Mission: The mission of the IMS Instructional Innovation through Interoperability Leadership Council (I3LC) is to enable effective collaboration among school district and state leaders who are creating and implementing technology integration strategies that enable continuous improvement in instruction and personalized learning. The I3LC will lead the adoption of open instructional technology interoperability standards for curriculum, assessment, and all aspects of instructional improvement for the benefit of school districts & states working to put in place a new generation of IT infrastructure.
I3LC Organization & Process: The I3LC are led by an Advisory Board of 10-20 district or state officials who set the agenda for the council. The I3LC Advisory Board members meet four times a year, including at least one face-to-face meeting. The advisory board provides leadership in terms of outreach to the wider I3LC. Participants in the advisory board are appointed by IMS based upon their interest and commitment in leading the I3LC. Members will rotate off the advisory board periodically. For more information on the I3LC, please visit: http://www.imsglobal.org/I3lc/
Members of the I3LC Advisory Council
John Connolly, Technology Education Director, Chicago Public Schools, IL
Della Curtis, Coordinator of Library Services, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD
Joe Griffin, Chief Technology Officer, Keller ISD, TX
D. Patches Hill, Technology Systems Manager, Indian River School District, DE
Tricia Kennedy, Executive Director of eCLASS Transformation,
Gwinnett County Public Schools, GA
Don Manderson, Director Information Technology, Escambia County Schools, FL
Bailey Mitchell, Chief Technology and Information Officer, Forsyth County School District, GA
George Perreault, Director, Instructional Technology & Library Media, Orange County Public Schools, FL
Kathy Walter,Senior Director, Academic Solutions, New York City Public Schools, NY
John Connolly, Technology Education Director, Chicago Public Schools, IL
John Connolly serves as the Technology Education Director for the Chicago Public Schools. In his role, he manages and coordinates the instructional technology initiatives for the third largest district in the US. This includes technology integration programs such as the nationally known iPad implementation, innovative technologies, digital media, video conferencing, professional development, online learning, Internet safety, and grant opportunities. His passion and innovation for using technology to transform teaching and learning has been recognized by the US DOE.
He has 11 years experience with enterprise wide technology solutions and served as a consultant for Cleveland, Columbus, and Wichita school districts prior to joining CPS. John has played a key role for CPS in the roll out of the Curriculum & Instructional Management system and the use of data to inform instruction. He has been instrumental with the loading of digital reading content for all teachers at CPS. His innovations and organization of the digital content have proved to be major achievements for the development of 21st century skills in the district. John is an avid sports fan and enjoys outdoor activities.
Della Curtis, Coordinator of Library Services, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD
Della Curtis is currently the Coordinator of the Office of Library Information Services for the Baltimore County Public Schools, the 24th largest school district in the United States. She is also a part time instructor at Towson University in the College of Education, Department of Instructional Technology and developer of many Maryland State Department of Education inservice courses for library media specialists and teachers. She received a B.A. degree from Salem-Teikyo University in Library Information Science, Secondary Education, and English (1968) and a Master of Science degree from Towson University in Instructional Technology (1981).
Joe Griffin, Chief Technology Officer, Keller ISD, TX
Joe Griffin is the Chief Technology Officer for the Keller Independent School District, Keller TX. Joe began his career as a classroom teacher and has also served as a campus and district administrator. In his role, Joe is responsible for the instructional and administrative technologies in the district with an emphasis on mobile technologies and personalized learning. He has been involved in piloting various one-to one- initiatives, including the use of hand-held and mobile technologies to increase student engagement and learning. Mr. Griffin is a member in the Texas Computer Education Association and Consortium of School Networking.
D. Patches Hill, Technology Systems Manager, Indian River School District, DE
Patches came to K12 from the private sector having been a Senior Level IT Consultant with one of the worlds largest consulting companies for the first part of his career. Patches' past experiences range from IT performance testing to an in depth knowledge of performance analysis, capacity planning and IT financial management. Most recently his interest and experiences have taking him toward enterprise IT architecture and its support of mobile and virtual learning as he has been focused on helping prepare one of Delaware's largest school districts for 21st Century learning.
