Dr. Deborah L. Wortham
Dr. Deborah L. Wortham is a professional educator with experience in planning and implementing leadership strategies that meet student needs. Her assets include an understanding of the importance of school culture in the attainment of educational goals. She has served as a teacher (selected Teacher of the Year), specialist, assistant principal, principal (elementary, K-8 and high school), director of professional development, assistant superintendent (area academic officer) and superintendent. Her career highlights include:
· Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
· Restructuring Models/School Improvement and Reform
· Professional Development
· Budget Development and Technological Application
· Parent/Community Relations
· Curriculum Design, Development, and Evaluation
· Speaker’s Bureau
Her credentials include: Doctorate in Educational Leadership from NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Masters Degree in Reading from MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, Maryland and a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Madison, Wisconsin.
Additionally, Dr. Wortham is recognized by having achieved:
· Certified Superintendent – Maryland State Department of Education and Pennsylvania Department of Education
· Certified Assessor, National Association of Secondary School Principals,
· Certified Curriculum Trainer/Professional Developer, The Efficacy Institute
· Graduate, Leadership Baltimore City and Baltimore County
· Graduate, Maryland Principals Institute
· Doctoral Advisor and National Lecturer, Nova Southeastern University
· Mentor, Principal, and Faculty Associate, Johns Hopkins University
· Adjunct Professor, Coppin State College
· Certified, National Staff Development Academy, National Staff Development Council
· ASCD National Faculty-National Speaker’s Bureau
· H.O.P.E. Foundation
· Selected, China Delegation for American Bridge Program
Honors, Awards and Publications include:
· Dissertation of the Year (Kathleen Cooper-Wright Award Recipient)
· Who’s Who in America
· Who’s Who in Leadership
· Mayor’s Citation
· Failure is Not an Option: How High-Achieving Schools Succeed with All Students, Video Series, H.O.P.E. Foundation, Bloomington, Illinois, 2002
· “Principal’s Pet,” Pot Likker for Administrators and Teachers, 2001 (Short Story)
· “Motivating Children,” The Maryland Federation Teacher, February 1987
· Teaching by Signs and Wonders (pending publication)
· Creative Curriculum Leadership (quote)
· Leadership and Learning (ASCD Article January 2004)
· Failure is Not an Option: How High-Achieving Schools Succeed with All Students, H.O.P.E. by Alan Blankstein (Chapter)
· Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
· Restructuring Models/School Improvement and Reform
· Professional Development
· Budget Development and Technological Application
· Parent/Community Relations
· Curriculum Design, Development, and Evaluation
· Speaker’s Bureau
Her credentials include: Doctorate in Educational Leadership from NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Masters Degree in Reading from MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, Maryland and a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Madison, Wisconsin.
Additionally, Dr. Wortham is recognized by having achieved:
· Certified Superintendent – Maryland State Department of Education and Pennsylvania Department of Education
· Certified Assessor, National Association of Secondary School Principals,
· Certified Curriculum Trainer/Professional Developer, The Efficacy Institute
· Graduate, Leadership Baltimore City and Baltimore County
· Graduate, Maryland Principals Institute
· Doctoral Advisor and National Lecturer, Nova Southeastern University
· Mentor, Principal, and Faculty Associate, Johns Hopkins University
· Adjunct Professor, Coppin State College
· Certified, National Staff Development Academy, National Staff Development Council
· ASCD National Faculty-National Speaker’s Bureau
· H.O.P.E. Foundation
· Selected, China Delegation for American Bridge Program
Honors, Awards and Publications include:
· Dissertation of the Year (Kathleen Cooper-Wright Award Recipient)
· Who’s Who in America
· Who’s Who in Leadership
· Mayor’s Citation
· Failure is Not an Option: How High-Achieving Schools Succeed with All Students, Video Series, H.O.P.E. Foundation, Bloomington, Illinois, 2002
· “Principal’s Pet,” Pot Likker for Administrators and Teachers, 2001 (Short Story)
· “Motivating Children,” The Maryland Federation Teacher, February 1987
· Teaching by Signs and Wonders (pending publication)
· Creative Curriculum Leadership (quote)
· Leadership and Learning (ASCD Article January 2004)
· Failure is Not an Option: How High-Achieving Schools Succeed with All Students, H.O.P.E. by Alan Blankstein (Chapter)
