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HARRIET ISECKE 541 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666
(201) 836 8403 (home) (201) 310 7321 (cell) (201) 836 1014 (fax) [email protected]
2010-Present: Founder, Owner, and CEO of Mtelegence dba Readorium
Principal Investigator for Readorium Rising Reader and Readorium Scholar projects for the Phase 1 and Phase II Small Business Innovate Research Grants from the US Department of Education
Director of Readorium operations including overseeing sales, marketing, and the scientific, technical, and educational direction for Readorium programs
2005- 2013 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Educational Consultant, Curriculum Author, and Professional Development Provider of Effective Standards-Based Literacy Practices Across all Content Areas (Grades K-12.) Provided workshops and other professional development services to schools, and, state, national, and international conferences.
Author of six children’s picture books (School Specialty Co.),
Curriculum/Literacy Expert for NJ’s Professional Resources in Science and Math (PRISM) Grant
Author of instructional books and materials for teachers published by Teacher Created Materials: 18 Reader’s Theater scripts, and instructional guides for teachers. (TCM/Shell Publication). See publications: www.harrietisecke.com
Grant Evaluator for $2.5 million, NJ DOE, 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant (2005-2008)
2002-2005 – Curriculum Director, Hackensack, NJ Public School System
Directed all academic programs
Worked with central office staff, building administrators, and teachers to analyze student data and design educational plans based on that data to raise student achievement
Wrote and managed successful entitlement and competitive grants, totaling over $5,000,000
1997-2002 - Staff Developer, Hackensack, NJ Public School System
Provided workshops/coaching to help teachers understand state and national literacy standards and target instruction to meet student needs
1967-1997 - Elementary School Teacher in NJ and NYC Public School Systems
Taught all elementary school grades, subjects, and students of all ability levels
Technology Teacher and Teacher of the Gifted
Wrote and implemented Technology and Enrichment Curricula in Humanities and Mathematics
EDUCATION
M.A. in Educational Leadership, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2002
M. Ed. in Learning Disabilities, Montclair University, 1978
B.A. in History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1967
CERTIFICATIONS/AFFILIATIONS
Literacy Director: Global Knowledge Exchange
Standard Principal Certification
Learning Disabilities Teacher Certification
Teaching Certification
AWARDS AND HONORS
Readorium - 2016 CODiE Award for Best Reading, English, Language Arts Solution
Readorium - 2016 Trendsetter Award for innovative content by the Software and Information Industry Association
Readorium - 2016 International Reimagine Bronze Plaque for K-12 Innovation, sponsored by University of Pennsylvania's Wharton's School of Business
Readorium - 2016 ED Tech Digest Cool Tool Finalist
Readorium - 2016 National Science Teachers Association recommendation
Readorium - Recipient of three U.S. Department of Education Grants for Small Business Innovative Research (2010, 2011 and 2013).
NJ State Best Practice Award: Infusing Technology Into the Curriculum
PUBLICATIONS
PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES
Using Adaptive Technology to Increase Science Comprehension, Ed Tech Digest, Feb 2016
Former Teacher, Literacy Coach & Curriculum Director Designs Effective Nonfiction Comprehension Software, Florida Education Matters, March 2016
Co-author of Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Exploring an Interactive Software Approach, Educational Research Quarterly, (Sept. 2013)
Author of Technology Curriculum published by NYC Board of Education
NONFICTION BOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS for TEACHERS
Backwards Planning: A Framework for Instructional Design
Research on Differentiation for Differentiation Binder
Primary Source Guides for teachers
Applying Differentiated Strategies in Language Arts
Character Development (Using Interactive Attribute
Figurative Language (Using Leveled Centers)
Nonfiction (Using Independent Investigations)
Personal Narrative (Using Tiered Assignments)
Persuasive Writing ((Using Project Based Learning)
Literary Elements of Story (Using Leveled Questioning)
Summarizing Reading (Using Reading Buddies)
Developing Vocabulary (Using Multiple Intelligences)
Math K-2 and 3-5
Two Dimensional Figures (Using Interactive Attributes)
Estimation (Using Multiple Intelligences)
