Service

Leadership, recognitions, and accomplishments

Chief Innovation Officer, New Jersey Department of Education, 2016-18
Executive Director for Data, Assessment, and Educational Technology, Newark Public Schools, 2013-16, 2018-20
Future Ready Schools, NJ: Designed, led, and grew the digital learning certification program to over 200 schools.
2019 Making It Happen Award, International Society for Technology Educators, NJ
2019 Newark Public Schools Girls Who Code Showcase, Developed, led, and implemented city-wide computer science showcase with over 30 schools and 300 girls.
2017 NJ ESSA plan, Authored the Educational Technology components
The Gathered Thought Award, Honorable Mention, 2016 Learning Counsel Conference

Professional Memberships

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
- Member
New Jersey Educational Computing Cooperative (NJECC), an ISTE Affiliate
- Advisor

Conferences / Presentations

- U.S. Department of Education Education Innovation and Research (EIR): Mid-Phase and Expansion grant competition facilitator (July, 2021)
- Newark Board of Education Guide for Facilitating Online Distance Teaching and Learning Presentation repeated 15+ times to every NBOE Principal, school-based technology leads, and 10 school faculties (April-May, 2020)
  - Topic: Foundational Online Distance Teaching and Learning Tools and Curricular Resources
- NJECC Monthly Meeting (February 28, 2020) – Planned, Scheduled, and Facilitated
  - Topic: State of the State of Computer Science in New Jersey
- 10th Annual William Paterson University Educational Technology Conference (November 15, 2019)
  - Topic: Scaling a Computer Science Education in a Large School District (Keynote)
- NJECC Monthly Meeting (May 17, 2019) – Planned, Scheduled, and Facilitated
  - Topic: State of the State of Computer Science in New Jersey
- 2019 Mid-Atlantic Conference on Personalized Learning (March, 2019)
  - Panel Presentation: How to Design Impactful Digital Learning Experiences for Students
- RTM East CIO Congress (February, 2019)
  - Presentation: Start with the Why: A Research and Data Driven Approach to Leverage Technology in the Classroom
- NJECC Annual Conference (January, 2018)
  - Presentation:Office of School Innovation Educational Technology Overview
- NJ Education Association Convention (November 9, 2017)
  - Presentation: The Future Ready Schools – NJ Certification Program

- NJ School Boards Association (October 30, 2017)
  - Presentation: The Future Ready Schools – NJ Certification Program

- Northeastern Educational Research Association (October, 2017)
  - Presentation: Challenges and Opportunities for Using Technology in P-12 Contexts

- NJECC 2017-18 Kick-off Meeting (September, 2017) – Planned, Scheduled, and Facilitated
  - Topic: State Initiatives to support Digital Learning and Innovation

- NJ Association of Education Technology TechFest (July 1, 2017)
  - Presentation: Promoting Digital Learning in the State – How can the NJ DOE help?

- NJ Association of School Administrators (March 8, 2017)
  - Presentation: Realizing the Vision of Personalized Learning

- Future Ready – NJ Summit (January 12, 2017)
  - Presentation: Curriculum Instruction and Assessment in the Digital Age

- Learning Council (October 26, 2015)
  - Presentation: Newark Public Schools 2015-16 Strategic Approach for Supporting Digital Learning

- NJECC 2015-16 Kick-off Meeting (September, 2015) – Planned, Scheduled, and Facilitated
  - Topic: Blended Learning

- NJECC Monthly Meeting (April 11, 2014) – Planned, Scheduled, and Facilitated
  - Topic: Implementing Google Apps for Education and Chromebooks in your Class, School, and District

- NY/NJ Google Apps Summit 2014 (March 14, 2014)
  - Presentation: A Holistic Approach for Going 1:1 with Chromebooks: Sociological, Pedagogical, and Technical w/Joanna Antoniou and Jason Smith

- NJECC Annual Conference 2014 (March 11, 2014)
  - Presentation: My Digital Workflow co-presented with Barry Haines
    - My Digital Workflow: Four Takeaways (Barry Haines)
    - Classroom Digital Classroom Workflow Management (Joshua Koen)
  - Ignite Session: Pedagogical Practices that Leverage Technology in Transformative Ways

- District Administration Leadership Institute (February 28, 2014)
  - Keynote: Applying Change Management to Achieve Transformative Use of Classroom Technology (.pdf)

- Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission (November 1, 2013)
  - Keynote: Going 1:1 and How to Prepare your District (.pdf)

- Bildung in Touch conference on Digitale Medien in Schule und Unterricht (September 12-13, 2013)
  - - Keynote: A Transformative Approach to Infusing Technology in Secondary Schools in the US; A Paradigm for Success with Jason Smith
  - Workshop: Google Apps and Chromebooks with Jason Smith

- Intel Engage 1:1 Webinar Series (March 28, 2013)
  - The Importance of Leadership in a 1:1 Program Implementation facilitated by Blanca Duarte and co-presented with Patrick Larkin and Omar and Ms. Liz Rivera from Hudson High School

NY/NJ Google Apps Summit 2013 (March 15, 2013)
- Lessons Learned from a Large Scale 1:1 Chromebook Initiative co-presented with Blanca Duarte and Joanna Antoniou