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Joe Tilley

Dr. Joe Tilley is a curriculum and instructional designer and educational consultant with Center for Responsive Schools. He received his bachelor of science from Middle Tennessee State University, master of science from the University of…

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Kate Umstatter

Kate Umstatter has taught students ages three through ten throughout her career. She has worked in both independent and public schools in New York City and is currently a third grade teacher at PS 503…

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Kristen Vincent

Kristen Vincent is assistant director of marketing for Center for Responsive Schools and has over twenty years of experience working in education. She began her teaching career as an educator at the New England Aquarium…

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Amy Wade

Amy Wade is a school counselor for prekindergarten through second grade at Canandaigua Primary School in Canandaigua, New York, where she has been an integral part of the school community for the past twenty-eight years.…

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Cory Wade

Cory Wade is a certified Responsive Classroom teacher and consulting teacher for Center for Responsive Schools. He has a master’s degree in education, is pursuing his educational administration license, and has worked as an adjunct…

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Becky Wanless

Becky Wanless is a Responsive Classroom consulting teacher and educator from Columbus, Ohio. Throughout her fifteen-plus years in education, Becky has taught first and second grade and has worked with preschool through sixth grade educators,…

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Lara Webb

Lara Webb is a Responsive Classroom consulting teacher and an adjunct faculty member at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. She has been using the Responsive Classroom approach to teaching since 2000 and presenting Responsive Classroom…

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Margaret Berry Wilson

Margaret Berry Wilson has used the Responsive Classroom approach to teaching since 1998. She worked for fifteen years as a classroom teacher in Nashville, Tennessee, and San Bernardino, California, before becoming a Responsive Classroom consultant.…

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Chip Wood

For forty-five years, Robert (Chip) Wood has worked on behalf of children from preschool through eighth grade as a classroom teacher, teaching principal, and teacher educator. After studying at the Gesell Institute of Human Development…

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Kathleen Wylie

Kathleen Wylie is an energetic urban educator who is passionate about creating authentic, meaningful learning experiences for her diverse student population. She currently teaches social studies in Schenectady, New York, but in her fifteen-year career…