Getting
Students To Hand In Work, Finished and On-Time
 Jennifer Perkin’s
educational career spans over 27 years at the school, administrative and board
levels. She has experience as a teacher in elementary and secondary schools, a
guidance counsellor, a curriculum consultant and a principal. Her extensive
background in curriculum includes writing, reviewing and coordination, as well
as responsibility for board-wide implementation of policy and curriculum
initiatives for elementary and secondary education.
Relationships In Schools: Making Them Work
 Elizabeth Lesnik has over 20 years of experience in the mental health sector. She holds a Masters’ Degree in Social Work from McMaster University. She has been a teaching assistant at McMaster University and has provided instructional work to second year students in the application of theory to practice. Clinically, Elizabeth has worked in child protection, children’s mental health, addictions, day treatment programming for adolescents with dual diagnosis and numerous elementary and secondary school settings. Elizabeth has extensive experience in running workshops and training sessions.
Relationships In Schools: Making Them Work
Tom Ranger's
career in children’s mental health spans 35 years. He has worked with
children and families in residential care, psychiatric hospitals,
school based programs and outpatient therapeutic settings. He has been
a trainer and developed programs in anger management, parent education
and specialized class room programming.
How To Teach Alternative High School Programs
Karen
Faddis never realized when she began teaching, that a great portion of
her teaching career would involve working with behavior students.
Armed with an undergraduate degree in Psychology, a Bachelor of
Education, and the ideals of a new teacher, she became fascinated with
trying to uncover the mysteries of the students most teachers find most
frustrating to teach.
Getting
Assessment Right: Language : Grades 1- 8
Getting Assessment Right: Mathematics: Grades 1 - 8
 Damian
Cooper has specialized in student assessment for the past sixteen years.
Damian has worked with school administrators, senior administrators and
teachers on all aspects of assessment, including the analysis and use of
large-scale assessment data, portfolio assessment, performance assessment, and
reporting procedures. He is a frequent speaker at major conferences.
Getting Asssessment Right: Science:
Grades 9 - 10
 With a degree in
Mechanical Engineering, Peter Stone currently teaches secondary physics,
mathematics and technology. As a member of Science Teachers Association of
Ontario and a member of The Simcoe County District School Board
Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting Committee, Peter provides a clear and
unique perspective to the assessment issues facing science teachers in high
schools.
Getting Assessment Right: French as a
Second Language : Grades 1 - 8
Getting Assessment Right: French as a
Second Language : Grades 9 - 10
Georgette Bolger has coordinated French As A Second Language
and International Languages for a major board of education. She has acted as a
writer and project manager for curriculum development at the provincial level,
developed a TV curriculum training video for International Language teachers,
presented numerous workshops and presentations and co-authored resource
materials for teachers.
 Bonnie
Carter has twenty-five years of French As A Second
Language teaching experience with elementary, secondary and university
students. She has been a curriculum consultant, trainer and developer of
curriculum writers, reviewer of curriculum materials, workshop presenter and
co-author or resource materials for educators.
Getting Assessment Right:
Social Studies Grades 1-6: History and Geograpy: Grades 7-8
Brenda
Harris has taught for twenty-four years in Ontario and California. She has
been a curriculum consultant, a member of the Ontario Ministry of Education
Provincial District Curriculum Team, an elementary representative on the
Ministry’s Ontario Student Achievement Performance Measures Advisory
Committee, a reviewer of the Ministry Secondary Exemplars Project, a leader for
EQAO Grade 3 Assessment, a member of the EQAO anchor paper selection team, a
scoring supervisor for the Council of Ministers of Education, a selector of
Canadian exemplars for the Council of Ministers of Education and a presenter of
curriculum and assessment workshops throughout Ontario.
