Aims:

• Support public education to enable each individual to find and develop their unique cababilities.
• Promote a transformation of learning reaching more students and families with engaging, effective, uplifting learning
• Integrate curriculum, media, and technology driving personalized, project-based, adaptive, authentic learning and assessment.
• Uplift the teaching profession with support for quality professional development, tools, work conditions, pay, and respect.
• Collaborate with a network of talented, experienced education, technology, business, and assessment experts
• Deploy a comprehensive knowledge of the education industry and the public education system enabling analysis and guidance.

Work:

• Parents for Public Schools of Hawai‘i, President 2023- current, board member leading communications and policy, 2010- current.
• iFogey” – digital media course for seniors course for Vassar College Lifelong Learning, co-development and delivery 2022.
• Ceeds of Peace – Peacebuilding Co-Op Toolkit – dynamic database of 800+ strategies, 2019-2022.
• AwesomeStories – development of StoryMaker app, website, database of stories for learning, piloting in schools, 2010-2018.
• First Unitarian Church of Honolulu, Ceeds of Peace design and dvelopment of website and communications process, 2010-2015.
• ACT Aspire, Channel One, etc. – consulting to nonprofit, for-profit, and investment orgs for development and growth, 2009- current.
• National Board of Professional Teaching Standards – consulting on video and portfolio assessment in teacher evaluation.
• NBC News Learn – integration of media into core curriculum for Texas, California and Delaware schools, 2009-2010.
• Expeditionary Learning Schools – online professional development, project-based learning, and student work display.
• Georgia AssessOnline – achieved state funding and development of computer adaptive teacher assessment, 2005-2007.
• GALAXY Classroom – leadership of K-5 STEM hands-on, story-based, online media program delivered to 1000+ schools, 1999-2009.
• TeacherUniverse – founded to support teachers with professional development, adaptive learning and assessment, 1998-2002.
• Kaplan – led product developement for national college and graduate school admissions and licensure test prep co, 1994-1998.
• Kaplan – led educational centers throughout the western U.S. delivering services to over 20,000 students per year, 1974-1994.

Articles, Sermons, Presentations

• Deborah’s Work flipbook
• Soulful Learning in a Wired World Sermon at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
• Teach Each Education Challenges and Worthy Goals
• Powerful Data, Questionable Conclusions Review of “Waiting for Superman”
• Responsibility for Learning Sermon at the First Unitarian Church of Honolulu