Karen Anderson
 Karen
Anderson is a professional coach and learning facilitator who is
passionate about coaching educators to higher levels of performance.
Karen’s clients report greater clarity, goal achievement,
and improved results for staff and students. One principal reported,
“Student achievement has been impacted by our action
teams and our action teams were impacted by our grade levels
having serious conversations about the
scope and sequence, where we are, where we want to be, and how we will get
there? This was an outcome of honest conversation and four good
questions that my coach
helped me develop.”
Karen has been a public school educator for over 31 years. Her
expertise is facilitating groups focused on working collaboratively
to solve problems and
improve processes
and delivery systems. She is a national trainer and currently serves as an
adjunct faculty member at Texas A & M University-Commerce. From 1996-2004,
she served as the Executive Director of the Texas Staff Development Council
and was recognized
as the recipient of their Lifetime Achievement Award.
Karen is a founding member of Coaching for Results, Inc. (CFR)
and is currently responsible for the Teaching and Learning Division.
Her responsibilities include
the design, development, and delivery of internal and external professional
learning experiences that provide on-going growth for CFR coaches and those
desiring to
become coaches. She also serves as a CFR trainer, facilitator for coaching
labs, and mentor for those developing their coaching skills.
Karen completed Dave Ellis’ life coach training from Falling Awake, is
an active member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and holds certification
as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC). She is also a member of the North Texas – ICF
Chapter. Karen has authored numerous articles including “Coaching
for High Performance” and “Leadership Coaching for Principals.” Her
dream is for every educator to have a coach.
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Jane
Bidlack
 Jane Bidlack has recently retired from her career as a New York
and Texas educator. For 32 years. she has enjoyed and been committed
to elementary students and teacher leaders. She taught many elementary
grades, served as a lead teacher in the area of gifted education,
teacher trainer for effective teaching and gifted education and as
an elementary assistant principal and principal. She has a vast amount
of practical experience working with teachers to improve student
achievement. She has also actively participated and trained staff
in writing curriculum, cognitive coaching, team building, thinking
skills and brain research, planning strategically, grant writing,
facilitation skills and conflict resolution.
As a lifelong learner, Jane is passionate about her commitment and
involvement in Coaching. She is convinced about the need for and
power of coaching for school leaders.
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 Bob’s
specialty is coaching energetic, motivated principals who feel isolated,
stressed out and overworked. He has developed a simple, yet effective
5-step process that helps his clients become better at dealing with
difficult people, transforming their school, and achieving greater
work life balance.
He holds a B.S. degree from Texas A&M University and a M.Ed.
from Stephen F. Austin State University. Bob spent 35 years as an
educator and organizational leader in the public schools of Texas.
During that time, he worked as a high school teacher, junior high
school assistant principal and elementary school principal. His entire
professional career has been devoted to leadership development and
coaching others for performance improvement.
Bob has been active as a leadership coach since 2003 helping clients
move from merely hoping to be successful to actually planning for
and achieving the success they envision. Coaching is Bob’s
way of providing on-going, just-in-time professional development
that contributes to improved student performance in his clients’ schools.
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Linda Gross Cheliotes
 Linda specializes in working with committed and motivated
school leaders who are ready to shift their dreams into actions.
With more than 35 years as an educator in both urban and suburban
settings, Linda now devotes her life to helping aspiring, new, and
experienced school leaders achieve the schools of their dreams through
leadership coaching, hands-on/minds-on training, and mentoring. She
was trained in coaching strategies by Coaching School Results, Inc.
and is pursuing her coaching certification with the International
Coach Federation. She was among the first nationally certified mentors
for principals.
As an elementary principal, Linda collaborated with her staff and
community to transform the lowest performing school in the district
to National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence status. During a five
year period, her school was twice named one of the ten best public
schools in New Jersey and Linda was honored as the state’s
National Distinguished Principal. In alignment with her goal of being
a life-long learner, she recently completed her doctoral studies
in organizational leadership.
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Sandee Crowther
 Sandee
Crowther is an experienced leadership coach and consultant with
a passion for helping leaders be the best they can be. She earned
her doctorate in educational administration from the University
of Kansas. After 43 years of service, she recently retired from
the Lawrence Kansas Public Schools where she most recently served
as executive director for planning and program improvement. She
has facilitated learning in the areas of school improvement, quality
professional development, evaluating impact and results, leadership
development, and instructional improvement.
