The Hanau Model Schools Partnership

Staff of the Hanau Model School Partnership
	Alan Feldman: Principal Investigator Alan has spent 18 years working in schools as a teacher and a principal. He is currently a cluster leader at TERC and directs the Testbed for Telecollaboration project (funded by NSF), which is creating models for data-rich, cross-classroom collaborations using telecommunications. Alan has oversight responsibility for the Hanau Model Schools Partnership. Elizabeth McNamara: Project Director A social studies teacher in middle and high school, Liz has also taught reading to children and adults in clinical settings. Before coming to TERC, Liz worked at the New York State Education Department and was responsible for technology planning and network implementation for Internet services and administrative software systems in New York State Schools. Liz oversees the day-to-day operations of the Hanau Model Schools Partnership. Judy Davidson Wasser: Scientist A qualitative researcher by training, Judith Davidson Wasser designed and directs the comprehensive ethnographic research program of the Hanau Model Schools Partnership. Her interests are in the use of qualitative research as a tool for the study of educational reform issues. Her past projects have included a study of arts specialists in elementary education, issues of change in a multi-service preschool program, and a study of an alternative pre-service education program. The former director of the Project on Adolescent Literacy at the University of North Carolina's Center for Early Adolescence, Dr. Wasser is also the co-author of "Adolescent Literacy: What Works and Why," case studies of successful school- and community-based literacy programs for young adolescents (Garland, 1993). Cathy Miles Grant: Senior Research Associate Cathy Miles Grant is the professional development and the elementary mathematics specialist for the Hanau Model Schools Partnership. Her work on the project encompasses shaping and researching both the overall professional development plan for the project and the elementary mathematics strand, in which she focuses on issues that arise when new technology tools are introduced alongside of a school system's newly adopted curriculum. As a senior research associate at TERC she has worked in teachers' professional development for projects in math, science and technology. She is the primary author of the Literacy in a Science Context (LISC) curriculum, a technology-enhanced, inquiry-based curriculum in human physiology for the upper elementary grades. She is a former staff developer, classroom teacher, and special education teacher at the elementary and middle school levels. Valda Grinbergs: Project Coordinator Valda has an M.S. degree in Health Education from Boston University and has worked on various public health projects in the United States and Latvia, including teaching Health Education at a university in Latvia. Valda coordinates the administrative support for the project, and the creation and processing of publications. Beth Lish: Administrative Assistant Beth comes to the project as a classroom teacher in an elementary school in New York City. She provides administrative support for the Hanau Model Schools Partnership, and has focused on the data input and administration to support research, and the technology and literacy components. Beth also works with the Regional Alliance staff at TERC, providing administrative support. Oren Eddie: Communications Assistant Oren is joining the Model Schools Partnership full-time as a Communications Assistant. In Hanau, Oren will be working closely with TERC and Kevin McGillivray to coordinate schedules of visiting TERC staff, and all the logistics and meetings that accompany these visits. He will also continue to provide direct support to teachers as they learn to use the software tool kit. Prior to this, Oren worked as a teacher's aide at the Argonner Elementary School, and provided direct support for the Model Schools project for the last two years. Kevin McGillivray: Educational Technologist Kevin has taught high school music classes in Oregon Public Schools and in DoDDS for the past 30 years. In the mid-80s, Kevin helped create and implement the very successful curriculum for Computer Music, or MIDI, for the DoDDS schools. For the past 9 years he has taught MIDI, computer basic, and multimedia workshops for DoDDS teachers in Europe. In the Fall of 1996, Kevin moved to a newly-created position of Educational Technologist for the Hanau Schools "Model Schools" initiative. In this new role, Kevin works closely with Hanau teachers K-12 in planning for, and implementing technology integration in their classrooms. He provides professional development opportunities for Hanau teachers on a regular basis, and assists teachers and their students, with technology-based projects. As the Hanau Schools Educational Technologist, Kevin works closely with Boston-based TERC, mentors of the Hanau Model Schools Partnership.

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