On-Site Staff Development

Nancy Doda is an author, professor, and John H. Lounsbury Award winner and is considered to be one of the top middle level experts in the country. Nancy has worked with hundreds of schools and districts all over the world. She has presented at the National Middle School Association Annual Conference for a number of years. Nancy is currently a full-time professional development facilitator, keynote speaker, workshop leader, and author.

Topics:

• Effective interdisciplinary teaming
• Interdisciplinary curriculum and instruction
• Young adolescent development
• Middle school concept
• Middle school reform
• Curriculum development using understanding by design
• Best practices in instruction and differentiation
• Literacy across the curriculum
• Advisory program and practices
• Social equity in the middle school
• Reading across the curriculum
• Advisory and social literacy
• Detracking
• Professional learning communities
• Curriculum reform
• Understanding by design
• Curriculum integration