Learning Forward Academy

Welcome Academy Class of 2011

Diann K. Andy, San Antonio, TX
Kimberley Ash, San Antonio, TX
Laura Barrera, San Antonio, TX
Ann Barysh, Randolph, MA
Crystal Benton, Buffalo, NY
Amy Bernstein Colton, Ann Arbor, MI
Lori-Ann Betton, Lloydminster, Alberta, CANADA
Amy Blakay, Dixon, CA
Dan Braun, Wheatley, Ontario, CANADA
Tim Brochu, Lloydminster, Alberta, CANADA
Lisette Brochu, Lloydminster, Alberta, CANADA
Sharon Burrell, North St. Paul, MN
Linda Casteel Sevigny, Conyers, GA
Sue Chapman, League City, TX
James G. Cowper, Essex, Ontario, CANADA
Teresa Crocker-Brown, Detroit, MI
Johnny Angel Diaz, San Antonio, TX
Patty Fay Dimetres, Annandale, VA
Robin Edmonds, Tonawanda, NY
Rebecca Fast, Grand Island, NY
Flavia Gordon-Gunter, Avondale, GA
Cindy Gulisano, Torrington, WY
Tracy Hayes, Oklahoma City, OK
Kerry A. Hoffman, Muncie, IN
Victoria Houston, Windsor, Ontario, CANADA
Deborah Jackson, McLean, VA
Sonia James-Wilson, Rochester, NY
Tanya Johnson, Buffalo, NY
Janet C. Johnson, Atlanta, GA
Margie Johnson, Antioch, TN
Sandy Jones, Hinesville, GA
Glenda Kary, Lloydminster, Alberta, CANADA
Jacqueline Kennedy, Frisco, TX
Shelee King George, Lynnwood, WA
Steven Koch, Crystal Lake, IL
Stacey Kohlman, Lloydminster, Alberta, CANADA
Les Korn, Lloydminster, Alberta, CANANDA
Carlos Leal, Rochester, NY
Tammy Martin, Buffalo, NY
Ryan Mather, Lloydminster, Alberta, CANADA
Mary E. Meshlovitz, Buffalo, NY
Tina L. Mireles, San Antonio, TX
Heavenly Montgomery, College Park, GA
Karen Murray, Buffalo, NY
Mary Elizabeth Murray-Wilson, New York, NY
A. Clifton Myles, Atlanta, GA
Kathe Nickleby, Mahtomedi, MN
Aaron Oakes, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, CANADA
Thomas Olsen, Salt Lake City, UT
Susan Patterson, Cullman, AL
Lynn Piccirillo, Buffalo, NY
Debra Pinkowski, Hamburg, NY
Paula Pluess, Oklahoma City, OK
Rebecca Pordum, Derby, NY
Debra Radi, Lorette, MB, CANADA
Matthew H. Redman, Heath, TX
Diana Reyes-Jimenez, Helotes, TX
Diane Reynolds, Rockwall, TX
Doug Robertson, Lloydminster, Alberta, CANADA
Katharine M. Roed, Falls Church, VA
Nancy Seidensticker, San Antonio, TX
Darlene Smith, Lloydminster, Alberta, CANADA
Bethany Rae Sneden, Stillwater, MN
Jennifer Speicer, Wylie, TX
Stacey Stoudt, West Lawn, PA
Nyree D. Strong, Rochester, NY
Kimberly Turner, Mableton, GA
Takisha Weatherall-Jones, Milwaukee, WI
Michelle Webb, Vermilion, Alberta, CANADA
DeNelle West, Suwannee, GA
Jacqueline Wilson, Lloydminster, Alberta, CANADA
Sharon Windham, Cullman, AL
Kelly Winney, Windsor, Ontario, CANADA
Lea Arnau, Academy Coach
Debbie Harris Rollins, Academy Coach
Christine Huley, Academy Coach

The application deadline for the Academy Class of 2012 has passed.

What is the Academy?

The Learning Forward Academy is an extended and profound learning experience that models the Council’s vision for professional learning and teamwork in schools. Academy members work collaboratively to learn about and solve significant student learning problems that occur within their school, district, or organization. Through immersion in a model of inquiry-based and problem-based learning, participants gain solutions to the problems they and others bring; experience a model of professional learning that exemplifies our Standards for Staff Development; and construct knowledge and develop skills necessary to transform their learning, their work, and their organizations.

Academy members include district administrators, principals, teachers, and personnel from local, state, and national educational agencies, as well as university faculty, independent staff development providers, and leaders from nonprofit educational organizations.

Academy Goals

  • Members clarify, study about, and solve authentic problems related to student learning in schools.
  • Members construct the knowledge and develop the skills and courage to solve significant problems related to student learning.
  • Members transform professional learning within their own organizations.
To ask questions about the Academy program, contact:
Frederick Brown
Director of Strategy and Development
frederick.brown@learningforward.org
972-421-0900
972-421-0899 fax



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