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Highline Public Schools
15675 Ambaum Blvd. SW Burien, WA 98166

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Highline Public Schools
15675 Ambaum Blvd. SW Burien, WA 98166

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Content Area Support

Phone: 206-631-3041

The Content Area Support Team develops instructional frameworks aligned to standards and course materials and provides professional learning and coaching for teachers.

Resources

Team Members

Michael Kamin

Michael Kamin, Secondary Literacy Specialist

Email: michael.kamin@highlineschools.org

Michael serves secondary schools in leadership, instruction, collaboration, and coaching.  Michael supports schools in standards-based curriculum development for ELA and Bridge to College courses, training for literacy supports such as LLI and Fountas & Pinnell Reading Benchmark Assessment, use of district literacy assessment tools, and has experience supporting teachers in various contexts such as IB, AP, and blended ELL classes.  He facilitates literacy professional development sessions & studios, professional learning communities focused on planning and student work, individualized coaching and team coaching, and any literacy support in service of a culture of learning for all students.

Lexi Samorano

Lexi Samorano, Literacy Specialist 

Email: lexi.samorano@highlineschools.org

Lexi provides vision and expertise in professional learning and more specialized coaching and support in schools for all middle and high school Social Studies teachers. Contact Lexi with questions about Social Studies frameworks, materials and resources, standards-based instruction, strategies, and policies that affect Socials Studies graduation credits and curriculum. She also coordinate community partners connected to a Social Studies field of study.

Meredith Ekeroma

Meredith Ekeroma, Secondary Literacy Specialist

Email: meredith.ekeroma@highlineschools.org

Meredith provides vision and expertise in professional learning and more specialized coaching and support in schools. Contact Meredith with questions about middle school Units of Study, ELA COE, middle school ELA frameworks, grade level professional development (6-8), instructional strategies, and secondary librarians. She also supports professional learning for teachers and instructional support resources.

Nicole Flynn

Nicole Flynn, Secondary Science Specialist

Email:  nicole.flynn@highlineschools.org

Nicole provides vision and expertise in professional learning and more specialized coaching and support in schools. Contact Nicole with questions about secondary science courses, Next Generation Science Standards, lab safety, and standards-based instructional strategies. Nicole is also a professional resource for Ambitious Science Teaching, standards-based assessment and grading, digital and personalized learning, and has expertise in Chemistry.

Dana Dyer

Dana Dyer, Secondary Science Specialist

Email: dana.dyer@highlineschools.org

Dana provides vision and expertise in professional learning and more specialized coaching and support in schools. Contact Dana with questions about secondary science courses, Next Generation Science Standards, lab safety, and standards-based instructional strategies. Dana is also a professional resource for Ambitious Science Teaching, project-based learning, and has expertise in Biology and Environmental Science.

Jocelyn Co

Jocelyn Co, Secondary Math Specialist

Email: jocelyn.co@highlineschools.org

Jocelyn provides expertise and supports informal professional learning and more specialized coaching and support in schools.  Contact Jocelyn with questions about Bridge to College Math, Collection of Evidence (COE), Pearson enVision implementation, and instructional strategies.  She provides professional learning for all teachers, information about standards-based instruction, and math manipulatives support.

Stacey Snyder

Stacey Snyder, Secondary Math Specialist

Email:  stacey.snyder@highlineschools.org

Stacey provides expertise and support for middle and high school math professional learning and coaching support for school teams. Contact Stacey with questions about HPS math pathways, AP math courses, Pearson enVision implementation, and formative assessment strategies through group work.