

Kathy Hicks
Literacy Specialist Crawford Middle School
Lexington, Kentucky 40503
(859)381-3370

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