Kimberly Kappler Hewitt
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Education: BS and MEd, Vanderbilt University; PhD, Miami University
Career History and Highlights: Served as director of curriculum, instruction, and assessment (7 years); district instructional specialist (1 year); elementary principal (1 year); middle school teacher (4 years). Taught preservice and practicing educators at Miami University, Wright State University, and University of Dayton. Presented at 12 national and 10 state conferences. Authored Differentiation Is an Expectation: A School Leader's Guide to Building a Culture of Differentiation (2011). Member, Board of Trustees of Mount Notre Dame High School in Cincinnati, Ohio (2002–05). Served on North Central Accreditation External Validation Team (2002). Recipient, Georgia Honor Teacher Award and grant, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, 2001.
ASCD and Affiliate Participation: ASCD member (10 years) and affiliate member (5 years). Affiliate board of directors (5 years). Chaired three affiliate conferences. Affiliate president (2010–11). ASCD conference presenter (4 years). ASCD Emerging Leader (2010 cohort). 2011 ASCD Conference Scholar. ASCD book proposal reviewer (2010–11).
John Kiemele
Current Position: Principal, Coal Creek Elementary School, Boulder, Colo.
Education: BS, Montana State University; MEd, Western Washington University; EdD, Arizona State University
Career History and Highlights: Leadership experience of 21 years as a public school principal (pre-K–6) and 7 years as an elementary classroom and special education teacher in Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Colorado. Professional developer since 2010 for the International Habits of Mind Learning Communities, as developed by Arthur Costa. Adjunct professor, Northern Arizona University (curriculum and instruction) and Central Washington University (school/education law). Expertise in assisting teachers and principals to develop "mindful learning," cultural proficiency and school equity, strategic planning, and collaborative leadership. Coal Creek Elementary School has been recognized for numerous years as a Colorado School of Excellence.
ASCD and Affiliate Participation: ASCD member (17 years) and affiliate member (8 years). Copresenter at the ASCD 2010 Annual Conference in San Antonio, Tex., with Arthur Costa and Bena Kallick, "Leading Schools with Habits of Mind in Mind." Contributing author, Integrating and Sustaining Habits of Mind (ASCD, 2000). ASCD Annual Conference attendee (15 years). Participant, Project LEAD, a leadership program for aspiring and new school administrators; member, Association of Washington School Administrators.
Lori J. Stollar
Current Position: Program specialist for curriculum and professional development, Lincoln Intermediate Unit #12, New Oxford, Penn.
Education: BS, Shippensburg University; MEd, The Pennsylvania State University; doctoral candidate, Widener University
Career History and Highlights: Program specialist for curriculum and professional development (4 years); professional development specialist (2 years); secondary social studies teacher and department chair (20 years). Currently, job responsibilities include providing leadership and consultation to 25 school districts in south central Pennsylvania in the areas of curriculum, school improvement, data-analysis, and instructional services. Semifinalist, 2004 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year. Author, "The Power of Classroom Walkthroughs," Pennsylvania Educational Leadership (2007); coauthor, "Differentiated Instruction as a Self-Directed Growth Option: One Teacher's Journey," Pennsylvania Educational Leadership (2003); also published in ASCD Express and Pennsylvania ASCD Update.
ASCD and Affiliate Participation: ASCD member (14 years); Pennsylvania ASCD (PASCD) and Southern Region Pennsylvania ASCD (SRPASCD) member (14 years); 2011 ASCD Conference Scholar; 2011 Emerging Leader coach; Women's Leadership Professional Interest Community facilitator (2009–present); PASCD executive board (2006–08); SRPASCD executive board (2001–08), PASCD conference committee (2005–present); PASCD annual conference cochair (2008); ASCD Annual Conference presentations (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011); participant, Leader to Leader (2010, 2011).
Shannon Trejo
Current Position: Principal, Milstead Middle School, Pasadena Independent School District, Pasadena, Tex.
Education: BS, University of Texas at Austin; MEd, University of Texas at Arlington.
Career History and Highlights: Independent literacy consultant specializing in literacy techniques across core content K–8 (6 years); middle school principal (4 years); elementary school assistant principal and lead curriculum designer/staff developer (9 years); elementary school lead bilingual teacher (4 years). Presenter at various conferences during past few years, including International Reading Association (2011), National Association for Bilingual Educators (2011), Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (2007), Texas Middle School Association (2007). Grant recipient, Raise Your Hand Texas for Harvard Principal's Institute (2009). Currently, job responsibilities include supporting curriculum development and implementation at the middle school level; providing professional learning opportunities at campus and district level; managing personnel/maintenance/operations and budget at the campus level; training campus level curriculum coaches for collegial coaching and targeted instructional improvement; member of alternative certification guidance committee; member of district strategic planning committee.
ASCD and Affiliate Participation: ASCD member (3 years).
Derek Tully
Current Position: Assistant Principal, Clearwater Middle School, St. David's, Bermuda
Education: Licentiate Royal Schools of Music (London); B. Commerce, Dundee College of Technology; MA, Webster University; EdD, St. John's University
Career History and Highlights: Assistant principal and acting principal (more than 20 years). President, Bermuda Middle School Association, and regular presenter at National Middle School Association conferences in the United States (10 years). Organized workshops for teachers on differentiated instruction and teaching and learning. Coauthor of books on learning styles and differentiated instruction. Presenter and keynote speaker, International Learning Styles Institute Annual Conference, New York. Member, Bermuda Government Committee on Bringing Up Boys. Recipient, Her Majesty the Queen's Certificate and Badge of Honor (Her Majesty the Queen's New Year's Honors List Bermuda 2000) for services to education and the community. Recipient, Paul Harris Rotary Fellowship (Bermuda) for services to education. Director, Learning Styles Institute of Bermuda with presentations at conferences, service organizations, and senior management seminars.
ASCD and Affiliate Participation: ASCD member (12 years). Use ASCD Express and ASCD SmartBrief, Learning Community and World Wide Editions, as regular sources of ideas for staff professional development.