AERO SUMMER INSTITUTE FACULTY and STAFF
JUNE, 2010
AERO PROJECT DIRECTOR
Naomi Woolsey has worked as a teacher and administrator, both
in the United States and abroad. She brings a wealth of experience
to this position, having worked at all three levels of schools.
She has served as an administrator at the American Community
School of Athens, the International School of Bangkok, the International
School of Luxembourg and the Washington International School.
She earned her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University.
As AERO Project Director, she assists schools around the world
as they work to become standards-based and develop strong academic
programs.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
Fran Prolman is an internationally
recognized consultant specializing in educational leadership,
school improvement and instructional
strategies as well as communication skills, critical thinking
and organizational development. She is known for her depth of
knowledge coupled with practical application of content. Fran
earned her Doctorate in teacher training and international education
from George Washington University and a Master’s degree
in educational administration and curriculum and instruction
from the University of Pennsylvania.
Tom
Oden has served in several international schools. Most recently,
he was the Director and MS/HS Principal at the Uruguayan American
School in Montevideo. He also worked for fifteen years as a
high school English teacher and coach. Tom is a long-time member
of
the AERO Faculty, having worked closely with the project since
its inception in 1998.
ENGLISH
Laura Benson brings over 28 years of teaching and consulting
to the AERO Project. She has served as a teacher in both elementary
and middle schools. She has also worked as a K-12 Reading Coordinator
and Literacy Coach. She is currently an independent consultant
collaborating with educators, students, and families around the
globe. Laura earned her undergraduate degrees in education and
psychology at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. She also
earned a Masters Degree in Literacy Education from the University
of Denver.
MATHEMATICS
Erma
Anderson is a science and mathematics consultant working with
several schools and organizations
in the United States and
abroad. She has served as the National Science Teacher’s
Association Director of International Programs. Prior to her
work with NSTA, she was an Einstein Fellow in the U.S. Senate
and a Senior Program Officer with the National Research Council
assisting with the development of the National Science Education
Standards. She has been with the AERO Project for several years
and led the recent work to develop the Mathematics Framework.
Peter
Lee, a Grade 5 teacher at the American International School
of
Muscat (Oman) will also assist with the instruction and will
provide many practical suggestions for implementation of the
framework in the classroom.
SCIENCE
Erma Anderson will lead this new workshop. (See biography under
Mathematics.) Dr. Gerald Wheeler will assist with the instruction.
He retired as Executive Director of National Science Teachers
Association in 2008. Prior to joining NSTA, Dr. Wheeler was Director
of the Science/Math Resource Center and professor of Physics
at Montana State University. He has headed numerous science organizations,
and taught physics, chemistry and physical science at the high
school level. Dr. Wheeler received an undergraduate degree in
Science Education form Boston University and a Ph.D. in experimental
nuclear physics from the State University of New York at Stony
Brook.
Chad Johnson, a teacher at the American International
School of Muscat (Oman) will assist Gerry and Erma and will provide
many practical suggestions for implementation of the framework
in the classroom.
Using
MAP: Additional Data Sources and Instructional Strategies
to Improve Learning
Kathy Stetson is a Senior Account Executive for International
Partners at NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association) in Portland,Oregon.
She is responsible for coordinating enrollment and professional
development activities, as well as providing project management
services for international schools. She facilitates meetings
for school improvement efforts with member school's leadership
teams and conducts workshops on assessment and accountability.
She has consulted at many international schools and has trained
staff to effectively incorporate MAP into their assessment programs.
Fran Prolman will provide the link between data, its importance
and meaning, and instruction and learning in the classroom.
She will share a wealth of strategies designed to assist the
teachers to analyze the data and develop successful ways to
differentiate instruction to maximize student learning.
WORLD LANGUAGES
Christy Brown is the Assistant
Superintendent for the Glastonbury (Connecticut) Public Schools.
Previously, she worked as the Director
of the Glastonbury Language program, one of the nation’s
oldest and continuous, serving students in grades through 12.
She has served as Chairperson of the K-12 Student Standards Writing
Task Force for the National Standards in Foreign Language Education
Project and is a past president of ACTFL. She is the author of
articles on language teaching and learning and served as a consultant
to the AERO standards writing project.
Kathy
Morabet began her career as an educator teaching Spanish in
California, then English
as a Second Language in Moroccan
high schools and finally French at the Rabat American School.
She has taught all grades from Kindergarten-12, including world
language and “core” classroom subjects. She is currently
the elementary principal at RAS. She holds a B.A. in Spanish
from the University of California at Berkeley, and an M.A. in
secondary Social Studies from San Jose State College. She participated
in the development of the AERO World Language Standards and has
been working with her staff to use the standards to improve world
language teaching.