HARRIET ISECKE 541 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666

(201) 836 8403 (home) (201) 310 7321 (cell) (201) 836 1014 (fax) hisecke@yahoo.com

2010-Present: Founder, Owner, and CEO of Mtelegence dba Readorium

Principal Investigator for Readorium Rising Reader and Readorium Scholar projects for the Phase 1 and Phase II Small Business Innovate Research Grants from the US Department of Education

Director of Readorium operations including overseeing sales, marketing, and the scientific, technical, and educational direction for Readorium programs

2005- 2013 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Educational Consultant, Curriculum Author, and Professional Development Provider of Effective Standards-Based Literacy Practices Across all Content Areas (Grades K-12.) Provided workshops and other professional development services to schools, and, state, national, and international conferences.

Author of six children’s picture books (School Specialty Co.),

Curriculum/Literacy Expert for NJ’s Professional Resources in Science and Math (PRISM) Grant

Author of instructional books and materials for teachers published by Teacher Created Materials: 18 Reader’s Theater scripts, and instructional guides for teachers. (TCM/Shell Publication). See publications: www.harrietisecke.com

Grant Evaluator for $2.5 million, NJ DOE, 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant (2005-2008)

2002-2005 – Curriculum Director, Hackensack, NJ Public School System

Directed all academic programs

Worked with central office staff, building administrators, and teachers to analyze student data and design educational plans based on that data to raise student achievement

Wrote and managed successful entitlement and competitive grants, totaling over $5,000,000

1997-2002 - Staff Developer, Hackensack, NJ Public School System

Provided workshops/coaching to help teachers understand state and national literacy standards and target instruction to meet student needs

1967-1997 - Elementary School Teacher in NJ and NYC Public School Systems

Taught all elementary school grades, subjects, and students of all ability levels

Technology Teacher and Teacher of the Gifted

Wrote and implemented Technology and Enrichment Curricula in Humanities and Mathematics

EDUCATION

M.A. in Educational Leadership, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2002

M. Ed. in Learning Disabilities, Montclair University, 1978

B.A. in History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1967

CERTIFICATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

Literacy Director: Global Knowledge Exchange

Standard Principal Certification

Learning Disabilities Teacher Certification

Teaching Certification

AWARDS AND HONORS

Readorium - 2016 CODiE Award for Best Reading, English, Language Arts Solution

Readorium - 2016 Trendsetter Award for innovative content by the Software and Information Industry Association

Readorium - 2016 International Reimagine Bronze Plaque for K-12 Innovation, sponsored by University of Pennsylvania's Wharton's School of Business

Readorium - 2016 ED Tech Digest Cool Tool Finalist

Readorium - 2016 National Science Teachers Association recommendation

Readorium - Recipient of three U.S. Department of Education Grants for Small Business Innovative Research (2010, 2011 and 2013).

NJ State Best Practice Award: Infusing Technology Into the Curriculum

PUBLICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES

Using Adaptive Technology to Increase Science Comprehension, Ed Tech Digest, Feb 2016

Former Teacher, Literacy Coach & Curriculum Director Designs Effective Nonfiction Comprehension Software, Florida Education Matters, March 2016

Co-author of Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Exploring an Interactive Software Approach, Educational Research Quarterly, (Sept. 2013)

Author of Technology Curriculum published by NYC Board of Education

NONFICTION BOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS for TEACHERS

Backwards Planning: A Framework for Instructional Design

Research on Differentiation for Differentiation Binder

Primary Source Guides for teachers

Applying Differentiated Strategies in Language Arts

Character Development (Using Interactive Attribute

Figurative Language (Using Leveled Centers)

Nonfiction (Using Independent Investigations)

Personal Narrative (Using Tiered Assignments)

Persuasive Writing ((Using Project Based Learning)

Literary Elements of Story (Using Leveled Questioning)

Summarizing Reading (Using Reading Buddies)

Developing Vocabulary (Using Multiple Intelligences)

Math K-2 and 3-5

Two Dimensional Figures (Using Interactive Attributes)

Estimation (Using Multiple Intelligences)

Fractions (Using Concrete-Representational- Abstract Models)

Graphing (Using Project Based Learning)

Linear Measurements (Using Tiered Instruction)

Patterns (Using Open-ended Assignments)

Place Value (Using Choice Boards)

Variables (Using Leveled Questioning)

NONFICTION BOOKS AND READER THEATER PLAYS FOR STUDENTS

Science

Animals and Plants (Using Menu of Options)

