Bob is one of the founders of Elevated Achievement Group, a professional learning company dedicated to helping educators develop student ownership for all types of learners. The focus on student ownership is reflective of his years of experiences in the professional development world. In 2018, Bob co-authored the book, Developing Student Ownership: Supporting Students to Own Their Learning through the Use of Strategic Learning Practices, which is a comprehensive and practical guide… Show more Bob is one of the founders of Elevated Achievement Group, a professional learning company dedicated to helping educators develop student ownership for all types of learners. The focus on student ownership is reflective of his years of experiences in the professional development world. In 2018, Bob co-authored the book, Developing Student Ownership: Supporting Students to Own Their Learning through the Use of Strategic Learning Practices, which is a comprehensive and practical guide to the work that he has been leading for the past five years.Bob began his tenure in education as a bilingual teacher in Southern California in the early ‘90s, when he worked with English learners at all proficiency levels. He then began working directly with teachers and was an instructional coach for a national professional development company. He has worked extensively across the United States supporting district administrators, school administrators, teachers, students, and parents at the elementary, middle, and high school levels to implement standards-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment. It was during these eighteen years as an instructional coach that he saw the value in motivating students to own their learning. He put some of this thinking into practice when he was the lead author on an intensive reading/writing program that supported older student two or more years below grade level. As Chief Executive Officer, his duties include working directly with clients to facilitate professional learning opportunities that best support elevated achievement such as modeling, mentoring, co-planning, co-teaching, observational feedback, and reflection on professional growth.   He also assists clients in identifying specific focus areas of growth using Elevated Achievement's Strategic Learning Practices and Learning Framework. Show less

Prior to owning Elevated Achievement Group, Bob was an educational consultant serving such disparate locations as California, New York, Detroit, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Alabama. Partnering with school reform organizations, educational publishers, and data analysis technology companies, his work included:• Training, monitoring, and mentoring teachers, administrators, parents, students, and leadership teams in a vast number of instructional strategies, practices and… Show more Prior to owning Elevated Achievement Group, Bob was an educational consultant serving such disparate locations as California, New York, Detroit, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Alabama. Partnering with school reform organizations, educational publishers, and data analysis technology companies, his work included:• Training, monitoring, and mentoring teachers, administrators, parents, students, and leadership teams in a vast number of instructional strategies, practices and processes• Training, monitoring, and mentoring company instructional coaches and leadership coaches as they delivered services to a variety of clients at all levels• Developing support for implementation of a standards-based system, effective and efficient delivery of instruction, language acquisition for English language learners, literacy achievement for older students with low reading skills, etc. • Delivering support for these strategies during all elements of the coaching cycle—professional development, in-classroom demonstrations, co-planning and co-teaching, observation and feedback, and implementation data analysis.• Lead content developer of a national intensive reading intervention program, Gateways, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and written to support students in 4-8 grades who are reading two or more years below grade level Show less

Teaching responsibilities included:• English-Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science
• Bilingual educator in Spanish with BCLAD certification• 
K-8 multiple subject credential, 6-12 single subject credentials in English-Language Arts and Social Studies
• Students taught: children from low socio-economic families, English learners, African Americans, Latinos, AsianCredentials________________________________________________• California Teaching… Show more Teaching responsibilities included:• English-Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science
• Bilingual educator in Spanish with BCLAD certification• 
K-8 multiple subject credential, 6-12 single subject credentials in English-Language Arts and Social Studies
• Students taught: children from low socio-economic families, English learners, African Americans, Latinos, AsianCredentials________________________________________________• California Teaching Credential Multiple Subjects, BLCAD certification• California Teaching Credential Single Subject, English-Language Arts, BCLAD • California Teaching Credential Single Subject, History-Social Science, BCLAD Show less