TurnAround Associates
Below are the TurnAround Associates who are available for consulting services at your school. To have one of our associates host on-site training at your school, contact us at consulting@turnaroundschools.com.
Damen Lopez
In 2004, Damen Lopez founded the No Excuses University Network of Schools. This endeavor helps to build a bridge for all students to attend college as it begins promoting a comprehensive college readiness model starting in kindergarten. After just two years of sharing this message with thousands of educators across the country, there are currently 35 schools participating as part of the No Excuses University revolution...
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Gail Adams
Gail Adams is a veteran teacher with 30 years experience. She has a Masters degree in education with an emphasis in reading and is certified in general education, special education and as a reading specialist...
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Mary Baum
Mary Baum is currently in her twelfth year of education and her fourth year as a principal. Mary completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at Rush University in Chicago, her Master of Arts in Teaching at National-Louis University, and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Educational Leadership from Keller Graduate School.
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Doug Curry
Doug Curry is the principal of San Jacinto Elementary in Amarillo, Texas. San Jacinto became the first No Excuses University in the state of Texas at the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year. San Jacinto had notoriously been one of the lowest performing schools in the city of Amarillo. However...
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Laura D'Acquisto
Laura has a Master's Degree in Educational Administration and was the Poway Unified School District's Teacher of the Year for 2003-2004. Laura has led trainings throughout her district on using assessments to drive instruction and the benefits of setting class and individual student goals.
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Robert Hess
Rob is a former secondary teacher (10 years), principal (8 years),and current district office administrator with experience at all levels, K-12, and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Oregon. His workshops and presentations are research-based, grounded in best practice, thought provoking, and come from a wealth of experience in transformational, systemic change...
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Fran Hjalmarson
Fran has been an educator for ten years. Using innovative and comprehensive approaches as a school counselor, Fran has achieved highly successful results at several elementary schools...
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Keri King
Keri King is a kindergarten and primary intervention teacher at Los Peñasquitos Elementary School in San Diego, California. Over the past eleven years she has been deeply committed to her students and the teaching profession...
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Kerri Kutzner
As the first member of her family to graduate from college, Kerri is passionate about creating an expectation for higher education in kids at an early age. Over the past two years as a fourth-grade teacher, Kerri worked to develop a partnership between her classroom and the University of Nebraska...
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Frank Nardelli
Frank earned his Bachelor of Science in Education at the State University of New York College at Geneseo and a Master of Arts in Literacy Education at University of Michigan. He is completing his research for his Ed. Specialist in Administration and Supervision at Wayne State University. In 1997, Frank was part of the founding faculty for Dove Academy, a K-6 Public School Academy in Detroit.
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Kristie Szentesi
Kristie Szentesi is a fourth-grade teacher in the nationally recognized Los Peñasquitos Academy. With a Masters Degree in Education and 28 years of teaching experience, Kristie has taught second through fifth grades. She also served as a full-time teacher consultant in the award-winning Poway Professional Assistance Program.
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