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The
Teacher Support Evaluation Team is made up of experienced teachers and curriculum
developers who have taught in
public education at various levels. The team is made up five members, one
internal evaluator from the Castleton State College history department (Project Director) and
four external evaluators who have
extensive experience in public education. The Evaluation Team evaluates
the work of the teacher-participants and works with the Grant Evaluators
who evaluate the overall grant.
Teacher Support - Internal
Evaluator
Dr.
Mike Austin
Mike
Austin is a member of the Castleton History Department and received his Ph.D. in
History from the University of New Hampshire. His dissertation dealt with
the marble workers of Vermont. He is a member of the Organization of
American Historians and was editor of the Rutland Historical Quarterly for
ten years. At the College of St. Joseph he received Outstanding Teacher
Award 15 times. Previously he earned a Masters Degree in English from
Southern Illinois University where he was nominated for the Modern
Language Association Excellency in Teaching Award. He is the recipient of
the prestigious Charles Swain Thomas Award from the New England
Association of Teachers of English. Mike is the director for this Teaching American
History Project and has written, directed, and participated in over 25
grants. |
Teacher Support - External
Evaluators
Lincoln
Fenn
Lincoln
Fenn was born and grew up in Gorham, New Hampshire. He was educated at public school there and earned his BA and MA
from UNH. He did his post grad history work in England at the
University of London. He taught American History for the University of Maryland at the European
division in England. He
taught history at Rutland Senior High School from 1963 to 1999. He was department chair and started an Advanced Placement
U.S. history course at Rutland High School and taught that
course for 13 years. He retired from public school teaching in 1999.
He is a member of the Castleton State College part- time faculty
and he teaches Political Science there as well as Comparative Government.
He is an amateur singer, handbell ringer and distance
runner. |
Mary
Fregosi
Mary
Fregosi received her B.S. degree in history from U.V.M. and then was
awarded a Fulbright scholarship to the University of Florence, Italy
where she studied late medieval and early renaissance history under the
tutelage of Professor Ugenio Garin. Returning to U.V.M. as a graduate
assistant she received her M.A. in history in 1969. She began her teaching
career at Proctor High School and spent 32 years working in the Rutland
City school system, teaching for 19 years and serving in various
administrative assignments for 13 years. A graduate of C.S.C. she earned
an M.A. in educational leadership and a C.A.G.S. in curriculum and
supervision. She was a mentor in the Woodruff program at C.S.C. Now
retired, she dedicates her free time researching and writing local
history, golfing, traveling and sailing. |
Alis Headlam
Alis Headlam is an educational consultant who works with schools and the
community to provide meaningful workshops, seminars and instruction in the
areas of literacy education and the development of racial harmony. She has
taught in schools both in the United States and the international
community, served as a classroom teacher at most grade levels and
continues to maintain a presence in schools by observing student teachers
and consulting. She works not only with children and adults, but also with
teachers and teachers-in-training. She has presented extensively
about issues related to international and multicultural literacy, use of
portfolios, emergent literacy, and reading/writing workshop. Her work in
race unity includes community workshops open to the public as well as
programs for the local police department. |
Jane Sarno
Jane Sarno is an experienced high school teacher who taught at Otter
Valley Union high school. She has her Master's Degree from the
University of Minnesota has extensive experience in a variety of
curriculum areas and has been involved in many educational projects
throughout the state. Based upon her experience, she is currently
curriculum developer for the Rutland Northwest Supervisory Union and
Addison County Supervisory Union. She is a valuable addition to the
teacher support team and will be able to inform others throughout the
state about current the Teaching American History grant. |
External Grant
Evaluators
The
other component of the Evaluation is to evaluate the overall project. This
part of the project will be done by Dr. Brenda Russell and Judy Malloy. In order to
evaluate this part of the project we will use surveys and other such means
to seek to improve the Teaching American History Project. See
evaluation
of grant.
Dr. Brenda Russell
Brenda Russell has extensive
experience in statistical analysis and SPSS. She has worked with school
systems in Vermont and Pennsylvania on numerous projects and was the
external quantitative evaluator for the previous Teaching American
History Grant. Because of her familiarity with the Teaching American
History grant requirements and her experience, she will continue
to provide guidance to the Advisory Board, the Project Director, and the
Assistant Project Director of the grant on meeting the goals of the
project.
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Dr.
Judy Malloy
Judy Malloy is a new member of the evaluation team. Judy has extensive experience in
qualitative evaluation. She has worked in the teacher
preparation programs for most of her college teaching career. Because
of her experience, she will add to the overall impact of the grant by
observing teachers and by interviewing them. She complements the
quantitative approach of evaluation and thus will strengthen and help
fine tune the grant's effectiveness. Judy will
provide guidance to the Advisory Board, the Project Director, and the
Assistant Project Director. |
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