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Denise Lucy Jeanne Hernandez
Position: Secondary principal, Sangre Grande Junior Secondary School (SGJSS), Trinidad & Tobago (double shift—two sets of students and teachers).
Education: B.Sc., York University; Dip.Ed. and M.Ed., University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.
Career History and Highlights: Secondary science teacher (integrated science, chemistry, biology, physics), integrated science department head; examiner, Caribbean Examinations Council; vice-principal and principal; developed format for laboratory school-based assessments in science; developed National Committee for Secondary Education science curriculum; involved in extracurricular activities (girls' wind-ball cricket, cricket, football, rugby, steel pan, martial arts); member, National Parent-Teachers Association; member, three national education committees: Pan in Education (steel pan orchestras), National HIV-AIDS Education, and National Certificate of Secondary Examination (steering committee for new secondary curriculum). Assistant secretary, Association of Principals of Public Secondary Schools; board member, Black Hawks Martial Arts Academy; author, A Laboratory Manual for School-Based Assessment in Integrated Science and One Voice (SGJSS newsletter); editor, Let's Learn Science—Books 1, 2, 3; conducted workshops on classroom management, clinical supervision, and performance management; developed Education Institution Information Database, a computerized administration database; member, African American Critical Issues Network.
ASCD and Affiliate Participation: ASCD member, 4 years; affiliate member, 7 years. Member, affiliate annual conference planning committees; affiliate representative on Leadership Council; affiliate past treasurer; Affiliate Leadership Conference representative; Annual Conference presenter, 2001.
Kathryn Schladweiler
Position: Director of Instructional Programs, Mason City Community School District, Mason City, Iowa.
Education: B.A., University of South Dakota; M.S. and Ed.S., Minnesota State University—Mankato; and Ph.D., Kennedy Western University.
Career History and Highlights: Curriculum director (1991–present); language arts teacher, middle school, high school, and post-secondary (14 years); reading/language arts consultant, state department of education (3 years) and intermediate education agency (2 years). PDK Levels I and II Curriculum Audit Training; Assessment as Learning trainer, Iowa Success Network; trainer, Connecting Brain Research to Classroom Applications; coauthor of a chapter in Shifting the Assessment Paradigm: The Role of Assessments in a Learning Organization (Costa and Kallick, eds). Articles published in Iowa Educational Leadership, The School Administrator, and Minnesota Journal of English.
ASCD and Affiliate Participation: ASCD member, 15 years; affiliate member, 14 years. Affiliate president (current), president-elect, and secretary; affiliate representative on Leadership Council (2003 and 2004). Presenter, 2004 ASCD Annual Conference ticketed session; organizer and presenter, affiliate Curriculum Leadership Academy and fall conference; organizer and facilitator, affiliate summer leadership conferences.
Sandra Whitaker
Position: Secondary Language Arts Curriculum Coordinator, Albemarle County Schools, Charlottesville, Va.
Education: B.A., Metropolitan State College of Denver; M.Ed. and Ed.S., State University of West Georgia; pursuing Ph.D., University of Virginia.
Career History and Highlights: Secondary language arts curriculum coordinator (2003–present); director of leadership, The Independent School, Wichita, Kan. (2001–03); English teacher, Wichita Public Schools (1999–2001); instructional lead teacher, Clayton County Public Schools, Jonesboro, Ga. (1997–99); English, speech, and drama teacher, Fayette County Public Schools, Fayetteville, Ga. (1991–97). National Board-Certified Teacher (achieved certification in 1999), Adolescence and Young Adulthood English Language Arts; Kansas Master Teacher. Disney All-American Teacher Awards nominee (2001), Who's Who Among America's Teachers (1996 and 1997). Consultant, workshop presenter, and author in areas of leadership, reading in the content areas, writing across the curriculum, student-led conferencing, and electronic portfolios. Member, NCTE, IRA, Virginia Association of Teachers of English, Virginia Council on English Education, and Virginia State Reading Association. Participant in a number of nonprofit organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Race for the Cure.
ASCD and Affiliate Participation: ASCD member, 8 years; affiliate member, 8 years. ASCD Faculty Program (current). Presenter at 2003 ASCD Annual Conference.