Sandee has a passion for quality practices in professional learning
and has several years of service to NSDC where she served as
President and completed the certification process for Distinguished
Staff
Developer in 1998. She currently serves as volunteer Executive
Director for the Kansas affiliate, KSDC to continue her love
of learning and building capacity in others. Currently Sandee
also
serves on the board of directors for Phi Delta Kappa International
and currently is President-elect. She has been honored with several
awards. Among them are the Kansas Curriculum Leader of the Year,
presented by KASCD, Educator of the Year presented by the School
of Education of the University of Kansas, and the Distinguished
Service Award from NSDC in 2003.
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Ann M. Delehant
 Ann
M. Delehant is a leadership coach who builds relationships with
school leaders to support their work and help them achieve their
biggest goals. Ann encourages her clients, challenges them and
helps them clarify their ideas. She loves being a champion for
dreams, big dreams, and helping educators create and sustain high
performing schools.
For many year a committed educator, Ann is currently working as
an independent consultant. She serves as a facilitator, coach,
leader of learning and change agent. Ann works with educators on
issues related to systems change and building a collaborative culture.
Ann provides expertise in the following areas: Coaching; Facilitation/Meeting
Skills; Effective Staff Development Practices; Data Driven Decision
Making; Accountability; Long Range Planning; and Leadership Development.
Ann is frequently asked to serve as an external facilitator assisting
teams as they strive to develop strategic work plans, solve problems,
resolve conflicts or make collaborative decisions. Ann also works
with The Dolan Group, a management and labor consulting firm that
specializes in supporting collaborative cultures to support systems
change.
Notable state and national affiliations for Ann are many. She
was a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Staff Development
Council (1989-1992) and a founding member of the New York State
Staff Development Council. She was recognized with the NSDC Distinguished
Service Award in 1996. Ann spent the first half of her career working
in the Rochester, NY City Schools. She worked in schools and central
office and no matter what job title she held, she always found
ways to focus on professional learning, her great passion.
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Vicky Dearing
Vicky Dearing is certified through the International Coaches Federation as an Associate Certified Coach. She is an experienced leadership coach and independent consultant with over 37 combined years of successful experience in both public education and the business sector.
Vicky holds a Masters of Education degree from Texas Woman's University, with a major in supervision and a minor in gifted education. She has been a teacher, a central office administrator, responsible for gifted and talented and special programs in two Texas districts, and a principal. She has been recognized at the district, state and national levels, including being the principal of two National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence. After retiring from public education, Vicky served as Senior Vice President of Training and Implementation for a national education company, responsible for the development and delivery of training and implementation services to teachers across the United States. During her seven years with the company, she worked directly with some of the largest school districts in our nation. Vicky recently served as lead evaluator and co-evaluator for the education firm of TCES & Associates, responsible for conducting comprehensive evaluations of curriculum and instructional services of a large urban education service center in Texas. She also served as a consultant and member of the leadership team for the American College of Education.
Vicky has been involved with coaching for over ten years and is currently on the Board of Directors of Coaching For Results, Inc, leading the marketing initiatives. She is passionate about learning and helping others reach high levels of personal and professional productivity and consistently receives strong ratings from her coaching clients, representing school leaders from across the United States and Canada. Vicky’s expertise is in the areas of effective communication, instructional leadership, program implementation and evaluation, school improvement, training and professional development. Her passion is with coaching and she strongly believes that coaching has the potential to transform people’s lives. It has hers!
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Edna Harris
Edna has worked as an educator in several large suburban school
districts for over thirty years. She has experience as a teacher,
supervisor, reading coordinator, principal and staff developer.
She has developed curriculum and training materials for several
organizations and school districts. She has presented training
sessions for numerous professional organizations and universities
primarily in the area of implementing effective staff development
programs. She is a founding member of Coaching for Results and
enjoys coaching school leaders.
In 1992-1993, Edna served as president of the Texas Staff Development
Council. She was named Texas Staff Developer of the Year in 1997.
