Deborah Risner, M.Ed.

Senior Instructor, Appointed 2005
Drisner@shawnee.edu
Office:  Massie Hall, Room 227
Phone: 740.351.3564

Experience
1972- 1994		Washington-Nile Local School District	West Portsmouth, Oh
Elementary Teacher §  Developed lesson plans with strategies aligned with State Standards §  Actively worked with students to meet their individual needs §  Worked with staff, community, and administration to promote a strong learning environment
1994-2001		Washington-Nile Local School District	West Portsmouth, Oh
Junior High Social Studies Teacher §  Developed lesson plans aligned with strategies with State Standards §  Was moved to eighth grade to prepare students for the State Proficiency Test §  Successfully improved the pass rate of eighth grade students on State Proficiency Test
2001-2002		Washington-Nile Local School District	West Portsmouth, Oh
Junior High Literacy Coordinator §  Provided literacy support for staff teachers in their content area §  Modeled current strategies and materials in literacy in classrooms §  Developed and coordinated an afterschool literacy study group for teachers
2002-2004		Washington-Nile Local School District	West Portsmouth, Oh
SCITEL Coordinator §  System Administrator of  educational database management system §  Worked with teachers and staff to develop state aligned lesson plans §  Provided hands on support to staff with technology and Backwards Design lesson development   2004-2008 Shawnee State University West Portsmouth, Oh  Full Time Temporary Senior Instructor and Adjunct Instructor §  Instructor of Early Childhood Literacy /Social Studies methods and Middle Childhood Social Studies Methods §  Supervision of Student Teachers §  Instructor of  foundation  education courses       2001-2008 Ohio Department of Education, Region 7 Chillicothe, Oh  Praxis III Assessor §  Successfully trained  by Educational Testing Services §  Assessed Entry Level Teachers in their schools §  Developed assessment reports for the Ohio Department of Education
Education
1968-1972	Ohio University		Athens, Oh
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education   1985-1987                                                          Ohio University                                                        Athens, Oh   Masters of Education, Computers in Education
References
References are available on request.