COLLEEN LENNON4090 Spencer Road, Rocky River, Ohio 44116 colleen.lennon@stepstoneacademy.org 330.618.9184

EDUCATIONAL LEADER FOCUSED ON URBAN YOUTH, TECHNOLOGY, AND GROWTH Committed and results driven, excellent communicator, enthusiastic, and team oriented Passionate about personalized learning to increase student achievement and engagement in an urban setting Able to multi task efficiently in a fast paced and ever changing environment

WORK EXPERIENCEDIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND TECHNOLOGYStepstone Academy, an OhioGuidestone Affiliate (Cleveland, OH)July 2012-Present Founding member of leadership team for Ohio’s first K-2 Blended Learning charter school Assist in obtaining and managing grant funding, to date have secured over $500,000 Facilitate professional development and job embedded coaching to ensure high quality instruction and effective technology

integration Develop and implement differentiated blended learning models to meet unique needs of elementary students Identify, analyze, and select innovative digital content Design a variety of data team protocols to aid teachers in analysis to guide instruction Impressive results ranking among the top charter schools in ClevelandINSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIST SmartEd Services (Cleveland, OH)August 2010-July 2012 Resourceful and collaborative leader on team of SMART certified trainers Create and deliver professional development curriculum, specializing in 21st century learning environments Participate in national and international trade shows to promote a special needs assistive technology product Manage and collaborate with other Instructional Technologists as a project manager in the development phase of new

workshopsSCHOOL BASED TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST Lane Elementary School, Fairfax County Public Schools (Alexandria, VA)March 2009-July 2010Fairfax Villa Elementary School, Fairfax County Public Schools (Fairfax, VA)September 2008-March 2009 Guided teachers in best practices of technology integration through coaching and professional development workshops Participated in partnerships with other School Based Technology Specialists to plan and implement county trainings and

technology curriculum development projects Collaborated with school leaders to craft our strategic improvement plan, including specific goals for student achievement in

the core areas with a cross curricular focus on technology integration TEACHER Glen Forest Elementary School, Fairfax County Public Schools (Falls Church, VA)Avon East Elementary, Avon Local Schools (Avon, OH)August 2002-September 2008 Taught first, second, and third grade in an ethnically and socio-economically diverse, year round school Differentiated instruction in a fully inclusive co-teaching environment of special education, ESL, and Gifted students Collaborated with grade level team as a Professional Learning Community to plan, assess and adjust instruction based on

data from the children, class, grade level and school Implemented the Literacy Collaborative framework with support from a literacy coachLEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE Integral member of Stepstone Academy Leadership Team and founding Curriculum and Technology Specialist Founding member of Ohio Blended Learning Network Led consultations to local school districts on the implementation of a personalized learning model Member, PBS WVIZ Advisory Council Built infrastructure of Curriculum department as school grows Supervise and evaluate team of Curriculum Specialists Active member of IT Steering Committee, representing Stepstone Academy in parent agency (OhioGuidestone)

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE Provide daily trouble shooting assistance to Stepstone Academy teachers and administration Member of IT strategic planning team for OhioGuidestone Maintain staff accounts in Active Directory Collaborate with Blended Learning leader, Education Elements on the effective implementation of primary aged blended

learning Fluent in Northwest Education Association Map for Primary Grade web based assessment, iReady, ST Math, RAZ Kids, Lexia

Core Reading, Illuminate, Education Elements, Microsoft Office Suite, Canvas, Blackboard, Canvas, Google Hangouts, and SMART Notebook 11, etc.

Wrote grade one technology standards for Fairfax County Public Schools

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS International Society for Technology in Education Conference Washington D.C. (2006) FreeTech Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and Cincinnati, Ohio (2012) Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools Conference Columbus , Ohio (2012) iReady Symposium Columbus, Ohio (2013) Ohio Battelle for Kids Columbus, Ohio (2015, 2016) National Alliance of Public Charter School Conference New Orleans, Louisiana (2015)

MEDIA Published in TES Magazine, a UK based Education publication (2012) Featured in Ramona’s Kids on Channel 5 to showcase unique tech manager program (2015) Highlighted in Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools Publication (2016)

EDUCATION AND LICENSUREBachelors of Science in Education, Ohio University (2002)Masters of Education in School Technology Leadership, University of Kentucky (2015)Ohio Professional License, Early Childhood Education PreK-3 (July 2012-July 2017)