Biographies
Diane Morrison has
over thirty years of teaching experience and more than twenty years
of experience studying and teaching The Enneagram.
She has taught Enneagram Personality Training to hundreds of educators,
administrators, business people, and health care professionals throughout
Colorado and Hawaii. Diane is an associate professor for Adams State
College in Denver. Diane is also the founder of The Coaching Niche helping professionals as a life coach.
Sid Rundle is
a passionate teacher advocate. His presentation style mixes research,
common sense, humor, and an all out assault on “small
mindedness.” Sid brings a wealth of instructional strategies and
experiences based out of his 10 years as a Humanities and Special Education
teacher. He worked as a staff developer and teacher mentor
in Douglas County. Sid currently serves as principal at Cresthill Middle School in Douglas County. Sid emphasizes teaching as an art, and encourages
his colleagues to grapple with their practices and continually refine
their craft.
David Jones has spent the past twenty years educating middle school and high
school students in mathematics and technology. He currently serves as assistant principal at Sarasota High School in Sarasota Florida. Among his numerous awards,
David Jones is the 1993 recipient of the Governor's Award for Excellence
in Education. Mr. Jones is a professional magician who uses
his magic for anti-drug abuse school assemblies and for corporate marketing. David was honored twice in 2003-2004 as a "Teacher Who Makes a Difference"
Sunny Kruschwitz is
in her 33rd year of teaching, her 20th at Ponderosa High School in
Douglas County. She
formerly taught in Aurora, and in North and
South Dakota. She earned her B.A. with majors in French and Psychology at
the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks in 1974. Sunny earned her Masters’ Degree
in the Teaching of Foreign Languages with Emphasis in French from the University
of Northern Colorado in 1994. Sunny received the Colorado Congress of Foreign
Language Teachers Excellence in Teaching Award in 2002. In her spare time,
Sunny is a runner, and a voracious reader.
Joe Mascarenas’s career began as a geologist with
the US Geological Survey doing fieldwork and research. Joe has over twenty
years teaching experience with Denver Public Schools. He has taught bilingual
science in middle school where he was nominated for bilingual teacher
of the year. During that time he also taught for Too Cool Video School,
a summer program to teach middle school students digital video production
and editing. Presently he is teaching science in a high school dropout
retrieval program where he uses technology as an instructional/learning
tool for students in his classroom. Joe has his masters in Computers
in Education and provides technical support and training for his home
school.
Carla Mosher-Mascarenas is celebrating twenty years
of teaching for Denver Public Schools. During her first fifteen years
she taught middle school, working with a variety of students from Title
1 at-risk to the highly gifted and talented. Currently she is an English
teacher at an alternative high school in a drop out retrieval program.
Carla credits all her success and enjoyment of teaching to a positive
attitude and being organized.
Leslie Leyden is
in her 27th year in education, she has spent 20 of these
years as a classroom teacher. Leslie earned her Masters degree in Reading
from the University of Colorado in 1990. She spent 4 years mentoring
classroom teachers as a Building Resource Teacher/Mentor. She has been
involved with the Public Education Business Coalition since its inception
in 1986. With her approachable, enthusiastic style, she continues to
host literacy based lab classrooms with the PEBC. She currently teaches
first grade in Douglas County School District. Her literacy courses
emphasize how knowing ourselves as a readers and writers significantly
impacts our literacy instruction with our students.
Bruce Morgan
Bruce Morgan is a multiple "Who’s
Who In American Education" award winner. He has taught
for 29 years in Douglas County Schools and is currently a literacy
specialist. Bruce has published a book called "Writing Through
the Tween Years" and is currently working on his second book. His work as a literacy consultant for
the Cornerstone Literacy Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania
has brought him to some of the poorest school districts in the United
States including the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the Badlands
of South Dakota.
Kiley Eberly
Kiley Eberly has taught for six years in a variety of diverse and challenging classroom settings. Most recently, she helped successfully open a brand new elementary school in Cherry Creek. In 2003, Kiley earned her Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction and graduated with honors from University of Denver. In 2007, Kiley earned her Elementary Writing Certificate from Cherry Creek. She enjoys leading staff development and designing new curriculum. Kiley empowers reluctant learners through passion, dedication, and creativity.
Clark Wilhelm
Clark Wilhelm has 20 years of practical counseling, administrative and Special Education experience in public education. His passion for landscape design and horticulture has created a unique opportunity for him to create optimal learning environments for teachers and their students. His down to earth style and humor will make him and eternal middle school student.
Tim Taylor
Tim Taylor has always pursued excellence in education through the principles of movement, kinesiology, psychomotor and active learning. As a physical education teacher for the past 21 years, Tim has brought new ideas and concepts to his gym classes. While teaching in Littleton Public Schools, he was voted “Teacher of the Year” and was a State of Colorado top ten finalist for the same award. He owns a Masters of Education in Physical Education and his innovative curriculums include designing and building the first indoor ropes course for elementary students in Colorado. He was the co-founder and President of JungleQuest® a private indoor climbing educational facility for adolescents. Tim currently teaches adventure classes in physical education at Mountain Vista High School in Douglas County.
Ed Caruso
* Has been an educator for 38 years serving primarily in an administrative capacity
* Has worked all levels of student involvement (Elementary School, Middle School, and High School)
* Has worked in both private and public education
* Specializes in working with at-risk and unmotivated students
* Has a passion for helping teachers
* Has assisted many teachers in successfully dealing with challenging classrooms and students.
* Presently works at the Contemporary Learning Academy (an alternative HS in the Denver Public Schools)
Mark Wakefield
Mark Wakefieldis a teacher’s teacher, loving his current calling as Instructional & Technology Coach for Cresthill Middle School in Douglas County. He spent twelve years in the classroom as a social studies teacher and member of a Gifted and Talented “magnet team.” He has a degree in Integration of Technology in Education and is passionate about helping teachers find ways to make learning experiences relevant to 21st Century learners – all the while helping educators enjoy their vocation to the very fullest. Mark was chosen by his peers and students to receive the 2008 Apple Award for Cresthill. He believes that inspired teaching often is the result of intentional personal and professional growth.
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