Elizabeth McNally

Talented educator, instructor, presenter, and educational advocate with over 20 years of experience in urban public education. Author and co-author of multiple texts, articles, and professional learning opportunities that support equitable access to rigorous academic content. Highly organized and devoted to creating systems of support for all student and educators that prioritize student and staff wellness and increasing Social Emotional Skills while increasing academic achievement.

• 2020 NME Implementation Series. Session 2. Prerecorded webinar highlighting success of Trauma informed practices at Highland Elementary School.
• Columbus elementary school’s help for needy students viewed as model. (July 30, 2019) The Columbus Dispatch.
• Trauma Informed Care. The Free Library (2018).
• Building Better Lives at Highland Elementary. (2018). Franklin County Family and Children First Council.
• School Partnership Paves way to success. (Jan 2018). The Boys and Girls Club newsletter.
• CCS Program Highlighted in statewide Opioid Conference. (March 27, 2018). 10TV.
• Narrowing the Gap (June 7, 2017) Inspire Magazine. Cover story of Inspire magazine, featuring efforts to transform public education in partnership with The Ohio State University Research on Stress Helps Calm Students. (Feb 6, 2017). The Columbus Dispatch.
• Research on Stress Helps Calm Students. (Feb 6, 2017). The Columbus Dispatch.

McNally, E. (2013). Language Power: Building Language Proficiency Grades 6-8 Intermediate. Teacher Created Materials, Huntington Beach, CA., McNally, E & Wojdyla-Corbin, E. (2013). Language Power: Building Proficiency Grades 3-5 Beginner. Teacher Created Materials, Huntington Beach, CA., McNally, E. (2010, March). Review of the book Multicultural families, home literacies and mainstream schooling by Guofang Li (Ed). Education Review, (13)., Creating 'The Movement': A Systems Based Approach Toward a High Achieving Transformational Bilingual Learning Community, Council of Great City Schools Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, acceptance pending, October 2022, From Traditional to Innovative: One Urban School’s Journey, Latino Education Summit, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, November 2018, From Traditional to Innovative: One Urban School’s Journey, National Drop Out Prevention Conference, Columbus, Ohio, October 2018, Help and Hope in Ohio, Panel Presenter for Our Future. Attorney General Mike DeWine Conference on Opioid Addiction, March 2018, Trauma Informed Pedagogy: One School’s Story, Youngstown City Schools, Youngstown, Ohio, October 2017, English Language Learners Standards and Instruction, Tennessee Educator’s Association, Nashville, Tennessee, July 2016, English Language Learner Awareness, Minority and Women’s Leadership Training Conference East, Miami, FL, October 2014, NEA Standards and Instruction Module, Louisiana Association of Education’s Educating the Whole Child: A Toolkit for Best Practices For Great Louisiana Public School Educators, Sulphur, LA, October 2014, Understanding and Implementing Proper Assessments for ELLs in a New Era of Standards, National Education Association Human and Civil Rights English Language Learners Professional Development, Chicago, IL, July 2014, NEA/ELL Culture and Equity Two-Day Summer Boot Camp, Marysville, WA, June 2014, Organizing around Common Core State Standards Issues and Implementation, 2014 Joint Conference on Concerns of Minorities and Women, Denver, CO, June 2014, Common Core and ESL: Content Area and Language Learning Crossroads, Ohio TESOL, Columbus, Oh, November 2013, A Guide to Ensuring for ELLS for the Regular Education Teacher, Capital Day, Columbus, Ohio, October 2012, Writing and Other Tips for At-Risk Elementary Learners, Capital Day, Columbus, Ohio, October 2011, Examining Literacy Development: Tracing Differential Participation through Narratives and Literacy Practices, American Educational Research Association, Denver, Colorado, May 2010, Understanding Your Young English Language Learners, Ohio TESOL Conference, Columbus, Ohio, October 2009, Differential Participation in Kindergarten Learning Opportunities: Analyzing Update in Narrative Performance, Conversations on Language and Literacy, Columbus, Ohio, October 2009, Rigor, Relevance, and the Elementary English Language Learner, Capital Day, Columbus, Ohio, October 2009, Cross-cultural Communication in Kindergarten: the Social Importance of Participation in Intertextual Phrases, Fifth Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 2009, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: Designing Identity through Narrative, Analyzing Multimodal Texts: Working Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, May 2009, Designed to Tell: Personal Narrative and the Academic Writer, College English Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2009

• Ohio Superintendent License, 2020- present
• Trainer of Trainers, Neurosequential Model of Education, 2017-present
• Ohio Administrator License, July 2015-present
• Ohio Teacher Evaluator Credential, Spring 2013-present
• Ohio Senior Professional Educator License, spring 2011 -present
• Ohio K-12 TESOL Endorsement, 2002-present
• Ohio Department of Education Teaching License: Secondary English, 7-12, 2002-present
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate: Secondary English, 7-12, 2001

• Language Power: Building Language Proficiency Grades 6-8 Intermediate. (2013) Teacher Created Materials. Huntington Beach, CA

• Current Strategic Data Project Fellowship Candidate, Cohort 14.