Interviews

Possible People to Profile

Ed Vitardi - change agent vittardi@wowway.com Hilca Thomas - helping teachers use data to drive instruction (AP) hthomas@dadeschools.net Terry Wolfson - Literacy terry_wolfson@hopkins.k12.mn.us Doug Lowery - visibility - being in classrooms, in community, etc Doug_Lowery@hboe.org Randy Jensen - knowing young adolescents -building connections with them RandyJ@sd381.k12.id.us Juan Rodriquez - ELL, building community relationship/partnerships jrodrigu@framingham.k12.ma.us Jim Dierke - community, tough urban setting dierkej@sfusd.edu Maria Bradley - technology (has a very poor school but has done amazing things w/getting resources for tech) maria.bradley@murray.k12.ga.us Annette Fante - vision to action DO annette.fante@dcsdk12.org Theresa Hinkle - teacher leader theresa_hinkle@yahoo.com Nancy Poliseno - teacher leader nancy_poliseno@olentangy.k12.oh.us Mark Springer - teacher leader mark.springer@rtsd.org Brenda Cassellius - supporting principals as instructional leaders DO brenda.cassellius@mpls.k12.mn.us

Possible Interview Questions:

How do you keep the middle level concept in place in an age of high-stakes accountability and low school budgets?

War story? (things that illustrate the life of a middle level leader)