Yesterday, we announced our annual Illuminator of the Year winners at the Illuminate Education Conference in San Diego, CA. The Illuminator of the Year program was created to recognize hard-working educators and administrators who are illuminating in their communities and who exemplify our mission to promote student and educator success. We featured three finalists in each of our two categories: … Continue reading Illuminator of the Year 2018 Winners
We are excited to announce our Illuminator of the Year finalists for 2018 from the following districts: Ascension Public Schools, Isaac Elementary School District, Madison School District, Newton County Schools, San Francisco Unified School District, and West Contra Costa Unified School District. The winners will be announced during our opening session at the Illuminate … Continue reading Illuminator of the Year 2018 Finalists
Meet Timothy Brienza, the Principal at Cibola High School. His role involves managing the day-to-day activities of his campus and overseeing faculty and staff, which includes setting the educational vision and goals to align with expectations. Yuma has been an Illuminate customer for over 5 years. We asked Timothy a few questions to learn about what’s happening … Continue reading Illuminator Spotlight: Timothy Brienza (Cibola HS)
Meet Gary Collins, a Technology Support Specialist at Victor Elementary School District. His role involves dealing with data and administration surrounding state and local assessments, report card administration, and support for Illuminate users in the district. We asked Gary a few questions to learn about what’s happening in Victorville. What led you to teaching/education? When studying in college, … Continue reading Illuminate Spotlight: Gary Collins (Victor Elementary School District)
Meet the ladies from Golden Valley Charter School Team: Becky Schwartz, Student Services Manager & Illuminate Administrator; Stephanie Lorenz, Assessment Coordinator and Education Support Specialist; Jennifer Hoover, Assessment Coordinator & Educational Support Specialist. We asked them a few questions to learn about what’s happening in Sacramento, CA. What are your roles in your district and your responsibilities as they pertain … Continue reading Illuminator Spotlight: The Golden Valley Charter School Team
Meet Allison Jordan, the Director of Assessment, Research and Evaluation for the Newton County School System located in Covington, Georgia. She works with teachers and administrators to administer and utilize assessments in order to measure student success and instructional effectiveness. She’s also responsible for assisting schools with data analysis as it relates to the State’s accountability … Continue reading Illuminator Spotlight: Allison Jordan
Meet Kate Goedeker, the Assistant Principal at Oakland Unity Middle School. As a recent project, the school just completed their founding year and are gearing up for another year with 80 new students and 5 new staff members. We asked Kate a few questions to learn about what’s happening in Oakland. What led you to teaching/education? My interest in education … Continue reading Illuminator Spotlight: Kate Goedeker
Here at Illuminate Education we’re always trying to keep things fun and relaxed. In fact, we believe in it so much it’s in our about us section of our website! Keeping our own beliefs in mind, we set out to create a video that could accurately explain what we do at Illuminate Education in a way … Continue reading Getting to Know Us
Meet Ramaa Ravi. Ramaa is the Research and Evaluation Technical Analyst for the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. In her role, Ramaa works with teachers and administrators to utilize assessments, surveys, reporting and data analysis (just to name a few). In only her district’s initial year of implementation, Ramaa has taken Illuminate reporting to the next level using … Continue reading Illuminator Spotlight: Ramaa Ravi
This article was originally written by John LaPlante, Executive Director of ACCESS, on LinkedIn Pulse and is republished with his permission. In Ohio, we have something called the Third Grade Reading Guarantee (TGRG). This is a program through which schools ensure that all third graders have a standard level of reading comprehension. All schools need … Continue reading Use Technology to Manage your Reading Improvement Processes