Keroack, Elizabeth - Seaside Edu



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SS# 002-36-5799 31 Apple Hill Road • Melrose, MA 02176 • (781) 665-5981

QUALIFICATIONS

Administration

• Long-range Planning • Creative Problem-solving • Community/Public Relations • Change Management

• Educational Leadership • Organizational Management • School Reform/Accountability • Contract Administration

Training/Teaching

• Data Culture/Protocols • Curriculum and Unit Design • Staff Development/Supervision •Individual/Team Building

(Understanding by Design)

Specialized Training

• Visionary Thinking • Workshop/Classroom Training • Oral/Written/TV Presentations • Personnel Employment

CERTIFICATIONS • Superintendent (K-12) 85Q • Supervisor/Director 81T • English (7-12) 11R

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|EDUCATION | |

| |Boston University, Boston, MA |

|1987 |Ed. D., Educational Leadership (Curriculum) |

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| |University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH |

|1975 |M.S.T., English |

|1971 |B.A., English Teaching |

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| |Additional Training |

| |2005 – 2007 |Train-the–trainer professional development, National Institute for School Leadership (NISL), sponsored by the |

| | |Massachusetts Department of Education, Marlboro, MA |

| |2005 – 2006 |Classroom Walkthroughs, Teachers 21, Malden Public Schools |

| |Summer 2004 |Superintendents’ Trip to China, Primary Source, Watertown, MA |

| |2002 |One week train-the-trainer professional development in Critical Friends Protocols, National School Reform Faculty, |

| | |Worcester, MA |

| |2000 – 2001 |Teaching Reading: A Workshop Series, Shore Collaborative, Chelsea, MA |

| |Summer 1999 |Curriculum Leadership Institute, Massachusetts Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development |

| |1995 - 1996 |"Observing and Analyzing Teaching," Research for Better Teaching |

| |1990 - 1994 |Prevention of Substance Abuse through Middle School Restructuring, U.S. Dept. of Education Grant |

| |1993 |Next Steps Conference for Advanced Staff Development Training In Elementary Science Education, The National Science|

| | |Foundation with Hewlett-Packard and the Mesa, AZ Public Schools, in Mesa, AZ |

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|EMPLOYMENT | | |

| |Sept. 2006-Present |Educational Consultant with specialization in professional learning communities, data-driven decision making, |

| | |Understanding by Design, assessment planning and design, supervision and evaluation |

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| |2001-2006 |MALDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Malden, MA |

| | |Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment |

| | |Directed all aspects of curriculum from planning through implementation and evaluation |

| | |Supervised and evaluated directors and program supervisors |

| | |Led curriculum development enhancements district-wide and in individual schools ensuring compliance with state |

| | |mandates and alignment with state frameworks |

| | |Directed development and implementation of the Comprehensive District Improvement Plan and the Individual Student |

| | |Success Plan, including MCAS analysis, to meet NCLB and state requirements for student achievement |

| | |Oversaw the revision and refinement of the newly implemented standards-based supervision and evaluation system |

| | |Designed and implemented, with a district committee, the professional development plan of the district |

| | |Acted as a liaison to consultants assisting the district in implementing school reform |

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| |1995-2001 |STONEHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Stoneham, MA |

| | |Assistant Superintendent |

| | |Managed all personnel functions for instruction and health services |

| | |Designed and supervised professional development |

| | |Wrote grants and collaborated with other districts in grant development |

| | |Spearheaded development and negotiation of new teacher and nurse evaluation instruments |

| | |Collaborated with police and fire departments to develop a community crisis plan |

| | |Improved the substitute fill rate from 65% up to 95% |

| | |Served as facilitator and district liaison for the state Coordinated Program Review in the categories of |

| | |Education Reform, Civil Rights, Title I and Special Education |

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| |1988 - 1992 |English Department Chair, Methuen High School |

| | |Managed teachers and curriculum; taught Journalism/Creative Writing, Honors English II; acted as English Department|

| | |Curriculum Revision Committee Chair |

| | |Acted as Supervisor of Reading/Language Arts Curricula, Grades 5-12 (1990-1992) |

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| | |Shawsheen Valley Technical High School, Billerica, MA |

| |1975 - 1988 |English Teacher | |

| |1986 - 1988 |Project Coordinator, Gifted and Talented Planning and Implementation Grants, Massachusetts Department of Education |

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| | |Manchester Central High School, Manchester, NH |

| |1971 - 1975 |English Teacher |

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| COLLEGE |TEACHING | |

| |1997 - Present |Associate Visiting Professor, Salem State College, C.A.G.S. in Educational Leadership Program; courses include |

| | |Advanced Curriculum Development and Design, Professional Development in an Age of Reform, School Restructuring |

| |2006-2010 |Adjunct Faculty Member for Lesley University, Boston College, Simmons College and Endicott College; graduate|

| | |courses in Designing Standards-based Units (using Understanding by design), Using Data to Drive Decision-making, |

| | |Teaching in a Standards-based Classroom and Instructional Leadership |

| |2000 - 2002 |Senior Faculty, Cambridge College, C.A.G.S. in Educational Leadership Program; courses include Advanced |

| | |Graduate Research Seminar and Practicum, Foundations of Social Science Research, Reconceptualizing Schools for |

| | |School Administrator |

| |1980 – 1992 |Adjunct Instructor, College Writing I, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, MA |

