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Amy Harker

Amy Harker

Director of Exceptional Children

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Education Transformer, Personalized Learning Specialist and STEM Consultant, Leadership Developer, Culture Change Agent, Career & WBL specialist, Leadership Ohio Fellow 2022, John Maxwell certified Presenter/ Life Coach

  • Education

    • Ashland University

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      Superintendent's license educational adminstration

    • University of Mount Union

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      Bachelor of Arts - BA Education and Computer Science

    • University of Mount Union

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      Bachelor of Arts - BA Education and Computer Science

    • Baldwin Wallace University

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      Master of Education - MEd Educational Administration and Supervision

  • Experience

    • Chardon Local Schools

      Aug 2004 - Aug 2007
      Director of Exceptional Children

      Student Services, ELL, Gifted, Residency, Special Education

    • Willoughby-Eastlake Schools

      Aug 2007 - Jul 2010
      Gifted Coordinator/Asst. Principal

    • Perry Local Schools

      Jul 2010 - Jun 2019
      Director of Student Services and College and Career Readiness

    • ESC Northeast Ohio

      Aug 2017 - now
      Northeast Regional Career and Innovation Specialist

      The goal is enhance and build capacity for college and career readiness throughout Northeast Ohio as well as promote design learning and innovation. This will be done by connecting and collaborating with schools, businesses, governing agencies and higher educational institutions to bring about action to build regional programming that will lead to student career success. In addition I will be helping to create and facilitate leadership​ programming​ throughout the region as a Focus3, Future Ready and KnowledgeWorks presenter. Show less

    • Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools

      Aug 2019 - Jul 2020
      Consultant/Assistant Superintendent

    • Vision Forward Consulting, LLC

      Aug 2020 - now
      CEO Vision Forward Consulting LLC

      Vision Forward Consulting helps educational institutions with personalized learning, learner- centered instruction, strategic planning, project management, leadership development. Certified through John Maxwell.

    • ESC of Northeast Ohio

      Jun 2022 - now
      Personalized Learning & Innovation Specialist at ESC of NEO partnering with ODEW and KnowledgeWorks

      Partnering with Department of Education & Workforce and KnowledgeWorks to deliver support to Ohio Schools to explore, launch and transform personalized learning.

    • Ashland University

      Oct 2022 - now
      Adjunct Professor

      Teaching courses in personalized learning

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Agile Classroom

      Agile Classroom
      Jul 2020

    • Maxwell Leadership Development Specialist and Life Coach

      The John Maxwell Team
      Aug 2016

    • School Superintendent

      Ashland University
      Jun 2004

    • R factor and Lead Now certified trainer

      Focus 3
      May 2015

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Amy Harker
      Leadership Ohio Leadership Ohio 2022 Leadership Ohio is awarded to those interested in cultivating experiences that elevate leaders’ knowledge, perspective, and connections from a community to a state-wide level. LO creates a unifying movement of diverse, connected leaders who make Ohio the best state to live and work.
    • Awarded to Amy Harker
      Deeper Learning Leadership Forum Envision Learning 2019 https://envisionlearning.org/dllf/ The Deeper Learning Leadership Forum (DLLF) is a cohort-based leadership experience that aims to develop, strengthen, and support a group of educational leaders to work at the intersection of equity and design thinking. DLLF seeks to address issues of inequity in our school systems by bringing together leaders to define and unpack these challenges. On this journey, leaders will explore deeper learning practices; develop the skills to identify and disrupt… Show more https://envisionlearning.org/dllf/ The Deeper Learning Leadership Forum (DLLF) is a cohort-based leadership experience that aims to develop, strengthen, and support a group of educational leaders to work at the intersection of equity and design thinking. DLLF seeks to address issues of inequity in our school systems by bringing together leaders to define and unpack these challenges. On this journey, leaders will explore deeper learning practices; develop the skills to identify and disrupt oppressive ideologies, systems, and structures within education; and practice employing an equity-centered design thinking approach. Show less
    • Awarded to Amy Harker
      Presidential Award in Mathematics and Science Teaching President George W. Bush and Arne Duncan 2001 The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are the highest honors bestowed by the United States government specifically for K-12 science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and/or computer science teaching. Awards are given to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and/or computer science teachers.The award recognizes those teachers have both deep content knowledge of the subjects they teach and the ability to motivate and enable… Show more The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are the highest honors bestowed by the United States government specifically for K-12 science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and/or computer science teaching. Awards are given to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and/or computer science teachers.The award recognizes those teachers have both deep content knowledge of the subjects they teach and the ability to motivate and enable students to be successful in those areas. Show less