Getting Assessment Right: Health and
Physical Education : Grades 1 - 8
Plan, Assess, Report:
Health and Physical Education: Grades 9-10
Susan Orchard has been a Physical and
Health Education Consultant K to OAC, Instructional Consultant K to 8, Past
President of Ontario Physical and Health Education Association, 1999 Recipient
of the Bing Caswell Award for distinguished contribution to Physical and Health
Education, She has worked as Coordinator of Secondary School Reform and Staff
Learning, Halton District School Board, Project Manager of the Ontario Health
and Physical Education Curriculum (Grades 9 to 12), Project Manager of the
Ontario Secondary Course Profiles for Health and Physical Education (Grade 9
and 10). She presents at major conferences on all aspects of curriculum,
instruction and assessment and evaluation.
What Works Best When The Provincial Assessment Results
Arrive
A School Administrator's Guide To The
Grade 10 Literacy Test
When
The Ontario Literacy Test Results Arrive
How To Teach
The Writers' Workshop
Judy Coghill is an educator
with over thirty years of experience. She has been an English Consultant, an
English Department Head and an Education Officer with the Ontario Ministry of
Education where she was involved in the development of provincial curriculum
and assessment policy. Currently, Judy is an independent educational
consultant. She is a frequent workshop presenter and has published for a
variety of audiences, including students, teachers and principals in areas such
as: English and language arts, media, assessment and evaluation, issues related
to Education Quality and Accountability Office assessments.
When The Ontario
Literacy Test Results Arrive
 Rosemary Evans is the Director of Academic Studies at
Branksome Hall. She has experience teaching from elementary school to
university. She has also served as curriculum co-ordinator and administrator in
a number of diverse contexts. Her publications include articles and textbooks
in the area of History, Civics and Social Studies.
Know Your
School
Clay Lafleur
Clay Lafleur has experience as the
Curriculum and Assessment Officer for the Simcoe County District School Board,
the Manager of the Standards and Assessment Policy Unit in the Ontario Ministry
of Education, Chief Research Officer with the Simcoe County Board of Education,
Head of Research and Evaluation at the Educational Research Institute of
British Columbia,and Education Research Officer in the South Australian
Education Department.Clay has taught in elementary and secondary schools as
well as college and university,both in Canada and Australia.He is currently
President of his own consulting company,Claymar International,for which he
conducts a variety of workshops and research projects.
Jack
MacFadden
Jack MacFadden has worked in both elementary and secondary
schools. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and holds a master
’s degree from Brock University. Jack began his school-based research in
the late 1970s. Jack was the first teacher president of the Ontario Educational
Research Council and is president of the Ontario History and Social Science
teachers association.
Doug Hamilton
Doug Hamilton has been the
Director for the Master of Arts Program in Distributed Learning at Royal Roads
University, the Director of the Master of Arts Program in Leadership and
Training Program at RRU.Before assuming the director ’s role,he taught
both face-to-face and online courses as an associate faculty member of the
Leadership and Training program as well as serving as Acting Dean of the
Organizational Leadership and Learning Division. His current academic,research
and professional interests include the design and evelopment of electronic
performance support systems,performance improvement practices in e-learning
contexts, innovative learning strategies in online environments and the
application of action learning models.
The
Early Reading Intervention Handbook
 Mary Lou McKinley
(Ph.D.)is an Adjunct Professor at Daemen College in Amherst,New York. She
teaches courses in Reading for the Canadian Scholars Program for pre-service
candidates. Mary Lou has extensive experience as a primary classroom
teacher,reading specialist and curriculum consultant.She also presents
workshops at major conferences and conducts in-service staff development
programs for local districts.
How To Create
Success For The New Teacher
 Ann McClure
began her teaching career after several years working in business. Although her
beginning year was a positive experience, the following year Ann started a New
Teacher Committee to assist teachers joining the school staff. Ann’s
interest in teacher induction was the basis for her thesis “Beneficial
Induction Practices Cited by First Year Teachers”. This research was
acknowledged in May 2004 with the Canadian Association Teacher Education Master
of Education Award. Currently Ann works for the Simcoe County District School
Board as a Curriculum Consultant. In this role she frequently works with
beginning teachers. Ann is also currently working toward a Ph.D. with the
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto in the area of
Teacher Development.
