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This is my eighteenth year in public education. I started as a 5th and 6th-grade teacher in a country school outside of Wisconsin Rapids, WI. After seven years of teaching, I served as a dean of students at a junior high, which developed into an assistant principalship along with athletic director duties. As an elementary principal for the Mineral Point Unified School District, I am enjoying the curriculum, instruction and assessment side of education. I write for ASCD (www.ascd.org) and Lead Literacy (www.leadliteracy.com). Also, I teach online graduate courses in curriculum design and instructional leadership for the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
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Twitter: @ReadByExample
Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MattRenwick/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renwickmatthew
Credentials
B.S. – Elementary/ Middle-Level Education, University of Wisconsin-Platteville (2000)
M.S. – PK-12 Principalship, University of Wisconsin-Superior (2005)
Licensure – Director of Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Superior (2015)
Articles and Publications
Busting Myths, Telling Truths (article, Language Magazine, January 2018)
Secrets of Self-Directed Student Learning: Strategies for nurturing & stimulating independent learners (eBook/whitepaper, FreshGrade, Winter 2016)
Looking to the Future: Assessing Innovation in the Classroom (eBook/whitepaper, FreshGrade, Winter 2017)
Recognitions
Principal of Howe Elementary School – Recognized as a Title I School of Recognition eight years in a row (2008-2015) and as a Spotlight School for three years in a row (2013-2015) through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Principal at Mineral Point Elementary School – Recognized as a Model PLC School by Solution Tree (2018)
Top 50 Education IT Blogs – EdTech K-12 (2013, 2015, 2016)
SmartBrief Content Editor Award (2013)
Onalytica Top 100 EdTech Influencers (2015, 2016)
EdTech Digest – EdTech Leadership Award Finalist (2017, 2018)
Memberships
ASCD
Association of Wisconsin School Administrators (AWSA)
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
Wisconsin State Reading Association (WSRA)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
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