Dina Secchiaroli

About Dina Secchiaroli

An enthusiastic, strategic, and passionate educator, learning specialist, and coach who believes that all children and adults alike can learn if we meet them where they are and use data and research-proven strategies to inform our instruction to maximize the individual’s potential. Certified Cognitive Coaching Agency Trainer; Certified Cognitive Coach; Certified CFG Coach Specialties: Content literacy for all levels; coaching all levels; equity-centered practices, PLCs as a means to improve student achievement and instruction; curriculum design; differentiated instruction; instructional and leadership coaching; systems change; Project Based Learning; integrating educational technology and blended learning; inquiry-based instruction in the content areas, and pre-AP strategies.

Experience

1. Professional Learning Specialist

   Area Cooperative Educational Services

   Feb 2013 — Present

   The views and posts here are mine and don\'t represent the company for which I work.• Designed and delivered professional learning and support for Project-Based Learning, Personalized Learning, Content Literacy, Curriculum Design, Effective Math Pedagogy, Lesson Study, PLCs, Differentiated Instruction, Educational Technology, Common Core Standards, C3 Framework, and Next Generation Science Standards.• Facilitated regional and district curriculum alignment, revision, and creation including units, lessons, and performance tasks for new standards and pedagogies: Project-Based Learning, Common Core State Standards, C3 Framework, CTE, Unified Sports, and Next Generation Science Standards.• Coached administration, curriculum supervisors, teacher leadership, instructional practice, and professional development using Cognitive Coaching strategies. Topics included: Systems change, assessment & curriculum design/facilitation, instructional management, effective professional learning design, leading effective teams, leading from the side, etc. • Trained administrators and teachers as a certified trainer of state’s and districts’ evaluation process, including SEED and Danielson evaluation models.• Served on SEED (teacher evaluation) District Support Committee to review and create resources for teachers and administrators in need of development.• Selected as a trained reader for state teacher evaluation assessment, Foundational Skills for Educators, for administrators, scoring proficiency and providing feedback on administrators’ evidence collection and feedback to teachers.• Co-facilitated and co-designed PDEC’s development of ACES Professional Learning Plan, including PL self-evaluation. • Conducted district-wide SRBI self-evaluation and developed professional learning plan based on results.• Served as Chair of the Regional English Language Arts Council and Regional Coaches Council.

Education

• Southern Connecticut State University

  B.S, English and Secondary Education

  1994 — 1997

• Quinnipiac University

  Sixth Year in Educational Leadership, Educational Leadership and Administration, General

  2017 — 2018

• Southern Connecticut State University

  MS English Literature, American Literature

  2001 — 2006