Action Research
for Teaching Excellence
 Jacqueline Delong is a Superintendent of Education in the
Grand Erie District School Board. Her experience as an educator includes
secondary school teacher and department head, union president and governor,
coordinator of special education services, elementary principal, superintendent
and university lecturer. Jacqueline completed her doctorate in educational
action research in 2002. She now presents to educators at local, national and
international levels. Her interests include travel, golfing and sailing. She is
an active volunteer as Past Chair of the Hospital Board, Past President of the
Ontario Educational Research Council and mother to two wonderful adult
children.
 Cheryl Black has been
an elementary school administrator for five years. Before that she taught
secondary school instrumental and vocal music. Seven years ago she completed
her first action research project and since then has facilitated the research
of many teachers. She has a Master’s Degree from Brock University and has
been accepted into the M.Phil/PhD program at the University of Bath in the
United Kingdom. She has presented at the annual meeting of the American
Educational Research Association.
Ron
Wideman is Associate Dean of Education at Nipissing University in North
Bay, Ontario. Prior to joining the Nipissing University faculty in 1996, Ron
served in a variety of roles including secondary school history teacher, school
board curriculum co-ordinator, Ministry of Education official, and TVOntario
curriculum project manager. His doctoral thesis was among the first to explore
change from the perspective of the secondary school teacher. Dr. Wideman is a
strong supporter of action research and has authored a wide range of published
works focusing on educational change and teacher professional
growth.
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Family Enriched Mathematics
 Andrew
Morrison has taught in the Bachelor of Education program at Nipissing
University. While an elementary teacher, Andrew organized and presented
parent involvement workshops. In addition to local sessions, he created
and chaired the first major conference for parents in mathematics
education. Andrew is a frequent speaker at conferences for mathematics
educators. He also instructs professional development courses for
teachers in mathematics education. Andrew received his Bachelor of Arts
and Bachelor of Education from Nipissing University. He is currently
completing his Master of Education.
How To Teach
Balanced Mathematics
 Lee Sparling graduated from Nipissing University with a
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sociology and a Bachelor of Education.She also
obtained her Mathematics Specialist through Nipissing University. She became
interested in mathematics early in her teaching career when it
became apparent that too many students had a
negative attitude towards math and displayed low self-confidence in their
abilities. She decided that the same ‘balanced ’ approach, that has
been implemented in literacy programs, should be applied to math. She developed
the Balanced Mathematics Program to create a cooperative learning math
community and improve student knowledge and overall understanding.
Get Yourself Ready For University
Get Yourself Ready For College
Diane Cameron
attended Carleton University where she received her BA.(Hons.) in
English, the University of Western Ontario where she earned her
certification for Teaching, and York University where she obtained her
Specialist in Guidance, including Career Education.
Diane has worked
in business and social services and extensively in education. She has
written curriculum, overseen pilot projects, conducted leadership
workshops and delivered university presentations to students, parents,
and teachers. Diane has been honoured with the Olive Diefenbaker
Award for Counselling.
What
Works Best: Classroom Management: Grades 9-12
 William Bell is an award-winning author
of more than a dozen books for young adults. He has been a high school English
teacher and department head, and an instructor at the Harbin University of
Science and Technology, the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing, and the
University of British Columbia.
Getting Assessment Right: Language: Grades
1 - 8
Getting Assessment Right:
Mathematics: Grades 1 - 8
Why Did My Child Get This
Mark?
What
Works Best: Classroom Management: Grades 9-12
 Nanci Wakeman-Jones has taught
Grades 5 through 12. Prior to becoming a school administrator, she worked as a
Grade 7 to 12 consultant, providing leadership and training in all aspects of
curriculum, instruction, assessment and evaluation. Nanci has worked with Grant
Wiggins in developing an understanding of assessment theory and has designed
and delivered workshops for teachers at both the elementary and secondary
level.
