ABOUT IIDC
Jim has been an educator for almost thirty years. He has been an environmental educator, elementary classroom teacher, elementary principal, an official with the Indiana Department of Education, an education researcher and consultant. As a school administrator Jim worked to develop a PBS program for his school. Jim has worked with teachers across Indiana on improving literacy instruction, differentiated instruction, response to intervention, and data based decision making.
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Education
- Indiana University-Bloomington | M.S., Elementary Curriculum and Instruction | 1993
- Indiana University-Bloomington | B.S., Outdoor Recreation | 1984
Professional Experience
- Private Education Consultant | 2009-2010
- Indiana Reading Academy Project, Indiana University | Coordinator of Program Assessment | 2009
- Office of Early Learning and Literacy, Indiana Department of Education | Assistant Director | 2007-2009
- Nashville Elementary, Nashville, IN | Principal | 2005-2007
- Highland Park/Grandview Elementary, Bloomington, IN | Assistant Principal | 2000-2005
- Eastern Schools of Greene County, Bloomfield, IN | Teacher, Third and Sixth Grades | 1989-2000
Awards, Honors & Certifications
- Elementary Administration and Supervision Certification, Indiana University | 1995
- Elementary Teacher Certification, Indiana University | 1989
- Indiana Teacher's License, General Elementary
- Indiana Teacher's License, Elementary Administration and Supervision
- Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar: Certificate of Completion
- Indiana Teacher Reading Academy, Certified Presenter, First Grade
- Indiana Association of School Principals | Member
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development | Member
- Pi Lambda Theta | Member
- Phi Delta Kappa | Member
- National Association for the Education of Young Children | Member
Presentations & Publications
- Practitioner Inquiry and Large-Scale Educational Reform and The Representation of Black South African Children in Picture Books, National Reading Conference, Fort Worth, TX. | December 2-3, 2010
- Indiana Teacher Reading Academy, First Grade, South Bend, IN | June 10-11, 2009
- Using Action Research in Large-Scale Educational Reform, Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference, Clarksville, OH | June 5, 2009
- The Indiana Teacher Reading Academy and Literacy Initiatives in Indiana, Indiana Association of School Principals Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN | November 24, 2008
- Reading First Indiana Progress, Indiana Reading Success, Reading First Directors/Evaluators meeting, Washington, DC. | September 25, 2008
- Early Education Options, Indiana Black Legislative Caucus, Education Symposium, Indianapolis, IN | September 5, 2008
- Indiana Reading First Initiatives: Indiana Teacher Reading Academies, National Reading First Directors Meeting, Seattle, WA. | October 30, 2007
- High Quality Instructional Leadership: The Role of Principals and Coaches in Effective Reading Programs, Indiana State Literacy Conference | October 1-2, 2007
Areas of Expertise
- Action Research
- Classroom Management and Instruction
- Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
- Differentiated Instruction
- Education Leadership
- Literacy Instruction
- School Wide Positive Behavior Support