Janis Fitzsimmons Author

Kimberly T Strike, PhD currently serves as Professor of Education at SWU. She has served as a Teacher, Teacher Leader, Principal, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Title Supervisor, ELA Coordinator at the Lake Co. Regional Office of Education, and as a Professor specific to Teacher Preparation, Principal and Superintendent Preparation, and the Teacher Leadership Program. Janis Fitzsimmons, PhD has taught at North Central College (NCC) since 1985 where she received the college’s Dissinger Award for excellence in teaching and performance of a job above and beyond the call of duty. In addition to her teaching duties, she is the founder and executive director of the NCC Junior/Senior Scholars Program, the Promise Teacher Corps and the Urban Education Laboratory, which she currently directs. Rebecca Hornberger, PhD is Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership at Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Illinois. She also serves as the Department Chair of SAIL for Education. She has served as a public school principal and teacher leader for twenty years. She also collaborates with educational leaders throughout the state of Ohio by coordinating professional development and networking and outreach for OAESA.