Getting Assessment Right: Science and
Technology : Grades 1 - 8
 Ron Ballentine's experiences
include: Environment Project Consultant; Conference and workshop presenter for
Science and Technology, and Outdoor and Environmental Education to
administrators, teachers, and university students; Elementary curriculum
resource support developer.
 Ruth Dawson has been a conference and workshop presenter for
Science and Technology, and Mathematics to administrators, teachers, and
university students. Major projects for Ruth include: Instructional Leader for
Mathematics, Assessment and Evaluation; Unit design (Integrated Units, Combined
Grade Units, Mathematics Units); Member of Ontario Mathematics Coordinators
(OMCA), Ontario Association for Mathematics Educators (OAME) and Ontario
Council for Technology Education (OCTE); Instructor of Mathematics Part 1 York
University.
Getting Assessment Right:
Health and Physical Education : Grades 1 - 8
Plan, Assess, Report: Health and Physical
Education: Grades 9-10
 Sue Amos has
been the Halton District School Board Physical and Health Education Consultant,
K to OAC; coordinator of Health and Physical Education; Social Studies and
Family Studies, Halton District School Board; Past President of Ontario
Association for the Supervision of Physical and Health Education; 1998
Recipient of the Bing Caswell Award for distinguished contribution to Physical
and Health Education; lead writer of Physical Education Safety Guidelines; lead
writer of the Ontario Health and Physical Education Curriculum (Grades 1 to 8);
member of the Expert Panel for Secondary Health and Physical Education
Curriculum Development; co-author of Getting Assessment Right, Health and
Physical Education Grades 1-8; co-author of Plan Assess Report: Health and
Physical Education, Grades 9 and 10.
Getting Assessment Right: Mathematics :
Grades 1- 8
Pat Blake has been a teacher in each elementary
division, a consultant for mathematics and an instructor for Additional
Qualifications courses. She is an elementary school administrator with workshop
experience in curriculum, instruction and assessment.
A School Administrator's Guide To The
Grade 10 Literacy Test
Ruth Sutton was a secondary teacher and
administrator in Manchester (England) before turning to consultancy, first at
the board level and then independently. She writes and publishes on assessment,
evaluation and whole school review.
Guidance: Grades 9-10: Plan,
Assess, Report
Anne Clifton has been Lead Author on this
handbook, Coordinator of Guidance, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Education
and The Arts with the Halton District School Board, Lead Writer for Grade 9
Learning Strategies, Grade 10 Career Studies Course Profile Projects, Ontario
Ministry of Education, project manager for Leadership and Peer Support and
Designing Your Future Grade 11 Course Profiles, co-author of Careers 10,
Prentice Hall
Ted Blackbourn has experience as a teacher in the Guidance and
Career Education, teaching Music, English, and Career Education, former
Academic Director and Arts Department Head, writer of courses of study in
Music, Self and Society, Learning Strategies and Career Studies, member of the
Learning Strategies Course Profile writing team.
Faye Ward was a teacher of
English and Special Education classes for over thirty years. She designed and
developed and presented assessment resources for teachers of Basic level
programmes, was part of the author teams for various literature and language
anthologies.
Joanne Twist has been Program Services Coordinator for Guidance and
Cooperative Education, member of the Expert panel for Guidance and Career
Education, member of the staff development team for the Conflict Prevention
Institute.
Linda Galen has been a secondary vice-principal, a
Secondary Program Resource Teacher working with schools on assessment and
evaluation, literacy and secondary school reform, teacher for 12 years. She
developed and taught a Summer Work Experience Program for young women.