Biomes and Ecosystems (Using Multiple Intelligences)

Solar System (Using Tiered Instruction)

Nonfiction (Using Tiered Assignments)

Forces and Motion (Using Independent Investigations)

Magnets and Electricity (Using Interest Centers

Weather (Using Leveled Questions)

Cells and Organisms (Using Orbital Studies)

Social Studies - 20th Century Reader's Theater Kit: Grades 4-8: Teacher's Guide and 8 student Reader's Theater plays

WW I: In Flanders Fields

Immigration

Child Labor and the Industrial Revolution

Woman's Suffrage

The Great Depression: A Migrant Mother's Story

WW II: The Battle of Normandy

Civil Rights: Freedom Riders

Cold War: The Pete Seeger Story

Social Studies - 19th Century Reader's Theater Kit: Teacher's Guide and 2 Reader's Theater plays

Remember the Alamo

Sojourner Truth

Social Studies - Primary Source Instructional Guide for teachers and following books for students

Cultural Landscapes Then and Now

Jobs and Industry Then and Now

Transportation Then and Now

Schools Then and Now

History of NYC Then and Now

Historical Heritage Then and Now

Cultural Neighborhoods

Leisure Time

Social Studies Books for Students Lyndon B. Johnson

Famous Explorers (Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco Corando, and Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle)

Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

Women's Suffrage

Northeast Indian Tribes

Stephen F. Austin

William Travis

Fiction books for children

Good Alphabet Snacks

Gross Alphabet Snacks

The Horrible Kirk McCruel

Always the Last Pick

Clap for Me

Who Needs a Baby?

Shakespeare Readers Theater plays (Recipient of the 2011 AEP Award for being a "Top Educational Resource")

Romeo and Juliet

Othello

Hamlet

Julius Caesar

Midsummer's Night Dream

Taming of the Shrew

King Lear

Macbeth

Presentations: International and National Presentations:

Reimagine International Conference (2016) Transforming Nonfiction Instruction for the Next Generation

Florida Educational Technology Convention (2016) Teaching Nonfiction Comprehension Grades 3-8

SIIA Conference (2016) Personalized Approach to Helping Students Comprehend Complex Informational Text

International Literacy Association (2014) Teaching Nonfiction Comprehension to Middle Grade Students

International Literacy Association (2012) Nurturing Emergent Literacy Skills in Young Learners

International Literacy Association (2010) Designing Project Based Learning Units Using Understanding by Design Principles

Workshops - Early Childhood Literacy Workshop Series for Teenage Mothers: Fostering Early Literacy Skills in Your Baby and Young

Child, Detroit, Michigan, May 24, 2010, March 2011 Detroit, Michigan Head Start (2011) National Head Start Association, Orlando, Florida, Best Early Literacy Practices: New Zealand

Model, April 28- May 2, 2009 Bronx Archdioceses Professional Development Conference, Nurturing Emergent Readers and

Writers, March 2009 Region IV Head Start Atlanta, Georgia Building Better Brains through Early Literacy Feb 1-2, 2009 Bergen County AEYC, Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction, Jan 14, 2009 United Way Early Childhood Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, Building Better Brains through Early

Literacy, and Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction January 2-3, 2009 Orlando Florida Early Childhood Conference, Best Early Literacy Practices, September 2008 Pre-K Summit: Nashville, Tennessee, Early Literacy Instruction in New Zealand, and its

Implications for Transforming American Education and Building Better Brains Through Literacy Connections, June 25-27, 2008

Bright Beginnings Conference, Atlanta Georgia: April 26-28, 2007 Early Literacy Instruction in New Zealand, and its Implications for Transforming American Education

International Reading Association Conference: Atlanta, Georgia, (Childcraft Forum) Building Better Brains Through Literacy Connections May 4-8, 2008

UJA: Early Childhood Conference March 17, 2009, Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction Kean College: NJ Division for Early Childhood Conference. October 24, 2008

Literacy Workshops and Classroom Coaching: Grades K-5 Balanced Literacy (All Aspects) Differentiation Strategies to Enhance Comprehension Creating a Classroom of Actively Engaged Readers Building Vocabulary through Greek and Latin Roots Effective Instructional Coaching Creating a Community of Writers Creating a Community of Writers in Science Differentiating Instruction Through Content, Process, and Product Encouraging Students to Become Authors and Illustrators Literature Circles for Elementary Students Nonfiction Reading and Writing NJ Test Preparation, Countdown to Success Principles of Effective Literacy Coaching Proficient Reader Strategies: Teaching Deep Comprehension Skills Reader’s Workshop Reader’s Theater Targeted Reading and Math Intervention Teaching Children to Write from the Heart Understanding by Design/Project Based Learning Using Primary Sources Writer’s Workshop