She has served on a variety of national and state level task
forces designed to promote effective staff development practices
including
teacher certification and legislative policies. In addition to
the growth opportunities she has had as a consultant and school
district administrator, she serves in a variety of leadership
roles in her church. She continually strives to enhance her
skills in
the areas of group facilitation, understanding/sharing the link
between teacher training and student success, coaching, and leadership
development. Edna is a founding member of Coaching for Results
and certified through International Coaches Federation as an
Associate Certified Coach.
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Kathryn Kee
 Kathryn
(Harwell) Kee, is an ICF Professional Certified Coach and certified
Conflict Mediator. With coaching as her first love and passion,
currently Kathy is honored to serve as a Leadership Coach to numerous
elementary, middle, and high school principals, assistant principals,
and teachers in schools in Texas and across the United States.
As an educational consultant, Kathy is a national trainer for Cognitive
Coaching; Adaptive Schools, Carolyn Downey's Walk Through for Reflective
Practice; Supervisory Language for Accelerating Results, with Dr.
John Crain; Mentoring and Coaching Skills, Communication skills,
and multiple educational leadership topics. A special joy is serving
as adjunct professor at the University of North Texas where she
supports new promising administrators during their final classes
and internships.
Kathy served as Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction,
Director of Staff Development, Director of Gifted Education, campus
instructional dean, department head, reading specialist and teacher
in rural, urban, military, and suburban school districts during
her 32 years in education. Kathy has a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology;
a M. Ed from Louisiana State University and Southern University;
Doctoral work in Public Administration from University of Texas
at Arlington, plus numerous certifications from Texas Woman’s
University, University of Oklahoma, and Southwest Missouri University.
Her greatest honors include serving as the first President and
Executive Director of the Texas Staff Development Council and
serving as Board Member and President of the National Staff
Development
Council from 1994-1999. Kathy is a founding member of Coaching
For Results and serves as one of its Board Directors, responsible
for the Teaching and Learning Division. She serves as a trainer
and mentor to coaches for Coaching For Results.
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Paula C. Kellogg
 Paula Kellogg is a coach, consultant, and facilitator dedicated
to supporting individuals, leaders and teams as they widen their
horizons, determine priorities, and commit to action based on convictions
and goals.
Paula brings a wide-range of experience to her practice. She has
served over 25 years as an educational leader where she was drawn
to facilitating team growth through defining vision, dealing with
conflict openly and directly, and fostering a culture of action and
reflection.
Since her retirement from educational leadership, Paula has been
concentrating on developing her coaching skills, creating her business,
and exploring work/ life balance. She has served as a group facilitator
and instructor in leadership development programs, and she has designed
and delivered results-based on-going professional development including
coaching training. She coaches clients primarily associated with
public sector agencies dedicated to creating vibrant communities.
She also works within the university to prepare future leaders and
facilitates participant-designed leadership study groups.
Besides her Master of Science degree in Educational Administration,
Paula has been trained and certified as a Certified Professional
Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through Coaches Training Institute, as a coach
through Coaching For Results, and earned an Associate Certified Coach
designation through the International Coach Federation.
Paula brings humor, creativity, backbone and heart to her work.
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Sue Kidd
 Sue
Kidd taught at the elementary, middle, and high school levels as
a classroom teacher and directed programming for high academic
potential students. She has been a Curriculum Director and Staff
Developer in both Kansas and Montana and is currently a Resource
Specialist with the Education Service Center at Greenbush.
Sue holds M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction, Gifted Certification
K-12 from Kansas State University and a B.S. in Elementary Education
also from Kansas State University. She is currently on the Board
of the Kansas Learning First Alliance (KLFA) and is the Co-Chairperson
for the Professional Development Sub-group. She has served as President
of the Kansas Staff Development Council (KSDC) and of the Kansas
Gifted, Talented, and Creative Association (KGTC). Sue has been
honored as a nominee for the Kansas Teacher of the Year and the
Kansas Master Teacher. Her publications include "Brain-Based
Instruction in Action", Educational Leadership, ASCD, Nov.
2000; and the Gifted Education Resource Guide, Montana Office of
Public Instruction, 1994.
Randy and Sue Kidd live happily on the Kansas prairie with their
dog, Pokey and a barn full of cats. Life revolves around their
three daughters, eight grandchildren, living close to nature, and
loving life.
