I specialize in designing and facilitating customized professional learning experiences for K-12 educators, focusing on literacy instruction, curriculum design, assessment improvement, and standards-based grading. With 15 years of experience working with nearly 100 school districts, I document learning, create innovative writing studios, and blended learning environments that empower young writers and their teachers.
I became a teacher because I had good teachers, and children are some of the best.
I spent twelve years in the classroom and some time as a regional literacy specialist before becoming an independent professional learning facilitator in 2008. Over the last two decades, I’ve lead complex system-wide curriculum and assessment design initiatives, the shift to standards based grading and reporting, sustained lesson studies, and the practice of pedagogical documentation in elementary, middle, and high schools in hundreds of systems within and beyond the United States. I’m a dedicated action researcher whose interests lie at the intersection of purposeful play, collaborative inquiry, multimodal expression, and culturally sustaining practices. Each of my books is a chapter in this great learning story that continues to compel–and yes–confound me.
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Maryvale Central School District, New York, USA
Lyndonville Central Schools, New York, USA
Lancaster Central School District, New York, USA
Lake Shore Central School District, New York, USA
King Center Charter School, New York, USA
Halton District School Board, Ontario, Canada
Griffith Woods School, Calgary, AB
Frontier Central School District, New York, USA
Exupery International School, Latvia
Erie 2 BOCES, New York, USA
Enterprise Charter School, New York, USA
Ellison Elementary School, Kelowna, BC
Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium, Canada
Grand Island Central School District, New York, USA
Frontier Central School District, New York, USA
Fredonia Central School District, New York, USA
Enterprise Charter School, New York, USA
City of Dunkirk Schools, New York, USA
D’Youville University School of Pharmacy, New York, USA
Drew Charter School, Georgia, USA
Depew Union Free School District, New York, USA
Cleveland Hill Central School District, New York, USA
Clarence Central School District, New York, USA
City of Lockport Schools, New York, USA
Cheektowaga Central School District, New York, USA
Chappaqua Central School District, New York, USA
Central Okanagan Public Schools (SD No.23), Kelowna, BC
Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central Schools, New York USA
Canandaigua Central School District, New York, USA
Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES, New York, USA
Brighton Central School District, New York, USA
Amherst Central School District, New York, USA
Allendale Columbia School, New York, USA
Alden Central School District, New York USA
Alberta School Learning Commons Council, Canada
Akron Central School District, New York, USA
David Mastronardi and the Gamestorming Group
Cal State ERWC EIR Grant-Funded Curriculum Design Project
Maryvale Central School District, New York, USA
Lyndonville Central Schools, New York, USA
Lancaster Central School District, New York, USA
Lake Shore Central School District, New York, USA
King Center Charter School, New York, USA
Halton District School Board, Ontario, Canada
Griffith Woods School, Calgary, AB
Frontier Central School District, New York, USA
Exupery International School, Latvia
Erie 2 BOCES, New York, USA
Enterprise Charter School, New York, USA
Ellison Elementary School, Kelowna, BC
Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium, Canada
Grand Island Central School District, New York, USA
Frontier Central School District, New York, USA
Fredonia Central School District, New York, USA
Enterprise Charter School, New York, USA
City of Dunkirk Schools, New York, USA
D’Youville University School of Pharmacy, New York, USA
Drew Charter School, Georgia, USA
Depew Union Free School District, New York, USA
Cleveland Hill Central School District, New York, USA
Clarence Central School District, New York, USA
City of Lockport Schools, New York, USA
Cheektowaga Central School District, New York, USA
Chappaqua Central School District, New York, USA
Central Okanagan Public Schools (SD No.23), Kelowna, BC
Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central Schools, New York USA
Canandaigua Central School District, New York, USA
Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES, New York, USA
Brighton Central School District, New York, USA
Amherst Central School District, New York, USA
Allendale Columbia School, New York, USA
Alden Central School District, New York USA
Alberta School Learning Commons Council, Canada
Akron Central School District, New York, USA
David Mastronardi and the Gamestorming Group
Cal State ERWC EIR Grant-Funded Curriculum Design Project