Deborah Wing-Leonard
Friendswood,Texas
Summary
Life-long learner, educator, and curriculum writer with strong communication, leadership, and editing skills seeking challenging opportunity beyond the classroom. Goals include professional development, research, and team support with an aim at consulting on curriculum and program development. Qualifications include curriculum and training design, data analysis and presentation, coaching and mentoring, digital platform presentations and teaching, writing and editing across multiple platforms, and strong communication skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
High School History and Economics Teacher
Clear Lake High School
Houston, Texas
01.2020 - Current
- Achieved high success rates in teaching AP, Pre-AP, on-level World History (reaching 93% AP passing scores/4.3 average), AP Macroeconomics, AP European History
- Served as Chair of the Social Studies Department from 2012 to 2023
- Contributed to Guiding Coalition Team for Learning Design and Support, fostering innovation and collaboration among teaching teams
- Played an active role in shaping the vision of personalized learning at CCISD.
- Served as Gilder Lehrman Liaison for Clear Lake High School
- Sponsored Rho Kappa CLHS Chapter of National Social Studies Honor Society, leading Rho Kappa History Essay Scholarship Competition
- Provided faculty members with training in pedagogy, technology implementation, and student wellness support, including implementation of one-to-one digital devices and introduction of Goat Yoga at the Lake Day
Question Leader, Sample Selector, Table Leader, Reader at AP Reading
College Board/ETS
Multiple reading and meeting sites
01.2002 - Current
- Created assessment standards to measure student writing performance in AP exams.
- Trained and directed teams of readers in effectively applying operational rubrics to evaluate student writing
Writing formative and summative assessment items for AP African American Studies course
College Board/ETS
Multiple reading and meeting sites
- Current
- Collaborated remotely with educators and program directors, using Zoom, to standardize the process of creating formative and summative multiple-choice items
- Developed formative and summative multiple-choice items to evaluate student performance
AP World History Test Development Committee
College Board/ETS
Multiple reading and meeting sites
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Collaborated with committee members to create, refine, and diversify multiple choice questions and writing prompts for AP World History exams
- Wrote formative and summative assessment items for AP African American Studies course
- Collaborated on the creation and enhancement of published curriculum documents that included scoring rubrics and detailed course content descriptions
- Presented exam data at national conferences and teacher training institutes, serving as liaison between College Board and stakeholders in education
College Board Academic Advisory Board for the Histories
College Board
New York, New York
2018 - 2019
- Conducted research on teaching pedagogy in secondary and post-secondary history education to meet learner needs
- Analyzed complex data sets, developing actionable insights for learning and assessment
- Collaborated with committee members to prepare presentations summarizing key findings from research
Education
M. A. in History (Latin America with Women’s Studies emphasis) -
University of Houston Clear Lake
B.A. in English, Minor in History -
Texas Christian University
Skills
- Microsoft Office 365
- SharePoint, WatchDox
- Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WebEx
- Team building and leadership focusing on equity and support for all stakeholders
- Instructional design and curriculum development
- Data interpretation
- Instructional technology (LMS: Blackboard, ItsLearning, Canvas)
- Student wellness and equity support
- Collaboration, problem solving, attention to detail, and deadline compliance
- Effective communication and time management
- Conversant in Spanish and limited Japanese
Certification
- Composite Social Studies
- Secondary English
- Secondary Language Arts
- ESL
- GT
References
AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Training
- Nominated for Gilder Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year 2023
- CCISD Aspiring Leadership Academy (Curriculum Coach Training Program) 2022-2023
- Fellow, curriculum writer, and presenter for Korean War Legacy Foundation 2017-2021
- Presenter at NCSS Annual Conferences
- Presenter at AP Forums and AP Annual Conferences
- Presenter at AHA Annual Convention, Denver, CO
- Presenter at Rice University AP World History Summer Institutes
- Presenter at AP Symposium on History, Philadelphia, PA
- Recipient of Clear Creek Education Foundation Grant for National Geographic Genographic Project DNA test kits for ancient migration exploration in AP World History course
- Presenter of social studies curriculum and technology integration at CCISD professional development trainings
- Grant participant in NEH archaeology program Convergences and Crossroads in the American Southwest, Cortez, CO
- Presenter at The Northwest and California World History Association Affiliates Teacher Workshop Day
- Book reviewer for academic journal The History Teacher
- Grant participant in NEH Teaching American History Grant Cohort at CCISD
- Presenter at Phi Alpha Theta Houston-Area Consortium at the University of Houston
Affiliations
- Animal rescue
- Triathlon, marathoning, and hiking
- Pollinator gardening
- Invasive species management
Timeline
High School History and Economics Teacher
Clear Lake High School
01.2020 - Current
AP World History Test Development Committee
College Board/ETS
01.2014 - 01.2018
Question Leader, Sample Selector, Table Leader, Reader at AP Reading
College Board/ETS
01.2002 - Current
Writing formative and summative assessment items for AP African American Studies course
College Board/ETS
- Current
College Board Academic Advisory Board for the Histories
College Board
2018 - 2019
M. A. in History (Latin America with Women’s Studies emphasis) -
University of Houston Clear Lake
B.A. in English, Minor in History -
Texas Christian University
- Composite Social Studies
- Secondary English
- Secondary Language Arts
- ESL
- GT
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