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Gina Marx
 Gina
is currently a consultant to schools and businesses, and serves
as the Director of Adjunct Faculty for Friends University in Wichita,
KS. Gina was in private business for seven years, and took her
love of training employees into K-12 public education. She has
been in education 22 years, serving as Assistant Superintendent
for Curriculum, Instruction, and Human Resources, Staff Development
Director and Grant Writer for 33 districts in a consortium, High
School Principal, Assistant HS Principal, Middle School At-Risk
Coordinator, and middle and senior high school Communications/English/ESL
Instructor. She has also been a successful grant writer for many
years, procuring millions in grant revenue for schools.
She received her BA in Communications from Fort Hays State University,
as well as her MS in Educational Administration and District Level
Certification.
Gina’s greatest excitement in life is derived from successfully
developing people and helping them become more than they thought
they were capable of being. Gina has coached teachers and administrators
in numerous areas, including Brain Learning, Student Discipline,
and School Improvement. She was also a charter trainer in Kansas
for McRel’s Effective Instruction Research, and serves on
the Kansas Department of Education’s Mentoring Committee.
Gina has been an Associate Auditor for the Curriculum Management
Audit Center, a certified Trainer for the Center for Aggression
Management, and a national reviewer for Reading First grants. She
is the Ezine editor and past President of the Kansas ASCD Affiliate
and Quality Practices Chair for the Kansas Staff Development Council.
Gina is currently the Vice-President of Kansas School Administrators
(USA), and a Leadership Council member for ASCD. In the summer
of 2007 she was asked to serve on the ASCD World-Wide Study Group
in DC, and she was also a part of the College Board’s Chinese
Bridge Delegation to Beijing & Changsha, China. She is an avid
reader of current books and research, an Educational Manuscript
Reviewer for Corwin Press, an Adjunct Professor for two universities,
and is currently in the process of earning her Educational Doctorate
degree.
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Janet Bliss Mello
 Janet
is an independent consultant. Since her retirement from public
education as Director of Professional Development in a suburban
Texas school district she has kept her focus on leadership and
learning. Coaching is an integral part of several initiatives in
which she is involved. Currently, she is part of a junior high
school pilot program in the DFW area where ongoing professional
development works within the school day. Demonstration of coaching
skills are provided, then teachers have follow up through planning
sessions, observations, and a coaching/reflective conferences that
is cycled several times during the six weeks. The S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Process and Literacy First also work with Leadership Teams in a
coaching model as they analyze data and learn to set goals for
themselves.
Working at the campus, district, state and national level has
given her insights into challenges that educators face. The synergy
of collaboration with people and developing processes to enhance
collegial support is rewarding. However, the true impact of coaching
is when a new awareness creates a commitment to action and a path
forward is illuminated during a coaching session. Then the thrill
of self-actualization is realized.
Currently, she is a Texas Staff Development Council Board member,
NSDC and TSDC member. She received her BS from the University of
Texas – Austin, MA at University of North Texas, and her
mid-management and gifted certification from Texas Woman’s
University.
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Linda Michael
 As
Program Director for one of the state's 9 Regional Education Service
since 1996, Linda is a witness to both the progress we are making
in professional development in education and the urgent need to
do more. Teachers and administrators in Indiana are responding
to the increased pressure to produce performance-based education
for Indiana's children, but reacting is not leading. If we are
to achieve the excellence we envision, new leaders must also be
nurtured. Linda’s recent work has been to promote practical
learning for principals in northeast Indiana. Building on the successful
preparation academies she developed for teachers seeking National
Board Certification and to enter school leadership as principals,
she considers coaching as the “most important, practical,
useful” growth service educators can provide to advance the
profession.
In her 18-year career as a teacher (teaching secondary French,
English and Social Studies) she became interested in staff development
as a district-level Gifted and Talented program coordinator, as
well as serving as a district-level grant writer funding gifted
programming, School-to-Work programs, Goals 2000 programs, and
others.
She is a graduate of National Staff Development Council's Academy
II for professional developers. Since then, she has attended or
facilitated hundreds of professional development events. She says
the experiences and training she has received as part of NSDC’s
Coaching for Results program are the culmination of a decade of
growth!
On the personal side, she is the mother of two and the proud grandmother
of four lively boys. She also has been known to dote on three fuzzy
white dogs who try not to bark during coaching client calls.
