Stephanie Hastings
Catonsville
Summary
National Board Certified educator, licensed classroom teacher, and library media specialist with a minor in history and 30 years of experience teaching students in Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. Skilled in curriculum design, development, and professional training, with contributions to projects for Howard County Public Schools, the Maryland State Department of Education, Street Law Inc., the Maryland Center for History and Culture, the Center for Civic Education, and Maryland Public Television.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Library Media Program Coordinator
Notre Dame of Maryland University
01.2022 - Current
- Supervise undergraduate education students from all disciplines in passing the national edTPA teacher assessment
- Develop and teach graduate level library media classes
- Create and instruct candidates in an overview of the National Board Certification process in preparation of achieving National Board Certification for Teaching
- Design Canvas courses and facilitate synchronous/asynchronous/virtual instruction
- Collaborate with Maryland supervisors to curate resources essential to students understanding of all curricular areas in all Maryland counties
Library Media Specialist
Howard County Public School System
08.1999 - 06.2026
- Collaborate with teachers to assess student literacy and technology skills and integrate lessons into the Common Core curriculum
- Create lessons for both the library media program and the elementary social studies program that assist teachers and students across the county with information literacy, reading, writing, research, content area and technology skills
- Analyze and build a resource collection to meet curriculum, teacher and student information needs and literary interests
- Conduct school-wide and county-wide professional development to teach media literacy
- Advocate for colleagues as part of the HCPSS Library Steering Committee
- Coordinate and provide professional development for teachers and support to parents about internet safety and digital citizenship
- Plan, research, co-teach, and gather materials for and with classroom teachers to support all content areas and provide a collaborative learning environment promoting Makerspace, Engineer Design, coding and hands-on collaboration among students
Curriculum Consultant
Center for Civics Education
06.2024 - 09.2025
- Synthesize qualitative insights from teacher focus groups to investigate Indigenous and rural themes and design interactive instructional modules for middle-level learners.
- Elevating unheard perspectives and normalizing best practices of civil discourse with underserved students in grades 6–8.
- Curating primary sources and developing teaching modules which focus on unheard voices in rural and tribal communities.
- Conduct school-wide programs to teach media literacy to students and staff
- Conduct Professional Development and program support for a focus group of 20 teachers from across the United States via Zoom and in-person during a teacher summer institute at the Stewart School in Carson City, NV (July 2025).
- Use teacher focus group feedback to implement changes and suggestions after lesson module implementation to students in present day middle schools across the country.
Elementary Resource Development Consultant
Street Law Inc.
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Assess education standards and classroom policies
- Design new curriculum and modify secondary curriculum of current and contested issues for elementary school teachers
- Devise guiding talking points and planning templates for elementary school teachers to envelop their students in an understanding of civics and discourse surrounding current issues
- Collaborate with other professionals, both educators and private sector across Maryland, to publish student course materials
Library Media and Social Studies Curriculum Writer
Howard County Public School System
06.2000 - 07.2022
- Utilize local, state and national content standards to develop grade level appropriate curriculum K-5
- Incorporate technology to create a digital platform though Canvas and GAFE
- Design web pages and interactive documents as a living database for student research
- Collaborate with other professionals, both educators and private sector across the United States, to publish student course materials
Curriculum Writer
Maryland Public Television
02.2021 - 06.2022
- Design curriculum mapping as an evolving database for student research
- Utilize Maryland Social Studies standards and local resources to build significant curricula for social studies across grade levels
- Create regionally specific, rigorous, and historically relevant content for student learning
- Collaborate with other professionals, both educators and private sector across Maryland, to publish student course materials
Classroom Teacher
Frederick County Public School System
08.1996 - 07.1999
- Taught and oversaw students of various grade levels in all content skills
- Lead technology integration and collaborative learning as a model for my teammates and other teachers in my school
- Nominated by parents as Teacher of the Year for Frederick County Public Schools, 1998
Education
Master of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.) -
McDaniel College
Westminster, MD12-2020
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) - Elementary Education
Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD05-1996
Skills
- Learning Management Systems : Canvas, Brightspace
- Instructional Design & Content Authoring: CourseArc, Canva
- Digital Productivity & Collaboration: G-Suite (Google Workspace)
- Core Competencies: K-5 Curriculum Development, E-Learning Design, Educational Technology Integration, Professional Development Architecture, Library Media & Information Literacy
- Problem-solving skills
- Team collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Program management
- Proactive mindset
- Strategic planning
- Instructional Design
- Curriculum Development & Mapping
Accomplishments
Recognized as the 2022 Maryland Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year by the Maryland Council for Social Studies.
Certification
National Board Certification, Library Media - 2022-present
Timeline
Curriculum Consultant
Center for Civics Education
06.2024 - 09.2025
Elementary Resource Development Consultant
Street Law Inc.
06.2022 - 08.2022
Library Media Program Coordinator
Notre Dame of Maryland University
01.2022 - Current
Curriculum Writer
Maryland Public Television
02.2021 - 06.2022
Library Media and Social Studies Curriculum Writer
Howard County Public School System
06.2000 - 07.2022
Library Media Specialist
Howard County Public School System
08.1999 - 06.2026
Classroom Teacher
Frederick County Public School System
08.1996 - 07.1999
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) - Elementary Education
Frostburg State University
Master of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.) -
McDaniel College