Hallie Jean Hundemer-Booth

Currently, I am a science consultant for the Northern Kentucky Region and am working with Harvard Medical/McLean Hospital on a research project for the resilience of youth in STEM classrooms. I have spent 26 years in education in many roles, served as an Instructional Coach, Assistant Principal, Principal and worked for the Kentucky Department of Education as the Regional Science Lead. Hallie graduated with a B.A. of Arts in Criminal Justice Law Enforcement, B.A. in Elementary Education, Masters in Special Education, an Endorsement in K-9 Science Education and a Rank 1 from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio in Leadership. While in the classroom I used LDC (Literacy Design Collaborative) for classroom lessons to create well-rounded, rigorous literacy based units. I have presented at the National Southern Regional Education Board conference in New Orleans, and North Carolina and Nashville, State LDC meetings, and at other districts in the state. I worked as an independent contractor for the Southern Regional Education Board for six years under the leadership of Lynda Jackson. I have written several articles on the integration of literacy within the science classroom and was a Panelist at the 2012 Education Nation discussing the implementation of the Common Core in the classroom. Most recently I wrote an article for NSTA online planning science instruction for all students. I trained educators nationally as a “Common Core Advocate” training educators on how to implement Common Core within the science classroom across the country and within the state of Kentucky. I worked with the Thurgood Marshall Foundation teacher institute as a trainer/mentor for teachers and pre-service teachers on classroom instruction, Common Core, literacy across the core classes and classroom management. I have held many leadership roles throughout her career including Science Lead, Site Based member, Member of the District Leadership Team, Member of the Green and Healthy Schools Committee, and instrumental in the implementation of a solar panel project at her school.

• 2022, Kentucky Middle School Teacher of the Year
• 2022, Kentucky Middle/High School Teacher of the Year
• 2022, STEM Lifetime Achievement Award
• March, 2022, WARM 98.5 Teacher of the Week

• Southern Regional Education Board, National Trainer: CTE that work, Behavior Systems, Literacy Design Collaborative, Literacy across Subjects, Best Practices for lower achieving schools
• Thurgood Marshall Foundation, Fellow Trainer for literacy across subjects, Fellow Trainer for Common Core Standards, Deconstruction, interpretation and implementation
• CCSSO, Nationally Trained Common Core Fellow
• KSTA, Kentucky Science Teachers Association Board of Directors
• AEM, Authentic Exploration Matters Advisory Board
• Kentucky State Science Committee, Committee work on revision of state standards, crafting justifications and creating statewide teacher created assessments
• Myvillage Teachers Coaching Teachers, 10/22, Teacher coach for teachers across the United States who are looking for a mentor/coach for behavior, integrations of literacy, integrations of real-world connections to content, problem-solving curriculum development, rigorous question techniques, curriculum ideas.