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SUSAN DEMIRSKY ALLAN

Ann Arbor, Michigan

734-***-**** (c)

email: abqm5t@r.postjobfree.com

www.differentiatedinstruction.net

Present Position: Private Consultant

Education: Ph.D. Education and Psychology (Organizational Dynamics and School

Leadership) University of Michigan, 1974

M.A. Psychology, University of Michigan, 1970

A.B. Speech (Theater and Television), University of Michigan. 1968

Teaching Certification: Secondary Professional; State of Michigan

Further Training: Superintendent Preparation Academy, Michigan Leadership Institute, 2001

Summer Institute on Academic Diversity, University of Virginia, 1997-2001

Post-graduate work in School Law and Finance, University of Michigan

and Eastern Michigan University (1991-92)

Instructional Theory Into Practice (ITIP), Course in Clinical

Supervision; Dearborn Public Schools (1992)

Travelling Scholar, University of Chicago, Organizational Development

and Administration in School Systems (1971-72)

Areas of Expertise: K-12 Educational Administration and Teaching

1996-2010 Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Assessment, Instruction and Technology,

Grosse Pointe Public School System

Areas of responsibility:

Curriculum development and implementation, instructional practices, assessment, staff

development, textbook selection and purchase, differentiated education and technology initiatives

Supervision of Director of Instructional Services, Technology Director, special education and

high school administrators, curriculum specialists, gifted education, staff development and system

wide department chairs, administrator hiring

Accountability systems including NCLB and Education, Yes! and student data management

Central Negotiations Team, Superintendent s Budget Council, grants, transfer and grading appeals

Direct work with Board of Education

Accomplishments:

guided the development and implementation of nationally recognized language arts, math, social

studies, science, foreign language, music, art, library, and computer education curriculums

integrated instruction, curriculum, assessment, materials, technology and staff development

initiated and implemented a student data management system used to improve learning outcomes

led the district initiative to implement differentiated instruction K-12

led the implementation of a teacher leader initiative and served on Board of the Galileo

Leadership Consortium (for teacher leadership)

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developed a New Teacher Academy for Wayne RESA and an Academy, Handbook, expanded

New Teacher Orientation and New Administrator Seminar and Handbook for Grosse Pointe

integrated differentiated instruction and model units into all new curricula

guided the development of an extensive instructional website, currently having over 17,000

hyperlinks, that is keyed to the district curriculum and initiatives

http://gpschools.schoolwires.net/176710715102154887/site/default.asp

1993 - 96 Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Grosse Pointe Public School System [Title changed

from Director of Instructional Services as responsibilities expanded, 1995]

Areas of responsibility: Similar to above, excluding administrator evaluation and administrator in charge

and including ESL/bilingual education, and middle school liaison

Accomplishments:

developed a phased-in program for differentiated instruction in all K-8 schools, including a

procedure to create model differentiated curriculum units/lessons K-12 and model lessons for

both elementary and middle school levels

developed and implemented a system-wide technology staff development plan for all teachers

conducted a revision of Board regulations for approval of instructional material

initiated a university-public school partnership for extensive staff development and research on

the process of school change

developed and implemented a new teacher and new administrator orientation and mentorship

program, including over 140 new hires during 1995-96

initiated comprehensive evaluations of the gifted program K-12

1992 93 Assistant Principal, Pierce Middle School, Grosse Pointe Public School System

Areas of Responsibility: shared all building administrative functions with the principal, including teacher

evaluations, but primary responsibility for testing programs, student discipline, feeder school

coordination, both individual and building schedules, and special events.

Accomplishments:

developed a differentiated educational program for students that accommodates individual

differences, initiated a project to evaluate the change process in implementing differentiation at

the middle school level, served on the administrative leadership team for differentiated education,

and developed and presented in-service education for administrators and teachers

developed an expanded identification system for the elementary magnet program

1990 1992 Consultant for Gifted Education and Fine Arts, Dearborn Michigan Public Schools

Areas of Responsibility:

administered a K-12 Gifted Program and Programs in Art, Music, and Drama, supervising over

100 staff members (assisted by art and music resource teachers), all department staff allocations

and assignments, public relations, and budgeting

served on district-wide committees: Strategic Action Teams on Reorganization of the School

Day and Magnet Schools; Student Assessment; Administrator Advisory Committee to the

Superintendent on Decision Making and district representative to inter-district and state councils

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Accomplishments:

initiated a School Improvement Pilot Program in Gifted Education in six pilot schools

implemented curriculum development in multiple areas and developed information materials

1975 1990 Coordinator K-12 and Resource Teacher in Gifted Education K-8, Falls Church City Schools.

Named district Gifted Education Teacher of the Year by the Northern Virginia Council for

Gifted/Talented Education

1973-1977 Teacher, George Mason High School, Falls Church, Virginia; Psychology, Government,

Sociology, Philosophy

1970-1972 Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan, courses in the School of Education

University Experience and Government Consultation:

2009 University of Michigan, member of Advisory Panel for the Masters Degree Program, School

of Education

1990, 1979 Consultant, Panel on LEA Grant Evaluation, U.S. Office of Education

1986 - 90 The University of Virginia, Courses in Thinking Skills, Curriculum Development, Creativity,

Counseling and Identification of the Gifted; Graduate level courses for teachers, counselors

and administrators

1984 - 89 George Mason University, Courses in Counseling the Gifted; Member, Advisory Panel on the

Graduate Program in Gifted and Talented Education

1983 Consultant, Office for Gifted and Talented Children, Ministry of Education, Israel

1969 - 71 University of Michigan, Teaching assistant for Courses in Educational Innovation and