Presented workshops at the following conferences and provided workshops and coaching for the following school systems (Grades K-5):

International Reading Association, Chicago Illinois, (March 2010) Rockford Illinois Public Schools (2010) Bayonne, NJ Catholic Schools, (2008) Belleville, NJ (2010) Brooklyn, NY Public Schools, (2009) Clifton Ceder, Passaic, NJ ((2005-2008) County Hill Montessori, Atlanta, Georgia (2005-2009) Edgewater, NJ Public Schools (2006-2007) Fantis Parochial School of Sts. Constantine & Helen Cathedral, (2008) Franklin Lakes, NJ Public Schools, (2006-2009) Hanover, NJ (2010) Hackensack, NJ Public Schools, (2005-2011) Irvington, NJ Public Schools, (2006) Jersey City Public Schools, (2008-2010) Leonia, NJ Public Schools, (2005-2009) Little Ferry Public Schools (2011)

Montclair State University, Professional Resources in Science & Mathematics (PRISM) program (2011)

National Staff Development Council, Vancouver, Canada December 2004 Improving Reading Achievement Through Data-Driven Decisions (Grades K-3)

Newark Teacher’s Union, Keynote Teaching Students to Write from the Heart and Breakout, Creating a Classroom of Active, Engaged Readers (K-8) March 14, 2009

NJ Test Prep Workshop Series: “Countdown to Success”: Accelerating Achievement, Newark, NJ Jan 11, 2007, and Helping Students Achieve in Literacy on the NJ ASK (Grades 4-5), Feb 26, 2007

Orange, NJ Pubic Schools (2006) Paterson, NJ Public Schools (2008) Phoenix, Arizona Public Schools (2009) Philadelphia, PA Public Schools (2009)

Literacy Workshops and Classroom Coaching: Grades 6-8 Increasing Student Comprehension Across Content Areas Helping Struggling Readers and Writers Succeed Building Vocabulary through Greek and Latin Roots: Grades 6-8 Differentiating Instruction Simply and Effectively Development of the Young Adolescent and its Implications for Effective Instruction Effective Instructional Coaching Literature Circles for Middle School Students Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop Enhancing Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum Understanding by Design/Project Based Learning Using Primary Sources in the Classroom NJ Test Preparation Teaching Students to Write from the Heart Writing to Enhance Thinking Across the Curriculum Creating a Classroom of Actively Engaged Readers Using Multiple Texts to Enhance English Instruction

Presented literacy workshops for following school systems (grades 6-8): Brooklyn, NY, Public Middle School (Ebbets Field) (2009) Chicago, Illinois, International Reading Association Conference (2010) Country Hill Montessori, Atlanta, Georgia, (2005-1009) Franklin Lakes, NJ Public Schools (2006-2009) Hackensack, NJ Public School System (2005-2011) Hanover, NJ Public School System (2010) Leonia Public Schools (2005-2011) Newark Teacher’s Union, Keynote and Breakout (2009) Newark Public Schools, NJ Public Schools (2011) Montclair State University (2011) Phoenix Public Schools, Arizona (2009) Philadelphia Public Schools, PA (2009-2011) Riverdell Public Schools, NJ Regional School District (2007-2008) Woodbridge Public Schools, NJ Public Schools (2009)

Literacy Workshops and Classroom Coaching: Grades 9-12:

Using Multiple Texts to Enhance English Instruction

Increasing Comprehension Across Content Areas

Comprehension Strategies for Special Education Students

Helping Struggling Readers and Writers Succeed

Writing to Enhance Thinking Across the Curriculum

Using Primary Sources

Understanding by Design/Project Based Learning

Creating a Community of Writers (Writing as a Tool for Thinking and Leaning) Provided professional development for the following school systems and universities (grades 9-12):

Leonia Public School System, NJ (2007-2011) Hackensack, NJ Public School System Jersey City Public Schools, NJ (2009) Montclair State University (2011) Ogden City School District, Utah and Weber State University in conjunction with Stanford

University’s School Redesign Network (2006) Philadelphia Public Schools, Pennsylvania (2010) Riverdell, NJ Regional School District (2007-2008) Wood-Ridge Public Schools, NJ (2011)