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Riva Korashan
 Riva
Korashan is a program coordinator for the United Federation of Teachers'
(UFT) Teacher Center Professional Development Program. The UFT Teacher
Center is the pre-eminent staff development program in New York
City. In addition to providing on-going, school-based professional
development in over 300 schools, the Teacher Center offers educators
a wide array of learning opportunities through its conferences,
instructional networks, institutes, college courses, publications
and educational videos.
The driving purpose of Riva's work is to ensure that students in
New York City are taught by highly qualified, skillful and caring
teachers. She has designed and implemented a variety of specialized
professional development projects for Teacher Center, including
learning academies for school district staff developers, seminars
for special educators, and Pathways to Teaching, a year-long professional
development project to assist paraprofessionals in making a successful
transition to classroom teachers. She has served on many joint UFT/Board
of Education committees to plan professional development for citywide
instructional initiatives and is a recipient of the UFT's Albert
Lee Smallheiser Award for service to the union and the teaching
profession.
In addition to her work with the UFT Teacher Center, Riva is an
active member of the National Staff Development Council. She is
a presenter at the organization's annual conference and a member
of its Academy for Advanced Staff Developers. Riva was a technical
advisor for the Council's study to measure the impact of staff development
and is one of 27 staff developers nationally to be chosen by the
Council and trained by the Brande Foundation to provide Life Coaching
to school administrators of high-poverty schools and school districts.
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Alice Owen
 Alice Owen, Ph.D. is a veteran educator with 31 years experience.
She has been a bilingual teacher, principal, staff development
director, adjunct professor, technology director and served as
the executive director for a non-profit organization, the Texas
Computer Education Association. She holds a B.A. and M.A. from
Austin College and her Ph.D. from the University of North Texas.
Alice has been a trainer of Cognitive Coaching and, through several
grants she was awarded, has done extensive work with new teachers
and their mentors. Alice has served on the Texas Staff Development
Council Board and has been a member of the National Staff Development
Council since 1994. Coaching for School Results has been a way
to extend her coaching learning experiences.
Alice enjoys coaching others to help build capacity in educators
as they work to improve teaching and learning. Her expertise
is in the area of mentoring, technology, grants, program evaluation
and designing professional development.
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Marceta Reilly
 Marceta
Reilly is a leadership coach who loves helping dedicated educators
become dynamic leaders with vision and focus. She specializes in
helping her clients end what she calls the “firefighting
syndrome of leadership.”
Marceta has worked in education for 34 years as a teacher, principal,
and district superintendent. She has been a faculty member and
researcher at the University of Kansas, and does consulting for
a national education organization. Marceta is a founding member
of Coaching For Results, Inc., and continues to be thrilled by
the results she sees in coaching others and facilitating CFR
workshops.
Marceta has a doctorate in educational administration with a
minor in business. She received her coach training from Dave
Ellis of
the Falling Awake program and earned Professional Certified
Coach (PCC) certification from the International Coach Federation
in
2007. Her expertise is in helping her clients get the results
they want, reduce conflicts in their interpersonal relationships,
manage
their time better, and solve problems more effectively.
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Dayna Richardson
 Dayna Richardson is currently the assistant superintendent for
Buhler USD 313, Buhler, Kansas. She has been an elementary classroom
teacher and a gifted education teacher/coordinator. She is the
original director of the Educational Services and Staff Development
Association of Central Kansas, a regional service center that focuses
on professional development for educators. Her personal goal is
to expand the capacities of others, both systems and individuals,
through collaborative leadership.
Dayna has supported quality education for all students through
her involvement and leadership in state and national organizations,
including serving as the president of Kansas Staff Development
Council and serving in many other leadership roles in Kansas Association
of Supervision and Curriculum Development. She has been selected
as the KSDC Staff Developer of the Year and the KASCD Outstanding
Curriculum Leader. Presently, she represents KASCD within Kansas
Learning First Alliance. She also has served as an adjunct professor
at three Kansas universities.
Teaching others is Dayna’s passion. She facilitates that
learning through both informal learnings and formal presentations,
including team building, creative and critical thinking skills,
leadership, brain research, coaching, professional development,
and school improvement. She loves to be a part of creating new
programs, systems, and/or organizations. Her “can-do” attitude
is genuine and contagious. She is able to take an abstract idea
and design a concrete model that others can understand and support.