Fractions (Using Concrete-Representational- Abstract Models)
Graphing (Using Project Based Learning)
Linear Measurements (Using Tiered Instruction)
Patterns (Using Open-ended Assignments)
Place Value (Using Choice Boards)
Variables (Using Leveled Questioning)
NONFICTION BOOKS AND READER THEATER PLAYS FOR STUDENTS
Science
Animals and Plants (Using Menu of Options)
Biomes and Ecosystems (Using Multiple Intelligences)
Solar System (Using Tiered Instruction)
Nonfiction (Using Tiered Assignments)
Forces and Motion (Using Independent Investigations)
Magnets and Electricity (Using Interest Centers
Weather (Using Leveled Questions)
Cells and Organisms (Using Orbital Studies)
Social Studies - 20th Century Reader's Theater Kit: Grades 4-8: Teacher's Guide and 8 student Reader's Theater plays
WW I: In Flanders Fields
Immigration
Child Labor and the Industrial Revolution
Woman's Suffrage
The Great Depression: A Migrant Mother's Story
WW II: The Battle of Normandy
Civil Rights: Freedom Riders
Cold War: The Pete Seeger Story
Social Studies - 19th Century Reader's Theater Kit: Teacher's Guide and 2 Reader's Theater plays
Remember the Alamo
Sojourner Truth
Social Studies - Primary Source Instructional Guide for teachers and following books for students
Cultural Landscapes Then and Now
Jobs and Industry Then and Now
Transportation Then and Now
Schools Then and Now
History of NYC Then and Now
Historical Heritage Then and Now
Cultural Neighborhoods
Leisure Time
Social Studies Books for Students Lyndon B. Johnson
Famous Explorers (Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco Corando, and Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle)
Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Women's Suffrage
Northeast Indian Tribes
Stephen F. Austin
William Travis
Fiction books for children
Good Alphabet Snacks
Gross Alphabet Snacks
The Horrible Kirk McCruel
Always the Last Pick
Clap for Me
Who Needs a Baby?
Shakespeare Readers Theater plays (Recipient of the 2011 AEP Award for being a "Top Educational Resource")
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
Midsummer's Night Dream
Taming of the Shrew
King Lear
Macbeth
Presentations: International and National Presentations:
Reimagine International Conference (2016) Transforming Nonfiction Instruction for the Next Generation
Florida Educational Technology Convention (2016) Teaching Nonfiction Comprehension Grades 3-8
SIIA Conference (2016) Personalized Approach to Helping Students Comprehend Complex Informational Text
International Literacy Association (2014) Teaching Nonfiction Comprehension to Middle Grade Students
International Literacy Association (2012) Nurturing Emergent Literacy Skills in Young Learners
International Literacy Association (2010) Designing Project Based Learning Units Using Understanding by Design Principles
Workshops - Early Childhood Literacy Workshop Series for Teenage Mothers: Fostering Early Literacy Skills in Your Baby and Young
Child, Detroit, Michigan, May 24, 2010, March 2011 Detroit, Michigan Head Start (2011) National Head Start Association, Orlando, Florida, Best Early Literacy Practices: New Zealand
Model, April 28- May 2, 2009 Bronx Archdioceses Professional Development Conference, Nurturing Emergent Readers and
Writers, March 2009 Region IV Head Start Atlanta, Georgia Building Better Brains through Early Literacy Feb 1-2, 2009 Bergen County AEYC, Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction, Jan 14, 2009 United Way Early Childhood Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, Building Better Brains through Early
Literacy, and Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction January 2-3, 2009 Orlando Florida Early Childhood Conference, Best Early Literacy Practices, September 2008 Pre-K Summit: Nashville, Tennessee, Early Literacy Instruction in New Zealand, and its
Implications for Transforming American Education and Building Better Brains Through Literacy Connections, June 25-27, 2008
Bright Beginnings Conference, Atlanta Georgia: April 26-28, 2007 Early Literacy Instruction in New Zealand, and its Implications for Transforming American Education
International Reading Association Conference: Atlanta, Georgia, (Childcraft Forum) Building Better Brains Through Literacy Connections May 4-8, 2008
UJA: Early Childhood Conference March 17, 2009, Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction Kean College: NJ Division for Early Childhood Conference. October 24, 2008
