CROSS-CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS - Key Persons


B. Kelly Barton

Job Titles:
  • Education, Administration, and Professional Development Philadelphia, PA

Bill Jewell

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Digital Media and Technology the JASON Project
Your group has consistently provided high-quality work and creative thinking on all of the projects that we've worked on together, and I will definitely look for opportunities for us to continue to work together...You certainly make it easy to do business with you! And I appreciate that.

Caleb Schutz - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Thanks so much for your quality and timeliness. PLATO Learning, Inc. appreciates your dedication and support.

Cassandra Love

Job Titles:
  • Social Studies Content Developer, Technology Expert Candler, NC
Linda is a board certified science education expert in biology and chemistry. She has multiple degress, including an M.S. in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to over ten years of teaching experience, Linda has developed course scope and sequence documents and course lessons for chemistry, AP chemistry, physics, and calculus. She is well-versed in STEM initiatives, having incorporated a myriad of activities in both her teaching and in course development for C3.

Chris Tappis

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics Content Developer and Team Lead

Dave Baker

Job Titles:
  • IT Consulting and Tech Support Rustburg, VA

Doreen Barton

Job Titles:
  • Literacy Specialist

Doug Cunnian

Job Titles:
  • Content Developer and Assessments Specialist
  • Physics
Kelly has a decades-long career in the Philadelphia Public School District and around the country. He holds advanced degrees in Foreign Language Education and Education Administration. His classroom experience includes Spanish education. ESL, and Special Education. From 1999--2006, Kelly was Principal of Northeast High in Philadelphia, a school with over 3,700 students, where over 57 languages are spoken. Since then, he has traveled the U.S. as a mentor and executive administrative coach to administrators in a number of school districts. From 2009-2010, Kelly was the administrative liaison on A&E's reality documentary TEACH: Tony Danza with the Phila. School District.

Douglas Amos

Job Titles:
  • Instructional Designer
First, let me say you have done an outstanding job on the guide and after our discussion this morning it will be ready to go. I can't think of any more you could possibly do with it at this point. The rest will be guidance and training to the curators. Great work! Fantastic job!!! Very exciting. I'm so glad to have you as a partner - sounds like you are doing an outstanding job on the Curation piece and focusing on the right details!!!

Emmy Miller

Job Titles:
  • Account Manager
So, you're probably not going to believe this....but between the folks that have reviewed this here internally and the Client there's not a single change to the curriculum. Not one. According to them they shared it with corporate communications and they were great with it. Also, my colleagues didn't have a peep on this. Long story short, were good to go.

Erik Chaput

Job Titles:
  • American and European History

Harry Mulkey

Job Titles:
  • Chief MArchitect Current 360
C3 was truly a great help to us over the summer. As you know, she is an outstanding project manager, and C3 continues to impress me with the amount of talent you are able to rapidly deploy to solve any number of problems.

Jane Moyer

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics Content Developer
Kellie has been a C3 writer since 2004. She has a Ph.D. in English, has served as an expert panelist for the National Endowment for the Humanities, and has many years of practice in teaching and writing. Kellie's experience spans the middle and high school grades as well as in the area of teacher professional development, where she has contributed to the development of dozens of PD courses.

Jessica Hedges

Job Titles:
  • Reading & Literacy Specialist

Jillian Corr

Job Titles:
  • Literacy Specialist & Instructional Coach Menlo Park, CA

John Cunnian

Job Titles:
  • Content Developer and Team Lead
  • Physics

Katherine Evans

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Acquisitions National Geographic Feature Films
I think it is wonderful! It's well-structured and well-scoped. Lots of good support for the writers in the details and examples. A pleasure to review.

Katherine Volker

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager and Social Studies Content Team Lead Kent, England
John has multiple degrees, including a B.S. in Biological Sciences, a B.Ed. in High School Science with concentrations in biology and chemistry, and an Masters of Education Technology. John has taught at all levels of middle and high school science as well as served as a French immersion teacher and Vice Principal, and has taught both French and French as a Second Language courses.

Kellie Tabor-Hann

Job Titles:
  • C3 Writer
  • ELA Content Developer

Kristina Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Instruction
As a mentor to Sigrid since the early 90's, Kristina was a creative force behind C3's early ideation. Kristina joined C3 as a partner in 2003 and brought a wealth of experience executing national programs. Kristina also began her career teaching in DC public schools and then moved on to help develop the 21st Century Teacher's Network, an educator technology initative launched by the Clinton Adminstration. She then went on to help build the MarcoPolo Project. Kristina has a B.A. in Elementary Education from American University and an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Maryland.

Linda McGuigan

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Melissa Carr

Job Titles:
  • Biology

Melissa Kelly Davies

Job Titles:
  • Director of Client Services
Sharon and I just ran through the tool very quickly, and we're very excited. I smiled and clapped my hands even! Thank you for your work on this. It's looking great.

Mike Palmquist

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development
I have to also tell you that, as you probably know, your work with other account managers at Kaleidoscope has always been highly lauded, but I am so glad to have had the chance to work with you personally! I hope we can work together again soon.

Molly Jessup

Job Titles:
  • American History

Nancy Major

Job Titles:
  • ES Mathematics and Literacy Specialist Olympia, WA

Patricia Norris

Job Titles:
  • Producer
I just want to say that I'm very impressed with how far you've come since we started this process. The creativity and design challenges for pleasing a diverse educational team must be tough. I think you do an incredible job incorporating our feedback. I'm looking forward to bringing your work online through Science NetLinks.

Pete Rogan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Instructional Designer
It has been great to work as part of such a professional team. Especially with the challenge of getting so many lesson plans live so quickly -- and me new to NGS - things could not have gone much more smoothly.

Sigrid Frandsen - Founder, President

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Partner
  • President
Sigrid began her career in the classroom in District of Columbia Public Schools, and subsequently taught in western Pennsylvania. After leaving the classroom, Sigrid managed content and professional development in a variety of nonprofit initiatives and educational foundations with a focus on educational technologies. In 2000, she established C3 to provide educational content to third-party organizations with a vested interested in educational endeavors. Sigrid holds a B.A. in Elementary Education from American University and an M.S.Ed. in Education Policy from the University of Pennsylvania.

Sue Carmichael

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager and ELA Content Team Lead Henrietta, NY
Chris earned both a B.S. in Mathematics/Secondary Education and an M.Ed. in Adolescent Development from the University of Maryland. Chris has taught both advanced and gifted & talented courses in mathematics. He has also been an SAT instructor and participated in research on alternative ways of teaching algebra and developing algebraic thinking in students.

Susan Kite

Job Titles:
  • Biology

Todd Brekhus

Job Titles:
  • Director of Product Management

Traci Gardner

Job Titles:
  • Online Content Developer National Council of Teachers of English
Excellent news on getting the final Social Studies assessment items to us 2 days early. Thanks for the hustle on your end!