Educational Psychology in the School of Education and in the Psychology Department

Selected Presentations

2012 Helping Teachers Make Sense of It All: Implementing Differentiation and Response to

Intervention at the Annual Conference of ASCD, March 24, 2012, Philadelphia, PA

2012 How to Select Instructional Materials That Support Differentiated Instruction at the

Annual Conference of ASCD, March 26, 2012, Philadelphia, PA

2011 Leading Implementation of Differentiated Instruction: Practical Strategies to Accelerate Complex

Change at the Annual Conference of ASCD, March 26, San Francisco, CA

2011 Nurturing Elementary Leaders: Breaking Down the Walls that Separate Us at the Annual

Conference of ASCD, March 27, San Francisco, CA

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2010 Shaping Curriculum and Instruction to Maximize Learning for All and Helping Teachers

Make Sense of It All: Putting Differentiated Instruction and Response to Intervention

Together Keynotes at the Show Me Curriculum Administrators Association (SMCAA),

October 12 & 13, Lake of the Ozarks, MO

2010 Leading Implementation of Differentiated Instruction: Practical Strategies to Accelerate Change at

the Annual Conference of ASCD, March 8, San Antonio, TX

2010 Keynote, featured core instruction session, Exploring Learning Styles and Creating a Fit for Every

Student and Leading Implementation sessions, MI ASCD Conference on Differentiated Instruction,

February 1 and 2, Kent ISD, MI

2009 Keynote, featured core instruction session, and session on Learning Styles, MI ASCD Conference on

Differentiated Instruction, August 12 and 13, Clarkston, MI

2009-11 Additional sessions around Michigan for MI ASCD and for a variety of school districts on

Differentiated Instruction and on Leadership

2008 "Leading Implementation in Differentiated Instruction: Strategies from the Trenches", ticketed

featured session at the Annual Conference of ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum

Development) New Orleans, LA

2008 "Differentiating by Incorporating High School Standards in Middle School Science" with Karen

Sullivan and Christine Geerer, ticketed featured session at the Annual Conference of ASCD

(Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) New Orleans, LA

2006 Leading Toward Differentiated Instruction: Developing Our Diverse Future presentation at the

Annual Conference of ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Chicago,

Illinois

2005 Leading Toward Differentiated Instruction: Perspectives and Strategies from the Trenches

presentation at the Annual Conference of ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum

Development) Orlando, Florida

1999 2003 Systemwide and School Based Implementation of Differentiated Instruction and A Panel on

Administrative Practice presentations at The Summer Institute for Educators on Academic Diversity at the

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

2001 Systemwide and School Based Implementation of Differentiated Instruction, or Been There and

Tried That, a featured workshop for administrators and One Size Doesn t Fit All: Accommodating

Academic Diversity in Middle and High Schools, a featured workshop for secondary teachers, for

the 2001 Annual Conference of the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education, Lexington, KY

1998, 2000 and 2001 Academic Diversity in the Classroom: Using the Framework as a Support to Help

Teachers Differentiate Instruction and Meeting Individual Students Needs: Using the Framework

for Teaching to Support Differentiated Instruction presented at the 1st, 3rd and 4th annual Framework

for Teaching Network Conferences, cosponsored by Educational Testing Service and the ASCD,

Baltimore, Maryland, Wakefield, Massachusetts and Cleveland, Ohio

1998 Linking Gifted and General Education: Communication, Collaboration, and Cooperation panel

participant, Annual Convention of the National Association for Gifted Children, Little Rock,

Arkansas

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1994 Gifted Education and School Reform: Can We Make Them Work Together? Keynote speech,

Annual Conference of the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association, Des Moines, Iowa

1991, 1994 Learning from One Another: Interactions Among University Research, Public Schools and Teacher

Education in Servicing Diverse Learners in the Classroom, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Beyond the

Tracking Debate invited panel presentation in Chicago, both for the American Educational Research

Association Convention

Selected Publications

2012 (in review) Improving Instruction by Connecting Response to Intervention and Differentiated

Instruction with Yvonne Goddard and Cara Williams

2011 Interface between Gifted Education and General Education: Toward Communication, Cooperation and

Collaboration with Tomlinson, Coleman, Udall and Landrum, reprinted in The Best of Corwin:

Differentiated Instruction, ed. Gayle H. Gregory, Corwin Press (California)

Differentiated Instruction and RtI: A Natural Fit with Goddard, Yvonne in EL Vol. 68 No.2

2010

online

2004 Interface between Gifted Education and General Education: Toward Communication, Cooperation and

Collaboration in Differentiation for Gifted and Talented Students ed. Carol Ann Tomlinson, Corwin Press

(California)

Leadership for Differentiating Schools and Classrooms, ASCD (Alexandria, VA) With C. Tomlinson

2000

Interface Between Gifted Education and General Education: Toward Communication, Cooperation, and

1996

Collaboration. with Tomlinson, Coleman, Udall and Landrum, in Gifted Child Quarterly, Vol. 40 No. 3

1991 Ability Grouping Research Reviews: What Do They Really Say About Grouping and the Gifted?,

Educational Leadership, Vol. 48

1989 Local Realities, Local Adaptations: Problem, process and person in a school's governance, The Falmer

Press, (London, New York, Philadelphia) by Frederick F. Lighthall with Susan D. Allan

1974 Clinical versus Environmental Role Models in School Counseling. Ph.D. Thesis, The University of

Michigan

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