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Stephen Smith
As a senior associate with PCG Education, Stephen Smith coordinates professional development and technical assistance services that focus on strategic uses of data at school and district levels. He is a former high school principal with extensive experience in coaching school leadership teams on effective data use strategies and action planning. In his career at PCG Education, he has developed training materials that focus on multiple uses of data for accountability and instructional improvement, and how to create school-level data teams to institutionalize datadriven decision making. Mr. Smith has also been instrumental in the development of courseware and professional development activities to support the use of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Educations Data Warehouse by district and school-level staff members. In addition to his courseware and professional development activities, Mr. Smith has conducted extensive program evaluation studies for the Carnegie Foundation and for federally funded Smaller Learning Community grants, and individual school districts.

PUBLICATIONS
Geier, R., Smith, S., & Tornow, M. (2012). District data teams: A leadership structure for improving student achievement. A PCG Education White Paper. Portsmouth, NH: Public Consulting Group. Available online: http://www.publicconsultinggroup.com/education/ library/index.html. Lachat, M. A., Williams, M., & Smith, S. (2006). Making sense of all your data. Principal Leadership, 7(2), 1621. Lachat, M. A., & Smith, S. (2005). Practices that support data use in urban high schools. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 10(3), 333349. Lachat, M. A., & Smith, S. (2005). Data Use in Urban High Schools. Providence, RI: Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory, at Brown University.

EDUCATION
University of Maryland Ph.D. Program National Science Foundation Institute for Experienced Science Supervisors Tufts University M.Ed. Major: Educational Administration; Minor: Biology Franklin and Marshall College B.A. Major: Biology; Minor: Chemistry

EXPERTISE
Effective use of data at the district and school levels Courseware development and professional development School leadership nad action planning Program evaluation

EXPERIENCE
In his more than 40 years in the education field, Stephen Smith has held roles of progressively increasing leadership, from Chairman of the Science Department at Masconomet (MA) High School, to Coordinator for Curriculum and Program Evaluation for grades 7 through 12 in the Masconomet district, to Principal of the districts regional high school. In these positions, Mr. Smith developed the expertise in effective school data use, program evaluation, curriculum development and professional coaching, which he currently shares with PCG Education clients.

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