Public Consulting Group Employee Review - Stephan Kutno

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    Stephen Kutno, Ph.D.

    EXPERTISE:                                                                  PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS
    Adolescent literacy; Response to Intervention (RtI); 21st century           Dr. Kutno has been a presenter at more than 50 education conferences
    teaching and learning                                                       and has served as a peer reviewer for research journals. Among his many
    Steve Kutno is Director of Literacy and Learning Services at PCG            speaking engagements, he presented a paper entitled “Driving students’
    Education. He is responsible for management of the firm’s Literacy and      success: Leveraging technology to achieve data-driven instruction,” at
    Learning service lines, with an emphasis on the areas of adolescent         the 25th Annual Florida Association of School Administrators Conference
    literacy, Response to Intervention (RtI), and 21st century teaching and     and presented a paper entitled, “Grading education professionals on
    learning. His recent project work has included district literacy action     student test scores,” at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum
    planning across several districts, 21st century strategic planning in       Development (ASCD) Annual Conference.
    Missoula, Montana, RtI consulting in Monterey, California and in
    Weston, Massachusetts, and support of PCG Education’s EdPlan™               EDUCATION, GRANTS
    student success planning platform across several clients.                   Dr. Kutno earned a Bachelor’s degree in English and also in journalism
                                                                                and mass media from Rutgers University and holds a Ph.D. in Education
    EXPERIENCE                                                                  from the University at Buffalo. His dissertation was entitled, “Policy,
    Dr. Kutno has applied experience in both large-scale and formative          practice, and learning in the English classroom: Making room for
    assessment development and deployment. Over the years, he has               multicultural texts in conflicted space. A case study examining the way
    applied his classroom teaching experiences with his deep understandings     in which conflicting educational reforms affected classroom practices
    of testing to drive towards more data based instructional design. More      of two English teachers.”
    recently, Dr. Kutno has worked on several strategic initiatives to better   Dr. Kutno’s dissertation research was funded as a result of his
    define a number of larger urban projects. Specifically in these settings,   collaborating with S.M. Miller, when they were awarded a grant-in-aid
    Dr. Kutno skillfully facilitates a process of teaching and learning to      from the National Council of Teachers of English, 1995-1996.
    develop a shared vision focused on outcomes. He works with districts
    to translate strategic plans into action plans with clear directions for
    classroom teachers and school administrators. Dr. Kutno has taught
    at all levels of instruction, grades six through graduate school. He has
    applied his background in curriculum and instruction to professional          To learn more about Stephen Kutno or other PCG Education Subject
    positions with a number of commercial organizations, shaping                  Matter Experts, contact us at pcgeducation@pcgus.com or
    instructional products and strategic development. In addition, Dr.            1-800-210-6113
    Kutno has designed and modeled comprehensive solutions for school
    improvement and overseen and coordinated client relationships.




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