Patches holds a BS in Business Administration (Management Information Systems) and an MBA from East Carolina University. While not at work Patches enjoys spending time with his family and volunteering for his church.
Tricia Kennedy,
Executive Director of eCLASS Transformation
Gwinnett County Public Schools, Suwanee, Georgia
Tricia Kennedy is executive director for eCLASS Transformation for Gwinnett County Public Schools. In this role she facilitates the cross divisional development and implementation of eCLASS, a digital content, learning assessment and support system. The objective of the eCLASS initiative is to provide all Gwinnett teachers and students with access to digital content and resources that expand the walls of the classroom and engage students in meaningful learning experiences, anytime, anywhere. Prior to launching eCLASS for the district, Ms. Kennedy served for several years as Gwinnett’s executive director of curriculum and instruction, overseeing the district’s curriculum development and instructional programming.
Don Manderson, Director Information Technology, Escambia County Schools, FL
Don Manderson is Director Information Technology, Escambia County School District. Since 2003, he has had responsibility for all IT and Instructional Technology related services in a school district serving 40,000 students and 5000 employees. Don is also the Current president of the Florida CoSN State Chapter, Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) is a blend of education and technology leaders, policy makers, and decision makers from the public and private sectors that advocate for technology as a means to improve teaching, learning, and the administrative processes in districts and states.
Bailey Mitchell, Chief Technology and Information Officer, Forsyth County School District, GA
Bailey Mitchell brings twenty five years of experience as an educator and has worked for the past thirteen years as the Chief Technology and Information Officer for Forsyth County Schools. He is responsible for both the educational and administrative technology enterprise with a focus on online learning, collaborative classrooms, parent communication and teacher support. Forsyth's technology enterprise is nationally recognized as a leader in educational technology.
Bailey serves on the board and is chair-elect of Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a professional association for school district technology leaders.
Prior to working for Forsyth County Schools, Bailey served as the Director of Instructional Technology at the Georgia Department of Education. Bailey has a B.S. degree in Career and Technology Education and a Masters and Specialist Degree from The University of Georgia in Educational Administration and Curriculum and Supervision.
George Perreault, Director, Instructional Technology & Library Media, Orange County Public Schools, FL
George Perreault is the Director of Instructional Technology and Library Media for Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, Florida. He is responsible for managing all of the instructional technology initiatives, Library activities, and instructional materials for the nation's 10th largest school district. He has served in this capacity for the past 11 years, having been a teacher and a school administrator for the 25 years prior to his current position. In his role he has worked as an advisor to principals and curriculum staff, and has brought standardization of resources, both hardware and software to the district.
Working closely with professional development staff, he has implemented a school-based technology mentor program, training and equipping school based staff to assist teachers with effective technology integration strategies. The district has also implemented a "Cybrarian" program to educate media specialists on the latest digital technologies and web 2.0 resources. In his role managing instructional materials, he is guiding the district towards the implementation of digital curriculum and its integration with the new Instructional Management System.
Kathy Walter, Senior Director, Academic Solutions, New York City Public Schools, NY
Kathy Walter manages a group responsible for conceiving and delivering innovative technology-based solutions that support the instructional and educational agenda of the NYC DOE's academic-centered projects. The group translates objectives, stakeholder needs, market trends and user research into a well-defined product strategy, requirements, product roadmaps and project milestones. Currently her team is overseeing projects around blended learning, online assessment and grading, charter school data collection, common core library interface and teacher community, SLC and EDP integration as well as student performance data systems and reporting.
Before joining NYC's Department of Education, Kathy has a decade worth of experience managing IT projects, first as a COBOL programmer, then as an IT project manager in a variety of website consulting firms and the financial services industry. She also has nearly a decade of product management and development experience as a technical product manager at Instinet Corporation, Associate Brand Manager at Gillette and Proctor & Gamble and as a Senior Product Manager for Iron Mountain's Data Protection business and as Director, Product Development with an emerging EdTech startup. She has a BA in applied Math from Union College and MBA From NYU's Stern Business School in Marketing/Operations. Kathy has also been an ESL Educator at Northeastern University and Cambridge Learning Center, an ESL curriculum consultant with the YearUp program in Boston and a program developer for several teaching projects in Uganda.
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