Susan Kenyon Email & Phone Number

Remote

• Research and write professional learning curriculum for K-12 educators in more than 23,000 schools with 10 million students nationwide.
• Develop and revise professional learning courses and modules supporting educators' effective use of i-Ready Assessment, Learning, and Literacy products to maximize student growth.
• Develop narrative scenarios used throughout PL content to illustrate best practices for strategic use of i-Ready data and resources.
• Collaborate across divisions to ensure a consistent and coherent educator learning experience

Princeton, NJ

• Synthesized proceedings and themes from research symposia into policy reports distributed to the policy and research community:
• Abbott Preschool 20th Anniversary Retrospective
• Innovation and Investment in Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• Social Emotional Learning in Higher Education

Brooklyn, NY

Analyzed and summarized innovation proposals as part of multi-million-dollar high school reform competition project partnership with the XQ Institute

Brooklyn, NY

Collaborated with subject matter experts and graphic designers to create blended learning experiences for educators Modules included: Assessment Literacy; Close Reading; Conceptual Understanding of Fractions, Ratios and Proportions; Writing Using Evidence from Text

• Executive Leadership Program for Educators (ExEL)
• Policy research and educational program design
• Interim and final grant reporting

• Executive Leadership Program for Educators (ExEL)
• Co- developed online learning curriculum designed to sustain and advance participant learning of key concepts and practices
• Edited Strategy in Action: How School Systems Can Support Powerful Learning and Teaching, 2009 by Liz City and Rachel Curtis
• Co-developed learning guide for Strategy in Action: How School Systems Can Support Powerful Learning and Teaching, L. City, R. Curtis. 2009.

Boston, MA

Researched and wrote briefing materials on career and technical education (CTE) in the U.S.

Cambridge, MA

• Managing Editor and project liaison for "A Decade of Boston School Reform: Reflections and Aspirations" research, convening and publication project, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Managed subject area experts contracted to develop research reports analyzing the historic years of Superintendent Thomas Payzant’s tenure. Reports presented at a convening of local and national education leaders.
• Managing Editor for development phase of "A Decade of Urban School Reform: Persistence and Progress in the Boston Public Schools." P. Reville, C. Coggins, editors. Harvard Education Publishing Group. Cambridge, MA 2007.

Newark, NJ

• Co-Author, Abbott Implementation Resource Guide, 2004
• Editor, Breaking Ground: Rebuilding New Jersey's Urban Schools, 2004 Report to Rockefeller Foundation
• Co-Author, Safe and Adequate: Using Litigation to Address Inadequate K-12 School Facilities, 2006
• Editor, Implementing Abbott v. Burke: A guide to the 2006 K-12 Abbott Regulations. 2006

• Edited faculty texts, case studies, grant proposals, journal articles, and working papers:
• Manuscript Editor: Casebook 1: Faculty Employment Policies by J. Honan, C. Sternman Rule Eds. (2002). Jossey-Bass.
• Co-Author, Teaching Notes to Casebook 1: A Guide for Faculty and Administrators. (2002) by J. Honan, C. Sternman Rule, with Susan Kenyon. Developed template, contributed to and edited text of teaching notes to.

Consortium For Policy Research In Education

• With Principal Investigator, Richard Elmore, developed research design for five-year, multi-state study of educational accountability, sponsored by US Department of Education.
• Lead multi-state research team; conducted interviews with state, district, and school level personnel; Lead student and community focus groups.
• Coordinated fieldwork, conferences and meetings of US Department of Education funded, multi-state qualitative education research project
• Developed budget proposal for 5 year subcontract to CPRE UPenn and US Department of Education

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Risk And Prevention In Early Childhood Education

Master Of Regional Planning (Mrp)

Thesis: Education and Community Development

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Philosophy And English - Summa Cum Laude