SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS "Assessing the Whole Child: Differentiating Assessments," ASCD Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 2009 "Student Work: The Heart of a Professional Learning Community," New Brunswick, Canada. May 2007 "Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment," New Hampshire School Administrators Association Conference - "Unpacking Standards", Feb. 2007 [PowerPoint download available from web site] "Action Research Ideas for Understanding by Design and Differentiated Instruction," ASCD Conference, New York, NY. June, 2005 "Principles and Practices that Support On-going Assessment: The Adminstrator's Role," ASCD Conference. New York. June 2005 "Action Research through the Lens of Understanding by Design," ASCD Conference. ASCD Conference. San Diego, CA. July 2004 "Understanding by Design: Examining the Principles and Practices through Study Groups," ASCD Conference. San Diego, CA. July 2004 "Feedback Looping: Who Got It? Who Didn't?," ASCD Annual Conference, San Francisco, California. March 2003 "Understanding by Design: Using Backwards Mapping to Develop Depth and Breadth for Middle Schoolers," San Antonio,Texas. March 2002 [with Denise Hershberger] "Understanding by Design: Backmapping instruction and Assessment to Meet the Needs of Every Child," ASCD Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas. March 2002 "Understanding by Design: Level 1," Maryland Staff Development Council. November 30, 1999. "Using the NSDC Standards to Guide Maryland's High School Improvement Program," National Staff Development Council Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. December 5, 1998. "Writing and Metacognition,” Maryland State Department of Education School Improvement Conference, Baltimore: November 10, 1996 “Cooperative Learning Through the DOL Lens," ASCD Dimensions of Learning Conference, ” Minneapolis: June 29, 1996 "Developing Action Research Projects," Johns Hopkins University, Phi Delta Kappa, September 15, 1995 "Think-Pair-Share-Write," International Association for Cooperation in Education, Baltimore: July 5, 1992 "Writing to Learn: The Assessment Connection," National Council of Teachers of English, Washington, D.C.: March 24, 1990 "Thinking and Graphic Organizers," Wisconsin Public Television: January 10, 1989 (co-presenter, Jay McTighe) "Graduate Requirement Tests: Methods of Staff Development," National Council of States on Inservice Education, New Orleans: November 19, 1988 (co-presenter, Dr. Robert Gabrys, Assistant Superintendent, Maryland State Department of Education)