Business: Grades 9-10: Plan,
Assess, Report
Visual
Basic .NET
 Jan Marrelli
is a secondary school Business and Computer Studies teacher and Department
Coordinator. She has authored computer application textbooks and an assessment
handbook for business teachers. She has also participated in the Ontario
Curriculum Exemplars Project.
Boost
Literacy: Grades 7-12
 Jan
McLellan is an international educational consultant specializing in
Literacy and Learning Skills.Her background includes classroom teaching from
elementary to university level and acting as a school district
consultant,university lecturer and school
administrator.
Getting It
Right In History Class
 John Fioravanti ’s experience of twenty-nine years in the
classroom includes nineteen years as a high school history department head. He
began his career teaching history in grades seven through ten and at that time
developed the first writing skills and essay manuals for student use. His focus
for the writing skills and essay manuals later widened to the more complex
skills required of senior students.
Drama: Getting Assessment
Right
 Steve
Russell studied at the University of Western Ontario and the Banff Centre
School of Fine Arts and had a brief career in the theatre. He is currently Head
of Integrated Arts at Peterborough Collegiate and President of the Council of
Drama and Dance in Education. Steve has been heavily involved in writing the
Ministry of Education ’s Course Profiles and additional support materials
for Drama. He earned the Ontario Cable Television Producer ’s Award for
Best Youth Program,The Peel School Board Award of Excellence and The
TVOntario/OTF Award of Excellence. He has taught an Additional Qualifications
course in Drama and now presents workshops on a wide range of
topics.
Mathematics: Getting Assessment Right: Grades
9-10
Jack LeSage has taught mathematics (Remedial to
Enriched, Grades 9 to 12) in high schools, mathematics upgrading at college,
mathematics methods at the Faculty of Education, University of Toronto and been
a Mathematics Consultant for the Ministry of Education and Training. He is a
Descartes Fellow, a Shell Merit Fellow and a life member of the Ontario
Association for Mathematics Education. He has co-authored, consulted and edited
twenty-two books for junior and senior high school students and teachers.
Lisa Abernethy has taught mathematics at the high school level,
tutored students from Grades 6 to 12, provided in-service to pre-service
teachers at Faculty of Education, University of Toronto and is currently a
curriculum consultant for the Simcoe County District School Board responsible
for the implementation of the new classroom assessment and numeracy initiatives
(K to 12). She has represented the local Ontario Association for Mathematics
Education chapter (MAC2) at the provincial level, been MAC2 president and was
involved in writing, scoring and editing the Mathematics Exemplars for the
Ministry of Education.
Bill Morrison has taught mathematics
(Grades 9 to 12) for 29 years, been a department head of mathematics for 21
years and served as a curriculum consultant in mathematics. He has co-authored
mathematics textbooks and developed software for mathematics education. Bill
was the inaugural president of the Mathematics Association for Cottage Country
and chapter representative to OAME. Under his leadership, the Barrie North
mathematics department won the Ken Fryer award in 1998. This award is given
annually to an outstanding secondary school mathematics department.
Meeting The Needs of
Hard-To-Serve Students
Linda Ebruk began her career behind bars,
teaching young offenders in a maximum security setting. She went on to manage a
remedial program in an inner city housing development. After completing
doctoral studies she worked for the federal parole board with hard-to-serve
adults, furthering her goal of helping people build on their strengths to turn
their lives around. Recently she taught in a Strict Discipline Program for
students who had been expelled. Dr. Linda Ebruk is now a policy analyst with
the Ontario Ministry of Education.
Teach and
Assess Visual Arts: Grades 7-8
 Hondo Varep has
been a visual arts educator for over twenty five years. His experience as a
curriculum writer is extensive and he has been a member of numerous
consultative committees on arts education. Hondo has been the visual arts
teacher and facilitator at the Ontario Education Leadership Centre for grades 7
and 8 for a number of years,and he also designs sets for community theatre,as
well as creating logos, posters and illustrations for a variety of groups and
organizations. Hondo ’s personal work is in many private collections and
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