HOLLY MARICH, NBCT

HC33 Box 33200, Ely, Nevada 89301 | 775-293-0186 | holmarich@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Student PhD Educational Psychology and Educational Technology
Research Interests: New Literacies, TPACK, and Stages of Concern
University of Nevada, Reno, NV
M.S. Curriculum and Instruction
Area of Concentration: Teaching Elementary Mathematics
Thesis: Developing and Sustaining a Teacher Inquiry Group
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
National Board Certification
Middle Childhood Generalist
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
M. Ed. Curriculum and Instruction
Area of Concentration: Literacy
Thesis: Balanced Literacy in the Classroom
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
B.S. Elementary Education
Area of Concentration: Science
COMMITTEE WORK
Action Research Network of the Americas Web Tech. Committee

March 2015

Action Research Network of the Americas Membership Committee

Michigan State College of Ed. EPET Connections Team (previously known as the Social Media Council)

Great Basin Writing Project Leadership Team

AWARDS
Vietnam Fellowship to Enhance Global Awareness, Michigan State University College of Education

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Nevada Association of School Boards Innovative Teacher of the Year

Lincoln Highway Historical Society Teacher of the Year

GRANTS
Math and Science Partnership Grant (with Valarie Brynes)
Professional Development for Rural Teachers K-12 in STEM Education
Funded for $157,000.00
National Writing Project Teacher Inquiry Communities Network Mini-Grant
Teacher Inquiry Community Leadership Network of Nevada Project
(with Elizabeth Campbell, Susan Giancaspro, Darla Lipparelli and Wendy Wilson)
Funded for $4,000.00
Continuing Education
2015
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting Chicago, IL
Action Research Network of the Americas 3rd Annual Conference Toronto, Canada
Society for Informational Technology and Teacher Education 26 th Annual Conference Las Vegas, NV
Kagan Cooperative Learning Five day Workshop Fresno, CA
TCEA Convention and Exposition Austin, TX
2014
Learning Forward Annual Conference Nashville, TN
Arizona K12 Center for Professional Development Digital Tools in Education Workshop Tucson, AZ
Computer Using Educators of Nevada Annual Conference Las Vegas, NV
Computer Using Educators Spring Conference Palm Springs CA
2013
CORE Leadership Summit San Francisco, CA
Urgency and School Change Conference with Regie Routman Seattle, WA
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting Denver, CO
Visible Learning Institute with John Hattie, Las Angeles, CA
Lucy Calkins, Kate Roberts The Common Core and Writing: Powerful Instruction and Assessment in Opinion,
Information and Narrative Writing New Orleans, LA
Computer Using Educators of Nevada Annual Conference Las Vegas, NV
National Council of Teachers of English 103rd Annual Convention Boston, MA
National Writing Project Annual Meeting, 2013 Boston, MA
2012
Common Core State Standards ELA Shifts 2-day workshop February, 2012 Reno, NV
Nevada STEM Coalition Summit March 2012 Las Vegas, NV
Vocabulary and the CCSS, Las Vegas, NV
Leadership and Learning Center, Digging Deeper into the CCSS San Francisco, CA
National Council of Teachers of English 102nd Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV
National Writing Project Annual Meeting, 2012 Las Vegas, NV
National Writing Project Spring Meeting, March 2012 Washington D.C.
Clark County Action Research Data Fair, April 2012, Las Vegas, NV
Nevada State Department of Education State Assessment Content Review July 2012, Reno NV
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN) Las Vegas, NV
2011
21st Century Instructional Technology Conference, 2011 Las Vegas, NV
National Council of Teachers of English 101st Annual Convention, Chicago, IL
National Writing Project Annual Meeting, 2011 Chicago, IL
Solution Tree Authorspeak, 2011, Indianapolis, IN
Solution Tree Teaching the iGeneration 2-day workshop, Cincinnati, OH
2010
21st Century Instructional Technology Conference, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada
Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke present Literacy Through Inquiry: Content Area Reading and Writing Grades K-12,
a multi-day workshop, New Orleans, LA
International Reading Association 56th Annual Convention, Orlando, FL

