Kathleen White

Experience

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  Rivier University

  Sept 1988 - May 1994

  Adjunct Faculty Instructor
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  Nashua School District

  Sept 1991 - Jun 1992

  Business Instructor - Elm Street Junior High School
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  Souhegan Coop High School

  Jul 1992 - Jun 2020

  Innovation in Education Leadership:• Responsible for researching and implementing innovative curriculum, instruction and assessment changes throughout the system.• PACE Lead – implemented Performance Assessment for Competency Education the NH innovative alternative accountability system.• Led the high school team responsible for aligning the assessment, grading, and reporting to mastery learning.• Led the work study practice design team in the redesign of the school wide essential skills and disposition rubrics: collaboration, communication, creativity and self-direction.• Provide instructional coaching using the Thoughtful Classroom observation process and classroom observations for teachers.• Procured and managed the Assessment for Learning Project (ALP) Microgrant focusing on training cohorts of teachers in formative assessment instructional practices.• Work with consultants to plan professional learning and implement curriculum, assessment and instructional practices such as formative assessment instructional practices, quality performance assessment design, Management and Administration:• Supervise teachers and support staff. • Facilitate protocols in a variety of settings: coordinator, department, and A-Team meetings.• Engaged in school wide budget formulation including the planning for 1:1 technology.• Organize hiring teams and manage the faculty hiring process.• Guide teachers to design optimal professional development plans.• Led the transformation of communication team, logo redesign and social media implementation. Show less • Designed and implemented curriculum in a variety of business and computer science courses.• Coordinated the articulation agreement with Nashua Community College to include business classes as part of their Running Start Program.• Provided authentic learning opportunities for students such as the SHS website development.• Taught business and technology courses including: marketing, entrepreneurship, personal finance, accounting, Java programming, Javascript, and web design.• Created a positive classroom environment that promoted strong student engagement.• Mentored students in senior projects, independent studies, clubs and activities. Show less

  • Dean of Faculty

    Oct 2012 - Jun 2020

  • Technology Coordinator

    Sept 2000 - Oct 2012

  • Educator - Business and Technology Instructor

    Jul 1992 - Sept 2012
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  New Hampshire Learning Initiative

  Jun 2018 - now

  Project Coordinator - NHLI/JFF Research Practice Partnership

  Program Coordinator NH Work Study Practices Diffusion & Scale Research Project• Coordinate the project identifying how student learning is impacted by exposure to work study practices and articulating how to assess the work study practices with the same level of reliability as content area competencies.• Plan, design, deliver professional learning for the teacher task development teams.• Work with Content Leads to plan the task development, implementation and data collection.• Facilitate the research project team meetings and work collaboratively to plan the project activities and manage resources. Show less

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  New Hampshire Learning Initiative (NHLI)

  Jul 2020 - now

  Director of Deeper Learning, New Hampshire Learning Initiative