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Nancy M. Doda, Ph.D.
Dr. Nancy Doda has been a middle school educator since 1974 when she launched her career as a middle school Language Arts teacher at Lincoln Middle School in Gainesville, Florida. During her early years of teaching Nancy developed a keen understanding of and passion for the middle school concept. She quickly joined the National Middle School Movement in order to advocate for middle grades teachers and young adolescents. She completed her Masters and Ph.D. at the University of Florida specializing in Middle School Teacher Education. In 1977, still a young teacher, Nancy delivered her first keynote to the North Carolina Middle School Associations' annual state conferenceÑthe first teacher every to keynote the conference. To this day she is one of the only individuals to keynote the National Middle School conference on three occasions. Nancy has since keynoted middle school conferences in every U.S. state, every Canadian province, Europe, and the Far East. She remains in high demand as a conference speaker and workshop leader. Theresa Hinkle
Theresa Hinkle recently retired after spending thirty-two years in a middle level classroom. She is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in the area of Early Adolescent English/Language Arts. During her career, she taught language arts, reading, social studies, and gifted education. She also served as literacy facilitator for five years. Theresa is active in the NC and National Middle School Associations. She was the first teacher President of NCMSA and also served as President of the National Middle School Association after serving two terms as the Teacher Trustee representing the South/East regions. She has also been a trainer for the US Department of Education’s Teacher to Teacher Initiative which provided professional development for schools and teachers across the country for six years. For the past two years she has served as a consultant to the National Dairy Council as they prepared the release of a new health, nutrition and fitness initiative geared toward middle level schools. She is currently an Instructional Leadership Partner with B&D Consulting working in the area of School Improvement. Through these affiliations Theresa has presented workshop sessions and school/district professional development in over 30 states, Canada and Mexico. Her sessions are best known for being research-based and classroom-tested. Her practical ideas are easily adapted into any setting. Her years in a middle level classroom taught her that humor and common sense are key elements in both professional development and education. Teachers enjoy her workshops because they know they will leave having had the opportunity to talk with their colleagues and work on issues relevant to their classrooms. For more information, please e-mail Teacher to Teacher directly. |
