Public Consulting Group Employee Review - Stephen Smith

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    Stephen Smith                                                           PUBLICATIONS
                                                                            Geier, R., Smith, S., & Tornow, M. (2012). District data teams: A
    As a senior associate with PCG Education, Stephen Smith                 leadership structure for improving student achievement. A PCG
    coordinates professional development and technical assistance           Education White Paper. Portsmouth, NH: Public Consulting Group.
    services that focus on strategic uses of data at school and             Available online: http://www.publicconsultinggroup.com/education/
    district levels. He is a former high school principal with extensive    library/index.html.
    experience in coaching school leadership teams on effective data        Lachat, M. A., Williams, M., & Smith, S. (2006). Making sense of all
    use strategies and action planning. In his career at PCG Education,     your data. Principal Leadership, 7(2), 16–21.
    he has developed training materials that focus on multiple uses
    of data for accountability and instructional improvement, and           Lachat, M. A., & Smith, S. (2005). Practices that support data use in
    how to create school-level data teams to institutionalize data-         urban high schools. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk,
    driven decision making. Mr. Smith has also been instrumental in         10(3), 333–349.
    the development of courseware and professional development              Lachat, M. A., & Smith, S. (2005). Data Use in Urban High Schools.
    activities to support the use of the Massachusetts Department of        Providence, RI: Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory,
    Elementary and Secondary Education’s Data Warehouse by district         at Brown University.
    and school-level staff members. In addition to his courseware
    and professional development activities, Mr. Smith has conducted        EDUCATION
    extensive program evaluation studies for the Carnegie Foundation
                                                                            University of Maryland
    and for federally funded Smaller Learning Community grants, and
                                                                            Ph.D. Program – National Science Foundation Institute for Experienced
    individual school districts.
                                                                            Science Supervisors

    EXPERTISE                                                               Tufts University
                                                                            M.Ed. – Major: Educational Administration; Minor: Biology
      •	 Effective use of data at the district and school levels
      •	 Courseware development and professional development                Franklin and Marshall College
      •	 School leadership nad action planning                              B.A. – Major: Biology; Minor: Chemistry
      •	 Program evaluation

    EXPERIENCE
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    In his more than 40 years in the education field, Stephen Smith has            Education Subject Matter Experts, contact us at
    held roles of progressively increasing leadership, from Chairman
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    of the Science Department at Masconomet (MA) High School, to
    Coordinator for Curriculum and Program Evaluation for grades 7
    through 12 in the Masconomet district, to Principal of the district’s
    regional high school. In these positions, Mr. Smith developed
    the expertise in effective school data use, program evaluation,
    curriculum development and professional coaching, which he
    currently shares with PCG Education clients.




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