Kathryn M. Kee served for eight years as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction in the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD before retiring in May of 2002. Her leadership and eye-ball to eye-ball focus produced seventeen exemplary campuses and an Exemplary District. Her work in TEKS Based Curriculum Assessment was unique as she accepted only one result - success for every student. Student success for all was possible under her leadership. For twelve years prior to this position she was as, Kathryn Harwell, Director of Staff Development for the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. She also served as Coordinator for Gifted Education for four years. In thirty-five years in education, Kathy has taught elementary and secondary reading, language arts, social studies, and served as a Reading Specialist during her 14 years in the classroom which began with the federally funded Teacher Corps in 1970. She taught in Louisiana, Missouri, and Oklahoma before coming to Texas. Those who have taught or worked with Kathy recognize her energetic, effective, creative, and often unconventional approaches to teaching which have brought her many leadership positions and honors both as a teacher and administrator at the campus and district levels. She was honored by the University of NorthTexas Association of Administrators as Outstanding Leader in Curriculum and Instruction. She served as President and Executive Director of the Texas Staff Development Council; the organization that selected her as Outstanding Staff Developer in Texas. Kathy served as national chairperson for the National Staff Development Council Conference held in Dallas in December of 1993 and later was elected as Board of Trustees Member and President of the National Staff Development Council. She was also selected by the Texas Principals Leadership Initiative as one of three state trainers to lead Adaptive School Facilitation Skills training for Texas Principals. Kathy has served in an advisory capacity on numerous committees and task forces for the Texas Education Agency over two decades and is currently identified as a Technical Assistance Provider to support schools across the state.

Kathy has spent most of her career as a student of Madeline Hunter, Art Costa, Robert Garmston, Carl Glickman, David and Roger Johnson, Eric Jensen, Pat Wolfe, Suzanne Bailey, David Ellis and Carolyn Downey with expertise including Effective Teaching principles and practices, Cognitive Coaching, Developmental Supervision, Cooperative Learning, Brain Compatible Learning, Accelerated Learning, Adaptive Schools Facilitation, Life Coaching and the Downey Walk Through Training. She is a National Trainer for Cognitive Coaching, Cooperative Learning, Adaptive Schools, School Leadership, Life Coaching, Carolyn Downey’s Walk Through Training for Reflective Practice, and the highly sought after, Communication and Coaching Skills for High Performance.

Kathy’s philosophy is based on her commitment to dignify and empower people by teaching the skills of self-evaluation and reflection and a steadfast belief that quality focused staff development is the secret ingredient for every success in education. Kathy’s passion is to coach leaders for highest performance and is living the dream by participating with a special national team of educators identified by NSDC to dramatically improve student achievement via the vehicle of Coaching. As co-founder and board member for the non-profit company, “Coaching School Results, Inc.” her goal is to train and coach teacher leaders, principals, district leaders and superintendents across this country in strategies for powerful living and leading. ( www.coachingschoolresults.com ). She also led a team of educators in the creation and production of entertaining electronic learning professional development modules for the Region X Education Service Center with the goal of job embedded development that models and inspires joyful learning and effective “best practice” teaching.

An avid Coke-Cola collector and movie fan, her happiness is completed by her children, Jill, a producer for Apple Computer’s iTunes Store in Cupertino, Ca. and her son, Todd, a former teacher and administrator who is today following his dream by actively playing in his band, Flickerstick, as drummer. Ronny, her soul mate completes her life with his two children and four grandchildren. Kathy believes, “Our life’s purpose is to leave a legacy that makes a difference for our future – our children,” and her work, today, joyfully serving as a coach and consultant to principals, districts and schools continues to make a difference in the lives of educators and students.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

• Technical Assistance Provider: NCLB, Texas Education Agency, School Improvement Resource Center, Austin, TX
   
• Strategies for Powerful Living and Leading, www.coachingschoolresults.com
   
• Powerful Coaching Strategies, www.coachingschoolresults.com
   
• Curriculum Management Systems, Inc. National Trainer for 30 Ways to Close the Achievement Gap.
   
• Curriculum Management Systems, Inc. National Trainer for Basic and Advanced Walk Through for Reflective Practice.
   
• Brande Foundation, Rapid City, S.D: Life Coaching Certification: One / 35 educational leaders from the US to train & coach principals and superintendents of high poverty schools. Collaboration of Brande Foundation and NSDC.
   
• University of Texas at Arlington. Doctoral Student. School of Public Administration .
   
• Texas by the Texas Principals Leadership Initiative selected to lead in principal training of the: Adaptive School: Facilitation Skills for Texas Principals;
   
• Just for Kids Training - Data for Success for Schools in Texas
   
• Quantum Acceleration Training - Quantum Learning and Quantum Teaching;
   
• Communication Skills for Educators; developed and led.
   
• Brain Based Instruction Research with Pat Wolfe and Eric Jensen;
   
• Cognitive Coaching - Advanced; Master level trainer for Cognitive Coaching with creators, Art Costa and Robert Garmston.
   
• Facilitator training for Steven Covey’s, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Principle-Centered Leadership, and First Things First. Region X Educational Service Center Trainer for Total Quality Management for School Leaders
   
• First level of 4Mat training with St. Germaine.
   
• National Leadership: Basic and Advanced Cooperative Learning.
   
• National Leadership Trainer: Cognitive Coaching. Selected as member of prestigious Leather Apron Club.
   
• Institute for Intelligent Behavior - Art Costa and Robert Garmston-National trainer for Cognitive Coaching , California.
   
• UCLA, California. Advance Effective Teaching and Clinical Supervision with Dr. Madeline Hunter
   
• TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY, Stephenville, TX. Model of Effective Teaching and Supervision.
   
• TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY, Denton, TX. Mid-Management Certification in Educational Administration. Gifted Education certification.
   
• UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, Norman, OK. Educational Administration.
   
• SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY, Springfield, MO. Reading Specialist.
   
• SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY & LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Baton Rouge, LA. Awarded Master’s of Education (Teacher Corps) Specialized for instruction to inner-city and disadvantaged youth.
   
• LOUISIANA BAPTIST COLLEGE, Pineville, LA. Bachelor’s of Arts with major in Sociology and Minor in Psychology.