She creates working relationships with teachers and administrators
that support their learning processes, yet helps them stretch to
new levels of learning and understanding. Coaching and collaboration
are keys to learning for everyone and makes joyful the journey!
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Reba Schumacher
 Reba Schumacher is certified through the International Coaches Federation as an Associate Certified Coach. She is a veteran Texas public school administrator with thirty-three years experience. Currently she is an independent consultant and leadership coach, and her experience supervising highly effective, visionary school principals and district directors contributes significantly to her success as a coach. She was trained in coaching strategies by Coaching School Results, Inc. and is pursuing her coaching certification with The International Coach Federation. She has served as a coach for Coaching School Results for three years. In that time, Reba has coached numerous educators from large urban inner city school districts to small rural districts across the United States and continues to coach high achieving, goal-driven individuals wishing to bring value and excellence to their organizations. In addition to individual coaching, she is a staff developer for Coaching School Results and has provided professional development to hundreds of educators in large and small districts as well as for regional educational service centers. With her colleagues, she presented Coaching School Results’ coaching model at the National Staff Development Council’s winter conferences in 2005 and 2007.
Reba is proof that coaching is a life altering process, and individuals coached by her have realized better relationships and increased goal attainment. One of her clients wrote, “Reba listens with a caring heart and an attentive ear and has an uncanny ability to coach her clients to seeing straight into the heart of a matter. After one coaching session with her, I found unbelievable clarity on a situation that I had previously worried about for weeks.”
Reba Schumacher is a firm believer that each of us has “brilliance within” waiting to be coached to greatness.
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Frances Shuster
 Frances
is an independent consultant and professional coach who is passionate
about personal and professional development and learning. She is
a graduate of Coach U, has completed life coach training through
the Brande Foundation, is a founding member of Coaching School Results,
Inc. and continues her learning through Coachville and the Graduate
School of Coaching. An active member of ICF (International Coach
Federation), Frances is currently vice president of the North Texas
chapter of the ICF. She has served as mentor coordinator for NSDC
academies and continues to be actively involved in NSDC.
In addition to presentations and workshops on coaching, Frances
works with schools in several states through Literacy First, a
comprehensive, long-term approach to reading improvement that includes
training with follow-up coaching. She has written two tips booklets
for beginning teachers-- Effective Parent Relationships and Time
Management.
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Marcia
Vogelsang
 With 35 years in public school psychology, education and administration,
Marcia is committed to assisting others to build strong team environments
with a climate of shared learning and open communication. Currently
she owns her own educational consulting business and is supporting
educators as they explore and create ways to accelerate staff and
student success.
Marcia has worked extensively in both suburban and urban school
districts that have large populations of students with special
needs. Working at the central office level, she has supported campus
administrators and teachers as they learn to implement data based
decision making, positive human and financial resource management,
and leadership development resulting in significant growth in student
achievement. She has initiated and supported the development of
model alternative schools and programs and shared these models
at state and national conferences. In 2000, she was named Texas
Special Educator of the Year by the Texas Council of Administrators
of Special Education. She is active in promoting strong collaboration
between community organizations and public education and in 2004
was honored as Fort Bend County Texas Woman of the Year for Executive
Leadership.
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William
A. Sommers
 William
A. Sommers, Ph.D. of Austin, Texas is currently a Program Manager
for SEDL, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in Austin,
TX.
During the 2004-05 school year he was the Principal of Chaska
High School in Chaska, Minnesota. He is also a Senior Fellow for
the Urban Leadership Academy at the University of Minnesota. He
is on the Board of Trustees and President-elect for the National
Staff Development Council. Bill is the former Executive Director for Secondary Curriculum
and Professional Learning for Minneapolis Public Schools and is
also an Adjunct Professor of Educational Leadership at Hamline
University in St. Paul, MN.
Since 1990, he is an associate trainer
for the Center for Cognitive Coaching based in Denver, Colorado.
Bill has co-authored five books; Living on a Tightrope: A Survival
Handbook for Principals, Becoming a Successful Principal: How to
Ride the Wave of Change Without Drowning, Reflective Practice to
Improve Schools, a Trainer’s Companion, and Energizing Staff
Development Using Video Clips.