Literacy Workshops and Classroom Coaching: Grades K-5 Balanced Literacy (All Aspects) Differentiation Strategies to Enhance Comprehension Creating a Classroom of Actively Engaged Readers Building Vocabulary through Greek and Latin Roots Effective Instructional Coaching Creating a Community of Writers Creating a Community of Writers in Science Differentiating Instruction Through Content, Process, and Product Encouraging Students to Become Authors and Illustrators Literature Circles for Elementary Students Nonfiction Reading and Writing NJ Test Preparation, Countdown to Success Principles of Effective Literacy Coaching Proficient Reader Strategies: Teaching Deep Comprehension Skills Reader’s Workshop Reader’s Theater Targeted Reading and Math Intervention Teaching Children to Write from the Heart Understanding by Design/Project Based Learning Using Primary Sources Writer’s Workshop
Presented workshops at the following conferences and provided workshops and coaching for the following school systems (Grades K-5):
International Reading Association, Chicago Illinois, (March 2010) Rockford Illinois Public Schools (2010) Bayonne, NJ Catholic Schools, (2008) Belleville, NJ (2010) Brooklyn, NY Public Schools, (2009) Clifton Ceder, Passaic, NJ ((2005-2008) County Hill Montessori, Atlanta, Georgia (2005-2009) Edgewater, NJ Public Schools (2006-2007) Fantis Parochial School of Sts. Constantine & Helen Cathedral, (2008) Franklin Lakes, NJ Public Schools, (2006-2009) Hanover, NJ (2010) Hackensack, NJ Public Schools, (2005-2011) Irvington, NJ Public Schools, (2006) Jersey City Public Schools, (2008-2010) Leonia, NJ Public Schools, (2005-2009) Little Ferry Public Schools (2011)
Montclair State University, Professional Resources in Science & Mathematics (PRISM) program (2011)
National Staff Development Council, Vancouver, Canada December 2004 Improving Reading Achievement Through Data-Driven Decisions (Grades K-3)
Newark Teacher’s Union, Keynote Teaching Students to Write from the Heart and Breakout, Creating a Classroom of Active, Engaged Readers (K-8) March 14, 2009
NJ Test Prep Workshop Series: “Countdown to Success”: Accelerating Achievement, Newark, NJ Jan 11, 2007, and Helping Students Achieve in Literacy on the NJ ASK (Grades 4-5), Feb 26, 2007
Orange, NJ Pubic Schools (2006) Paterson, NJ Public Schools (2008) Phoenix, Arizona Public Schools (2009) Philadelphia, PA Public Schools (2009)
Literacy Workshops and Classroom Coaching: Grades 6-8 Increasing Student Comprehension Across Content Areas Helping Struggling Readers and Writers Succeed Building Vocabulary through Greek and Latin Roots: Grades 6-8 Differentiating Instruction Simply and Effectively Development of the Young Adolescent and its Implications for Effective Instruction Effective Instructional Coaching Literature Circles for Middle School Students Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop Enhancing Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum Understanding by Design/Project Based Learning Using Primary Sources in the Classroom NJ Test Preparation Teaching Students to Write from the Heart Writing to Enhance Thinking Across the Curriculum Creating a Classroom of Actively Engaged Readers Using Multiple Texts to Enhance English Instruction
Presented literacy workshops for following school systems (grades 6-8): Brooklyn, NY, Public Middle School (Ebbets Field) (2009) Chicago, Illinois, International Reading Association Conference (2010) Country Hill Montessori, Atlanta, Georgia, (2005-1009) Franklin Lakes, NJ Public Schools (2006-2009) Hackensack, NJ Public School System (2005-2011) Hanover, NJ Public School System (2010) Leonia Public Schools (2005-2011) Newark Teacher’s Union, Keynote and Breakout (2009) Newark Public Schools, NJ Public Schools (2011) Montclair State University (2011) Phoenix Public Schools, Arizona (2009) Philadelphia Public Schools, PA (2009-2011) Riverdell Public Schools, NJ Regional School District (2007-2008) Woodbridge Public Schools, NJ Public Schools (2009)
Literacy Workshops and Classroom Coaching: Grades 9-12:
Using Multiple Texts to Enhance English Instruction
Increasing Comprehension Across Content Areas
Comprehension Strategies for Special Education Students
Helping Struggling Readers and Writers Succeed
Writing to Enhance Thinking Across the Curriculum
Using Primary Sources
Understanding by Design/Project Based Learning
Creating a Community of Writers (Writing as a Tool for Thinking and Leaning) Provided professional development for the following school systems and universities (grades 9-12):
Leonia Public School System, NJ (2007-2011) Hackensack, NJ Public School System Jersey City Public Schools, NJ (2009) Montclair State University (2011) Ogden City School District, Utah and Weber State University in conjunction with Stanford
University’s School Redesign Network (2006) Philadelphia Public Schools, Pennsylvania (2010) Riverdell, NJ Regional School District (2007-2008) Wood-Ridge Public Schools, NJ (2011)