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|PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS |

| |1981 - Present |Workshop Facilitator/Presenter: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Annual Conference of the National |

| | |Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators Association, Northeast Coalition of Educational |

| | |Leaders, Pi Lambda Theta, Commission on Adult Basic Education Conference, New Hampshire Girls' State, New England Association of |

| | |Teachers of English Conference, Merrimack Education Center, and over 30 schools/districts in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut|

| | |and New Hampshire |

| | |Sample Presentation Topics: Building and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities; Administrators as Instructional Leaders; |

| | |Improving Supervision and Evaluation Processes and Practices; Creating Standards-based Units; Using Student Work to Refine Assessment|

| | |Practices; Building a Data Culture in Schools; Surviving an Education Quality Audit; School-to-Work Issues; Massachusetts English |

| | |Language Arts Curriculum Framework; Sharpening Your Interviewing Skill; Using Thematic Journals to Make Thematic Connections; Persona|

| | |as Pedagogy: Engaging Students' Literary Imagination; Improving Administrative Writing; Study Skills: Which, When, Where, How?; |

| | |Writing in the Content Areas (Series) |

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|ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS |

| |1995 |Recipient, 1995 Charles Swain Thomas Award for Outstanding Service, New England Association of Teachers of English |

| | |National Endowment for the Humanities and Council of Basic Education, summer research grants recipient |

| |1991 |Mozart and His Operas, Vienna, Austria |

| |1989 |Thomas Hardy and T. S. Eliot: Literature and Landscape, Oxford University |

| |1983 |The Role of Metaphor in Literary Criticism, Independent Study |

| | |Funded Proposals, Facilitator |

| |1989 - 1992 |Essential Skills, Massachusetts Department of Education for At-Risk Students - 3 yrs. |

| |1990 |Recipient, "Leader in Teacher Education" Award, Massachusetts Association of Teacher Educators |

| |1990 |Recipient, "Best Article of the Year" Award, Secondary Category, The Leaflet, Journal of the New England Association of Teachers of |

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|PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS |

| Organizational Leadership | |

| | |Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents |

| | |Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development |

| | |Massachusetts Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (Past President, Past Newsletter Editor) |

| | |National Council of Teachers of English (Past Conference Information Chair) |

| | |New England Association of Teachers of English (Past President) |

| | |Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society |

| | |Pi Lambda Theta, Boston University Chapter (Past Newsletter Editor) |

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PUBLICATIONS

Books/Pamphlets

Using State Frameworks to Develop Quality Curricula, 2nd edition, Allan A. Glatthorn and Elizabeth C. Keroack,

Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Wellesley, MA, 2003

British Persona, Sundance Publications, July 1990

Presenting Your Point of View (Applied Communication Series), Agency for Instructional Technology, 1988

HM GED Study Skills Program National Association of Secondary School Principals and the American Council of Education, 1986

Together We Can, A Fair Shot, An Equal Chance, It's Not Funny/It's Illegal, It's Up To You Portraits (editor and contributing author), Grant #80-871-096-7, Spring 1981

"Futurism: A Framework for Composition," a copyrighted English curriculum, now an ERIC document, 1978

Articles

“Fusion: Schools and Communities in Service of Learning, MASCD Perspectives Newsletter, May/June 2004

“Thoughtful Uncertainty: Managing Curricular Change,” MASCD Perspectives Newsletter, March/April 2004

“Through the Woods: English Language Learners and Immersion,” MASCD Perspectives Newsletter, January/February 2004

“The Good Old Days of School … Then and Now,” Stoneham Independent, May 1997

“God Speed, John Glenn: The Curriculum of Experience,” MASCD Perspectives Newsletter, September 1998

"Creating an Assessment Framework; First Steps in a Blueprint for Action," MASCD Perspectives Newsletter, Spring 1997

"A Pilgrim's Progress," Teaching Voices, Vol. V, May/June 1991

"Bad Day in the Classroom?" Spring Poetry Contest, Sunday Eagle-Tribune, March 31, 1991

"From Life to Literature: Creating the 'Rest of the Story'," The Leaflet, Vol. 90, No. 3, Fall 1990

"A Community of Scholars," English Journal, Vol. 79, No. 4, April 1990

"Underperformers with Potential," Teaching Voices, Vol. II, September/October 1987

"Home Sweet Home," The Boston Sunday Globe, October 5, 1986

"Noting Effectiveness," NEA Today, Vol. 3, No. 4, January/February 1985

"What Can Schools Do to Help Teachers Work Effectively with Unmotivated Students?" ASCD Update, Vol. 26, No. 8, November 1984

"Review Writing: A Practical Application of Bloom's Taxonomy," The Leaflet, Vol. 82, No. 2, Spring 1983

"Team Teaching Writing: A Productive Alternative," Virginia English Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 1, Spring 1981

"The Senses--And Sensibility," Connecticut English Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1981

"TA Strategies and the Writing Classroom: Exploring Point of View," Washington English Journal, Fall 1980

"Futurism: Framework for Composition," Thematic Units in Teaching English and the Humanities, 1980

"Project Invention and Art and Culture," English Journal, Vol. 69, No. 4, April 1980

"Examining Descriptive Devices: An Introduction to Poetic Terminology," Connecticut English Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1979

"Attention and Incubation: Factors Relevant to Successful Composition," Indiana English, Vol. 2, No. 2, December 1978

"The Future as Filler," Connecticut English Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, Spring 1978

"Writing about Writing: Dispelling Student Anxieties," The Nebraska English Counselor, Vol. 22, No. 2, Spring 1977

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