In addition to writing many articles
regarding coaching, assessment, and reflective thinking he also
does training in poverty, leadership, organizational development,
conflict management, brain research, and classroom management.
From 1970-present he has been in K-12 education as a teacher and
principal in urban, suburban, and rural schools. Bill also has
served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas,
St. Mary's University, the Union Institute, and Capella University.
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Gloria Waters
 Gloria Waters
is a coach, consultant, and facilitator dedicated to supporting individuals, leaders, and teams as they create
their visions, determine missions, and commit to actions based on obtainable goals.
Gloria has a wide range of experience as an educational leader in both urban and suburban school districts.
She has served for over 30 years as a leader for school excellence by facilitating the development of effective
school teams and by fostering collaborative school cultures.
Since retirement from the public school system, Gloria has worked extensively as a coach consultant for schools
and school leaders in districts with high priority needs in support of developing high functioning school improvement
teams. She has also coached school leaders in high performing school districts who are focused on creating equitable
opportunities for under-performing students.
In addition to her work locally, Gloria served as a member of the Principals’ Advisory Board for Harvard University
for three years and a member of the summer faculty for Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, Summer Institutes for
School Leaders. In 2003 she was invited to the Women’s International Leadership Conference at St. Hilda’s College,
Oxford University. Currently, she is President-elect for the Michigan Staff Development Council.
Gloria completed her graduate work at Wayne State University, where she holds an Educational Specialist Degree
in Supervision and Administration and a Masters of Arts Degree in Guidance and Counseling. She received her coaching
training through Coaching For Results.
Gloria brings sensitivity, compassion, and joyful anticipation to her work.
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Diana Raney Williams
 Diana
has been an urban educator for over thirty years. She has served
as a principal, a staff development supervisor, a central office
administrator for a parent/community involvement initiative, a resource
teacher, a classroom teacher and a university program coordinator.
She served as a member of the Board of Trustees for the National
Staff Development Council for six years and served as President
of the Board in 1994. She was co-founder and Past President of the
Staff Development Council of Ohio. She served on the Phi Delta Kappa
Board in Columbus, Ohio in 1988-89. She has served in numerous other
professional organizations in leadership capacities.
Dr. Williams received her doctoral degree from The Ohio State University
in 1993. She has published articles in The Journal of Staff Development
including "Kent Elementary-A School that Can" and "Building
Systemic Change through Staff and Community Collaboration."
She was a featured principal in an article entitled "Principals
as Staff Developers: A Portrait of Diana Williams." She has
authored numerous grants and has been the recipient of numerous
awards and honors.
Diana is the mother of four children and has four grandchildren.
She is an active member of St. Dominic Church and several social
organizations. She has traveled and studied in Nigeria, West Africa.
Diana is currently an educational consultant for school districts
and a state department of education. "I am living the life
of my dreams. I am proud to be a co-director of Coaching for Results
and look forward to coaching you to become all you can dream."
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David P. Winans
 Dave
is a life-long learner and, since 1964, a teacher in a variety
of settings. The constant commitment has been serving community
through improved student learning whether Dave has been in an elementary
classroom, a special education alternative program, directing curriculum
and staff development, teaching graduate courses, a Superintendent,
or a State Department of Education consultant. Dave has been life-coaching
since 2001 and knows he is blessed when given the privilege of
promoting doubters to dream and the assured to live dreams come
true. Dave is a change maker and is proud to have collaborated
in the founding of the Kansas Staff Development Council, Kansas
Learning First Alliance, Leavenworth (KS) Youth Achievement Center
and Coaching School Results. Dave is an International Coach Federation
Associate Certified Coach (ACC).
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Pam Smith
 Pam Smith is the Executive Director of Professional
Development and Curriculum and Instruction for the Richardson School District in Texas. During her 34 years in education she has served as a teacher,
gifted program coordinator, principal, staff developer and assistant to the Superintendent. Having presented at the state and national level, she
shares her experiences in implementing the NSDC standards in her urban-suburban District to impact student success. She is currently the past president
of the Texas Staff Development Council.
In her District she instituted a pilot program for job-embedded professional development using instructional coaching and secured a state-sponsored grant for 28
schools to participate in a mentor/coaching program supporting new teachers and their mentors. Having been involved in coaching since 2004 she continually
experiences the power of coaching in her District and across the state of Texas.
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