Brian Lack, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Forsyth County Schools District Office

• Designed and delivered professional learning for hundreds of K-8 mathematics teachers on topics such as: number sense and fluency development, differentiated instruction, higher-order questioning, problem solving, inquiry-based teaching, fraction fluency, and IKAN and GloSS assessments. • Served as project manager for GADOE's mathematics video project since 2016. Created two videos on progression of expressions and equations in Grades 5 and 6 in 2019. Also served as lead editor of the GA mathematics frameworks for Grade 6 mathematics; created and published multiple tasks for the Georgia Standards of Excellence Frameworks.• Modeled engaging and challenging lessons in multiple classrooms across the district in grades K-5.• Led the development and revision of rigorous and balanced common district assessments in grades K-8; chief editor of all district mathematics assessments in grades K-5.• Worked closely with school principals and assistant principals to identify data-driven school improvement goals.• Created a county-wide K-5 mathematics teacher leaders team to distribute instructional leadership and coaching more efficiently across a large suburban school district.• Designed and organized multimedia mathematics teaching resources for grades K-8 in digital learning management system.• Coordinator of annual county mathematics tournament since 2013 (serving over 200 students each year).• Coordinated multiple cohorts of a state-approved K-5 mathematics endorsement program for elementary teachers.• Speaker at multiple parent/curriculum nights about State Mathematics Standards.• Served on state task force for the development of course standards for Foundations of Algebra; trained middle and high school teachers across the state on course content and pedagogy.• Member of the Georgia Mathematics Teacher Advisory Council. • Presenter at the annual meeting of the Georgia Council for Teachers of Mathematics every year since 2015.

• Modeled mathematics instruction aimed at developing number sense and curiosity at all grade levels; taught 4th grade math enrichment during school-wide RTI time. • Collected, entered, and analyzed progress monitoring data school-wide for students with IST and SST plans.• Used data-driven decision making to lead SST and 504 meetings in grades 3 - 5.• Managed student discipline for students in grades 4 and 5.• Coordinated school-wide Response to Intervention schedule, staff substitutes, student transportation, and school safety.• Credentialed in Teacher Keys Evaluation System.

• Voted Teacher of the Year by colleagues in 2011. • Delivered standards-based instruction to 400+ students. • CRCT results: In 2012, 100% of students met expectations while 98% exceeded expectations; in 2011, 99% of students met expectations while 80% exceeded expectations; in 2010, 100% of students met expectations while 67% exceeded expectations (all figures exceeded county-wide averages). • In 2012, coached two teams of students to 1st and 2nd place, as well as a clean sweep of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the individual segment of a county Mathematics Olympiad tournament. In 2011, coached a team of students to 1st place in both the team and individual segments of the local Mathematics Olympiad competition. • Created and utilized assessments in Edusoft in order to monitor students’ progress toward mastery of GPS and used data to differentiate instruction. • Made regular use of ActivBoard flipcharts, Activotes, explorelearning.com GIZMOS, virtual math manipulatives, hands-on manipulatives, and learning centers as part of daily instruction.• Posted electronic copies of homework printouts, slideshows of lessons, practice-tests, and daily warm-ups regularly to ANGELweb. • Delivered Framework Performance Tasks at the conclusion of each GPS unit in order to maintain balanced approach to assessment.• Currently serving as grade level chair (since 2011) and RTI leader.• Supervised a student teacher in 2011, who was subsequently hired as a full-time math teacher. • Played bass guitar in the school jazz band from 2009 to 2012.• Sponsored a fantasy football club that met weekly during the fall in 2010 and 2011 (see recent article in Forsyth County News, December 11, 2011).

Johns Creek, Ga

- Provided instruction on critical thinking and mathematics problem solving skills to a small group of high-performing and/or gifted young mathematicians (Grades 6-8). - Courses taught: Math Genius Level IV, V, VI, MATHCOUNTS Intensive Prep

• Delivered standards-based instruction to 19 students at an International Baccalaureate elementary school. • Created and monitored weekly online CRCT practice assessments through Georgia Online Assessment System (OAS).• Offered weekly after-school tutorials for struggling students. • Conducted item and content analysis of CRCT benchmark data in order to improve student achievement. • 100% of students passed CRCT mathematics (80% exceeded expectations) during inaugural year of GPS implementation.

• Attended Ph.D. program in Early Childhood Education full-time as a graduate assistant. • Planned and delivered “Best Practices” training workshops for 500 Georgia Pre-K teachers. • Supervised and evaluated student teachers in a range of K-5 settings. • Taught undergraduate courses in multicultural education and social studies methods and received excellent student evaluations. • Won award for Outstanding Teaching Fellow in 2007. • Published two separate studies in top-tier academic research journals Journal of Teacher Education and Equity and Excellence in Education.• Earned 4.0 grade average in all quantitative statistics coursework (three courses).• Served as co-director of K-8 gifted education program, Saturday School for Scholars and Leaders.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Early Childhood Education And Teaching

• GPA: 3.99; Dissertation title: Student Participation in Mathematics Discourse in a Standards-based Classroom • Completed educational.

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Early Childhood Education And Teaching