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International Society of Technology in Education 32nd Annual Conference and Expo, Philadelphia, PA
Literacy and Learning IRA Regional Conference, Elko, NV
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting and Expo, San Diego, CA
National Writing Project Annual Meeting, 2010, Orlando, FL
National Writing Project Invitational Dissemination Retreat, Scottsdale, AZ
2009
13th Annual National School Reform Faculty Winter Meeting, Houston, TX
Literacy and Learning IRA Regional Conference, Elko, NV
National Board Certified Teacher Certification Mentor Training, Las Vegas, NV
National Writing Project Annual Meeting, 2009, Philadelphia, PA
National Writing Project Spring Meeting, 2009, Washington D.C.
2008
National Council of Teachers of English 98th Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX
National Writing Project Annual Meeting, 2008, San Antonio, TX
Literacy and Learning IRA Regional Conference, Elko, NV
Ruby Payne, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, a multi-day workshop, Sant Fe, NM
Southern Nevada Writing Project Critical Friends Institute, Las Vegas, NV
Third Annual Instructional Coaching Conference, Kansas City, KS
2007
National Writing Project Annual Meeting, 2007, New York, NY
National Writing Project Teacher Inquiry Communities (TIC) Network four-day summer institute, Inside Inquiry,
Wellesley, MA
Northern Nevada Math Project year-long PD from University of Nevada, year three of three, Ely, NV
Voices in the Village: Teacher Research Institute, Southern Arizona Writing Project, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2006
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting and Expo, St. Louis, MO
Northern Nevada Math Project year-long PD from University of Nevada, year two of three, Ely, NV
2005
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting and Expo, Anaheim, CA
National Writing Project Annual Meeting, 2005, Pittsburgh, PA
Northern Nevada Math Project year-long PD from University of Nevada, year one of three, Ely, NV
2004
International Reading Association 50th Annual Convention, Reno, NV
Summer Institute Reading and Writing Comprehension for the hard to reach: a Laboratory Experience, Dr. Susan
Mandel Glazer, Rider University, Trenton, NJ
Solution Tree PLC two-day workshop, Salt Lake City, UT
West Coast Literacy Conference, San Diego, CA
2003
Literacy and Learning IRA Regional Conference, Elko, NV
Southern Nevada Writing Project Invitational Summer Institute, Las Vegas, NV
2002
International Reading Association 47th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA
Regie Routman Writing Workshop two-day seminar, San Diego, CA
2001
21st Century Instructional Technology Conference, 2001 Las Vegas, NV
Regie Routman, Reading Workshop two-day seminar, Salt Lake City, UT
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Northeastern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program

Provide professional development according to school and district improvement

plans, create and facilitate continuing education classes for educators, provide
professional development and the dissemination of the State adopted standards
including the Common Core State Standards and the Nevada Educator
Performance Framework for the new teacher evaluation
CORE Educational Services Consultant
Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education
www.corelearn.com
Elementary School Teacher

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White Pine County School District

Summer School Teacher
White Pine Country School District
Substitute School Teacher
White Pine Country School District
Teaching/Course development:
Example Classes Offered as continuing Education Units for Classroom Teachers
Balanced Literacy and CCSS, an Introduction
Balanced Literacy and CCSS, Next Steps
Conferencing in a Writing Workshop
Critical Friends Groups for Teacher Leaders
Chromebooks in the Classroom
Great Basin Writing Project Summer Open
Lesson Planning and the Common Core State Standards
S.M.A.R.T. Boards and Technology Teacher Inquiry Community
STEM and Project Based Learning
Teaching Essay in a Writing Workshop
Teacher Inquiry Community I
Teacher Inquiry Community II
Technology in the Classroom
Technology in the Classroom II
Twitter Basics for Educators
Working Toward Publication a Follow-up to Teacher Inquiry
Weekend Writing Retreat
National/International Presentations
Teacher-Researcher Writing Retreat, is it Worth the Time and Effort? (May, 2015). Toronto, Canada; Action Research
Network of the Americas 3rd Annual Convention
Effective facilitation of teacher-researcher meetings through consistent structures, protocols, and high expectations
(May, 2015). Toronto, Canada; Action Research Network of the Americas 3rd Annual Convention
Igniting a Conversation around the NCTE 2008 Definition of 21st Century Literacy, (November, 2012). Las Vegas, NV;
National Council of Teachers of English 102nd Annual Convention
Teacher Inquiry Community Workshop, (November, 2009). Philadelphia, PA; National Writing Project Annual Meeting,
(with Elizabeth Campbell, Susan Giancaspro, Darla Lipparelli, Cindy ODonnell-Allen,Torrey Palmer, and Wendy
Wilson)
Looking Inside Inquiry, (November, 2008). San Antonia, TX; National Writing Project Annual Meeting. (with Elizabeth
Campbell, Susan Giancaspro, Darla Lipparelli, Annie Ortiz, Renda Ware and Wendy Wilson)
Language Experience Approach Revisited (May 2002). San Francisco, CA; International Reading Association
47th Annual Convention
State and Regional Presentations
Five Years of Teacher Inquiry in White Pine, (May 2012). Las Vegas, Nevada; Best Practices Action Research Data
Fair

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Action Research Panel Discussion, (May 2010). Las Vegas, Nevada; Best Practices Action Research Data Fair
What is Teacher Inquiry, (February 2009). Elko, NV; Literacy and Learning IRA Regional Conference with Elizabeth
Campbell, Darla Lipparelli, and Wendy Wilson)
Building a State Network through Teacher Inquiry, (February 2008). Elko, NV; Literacy and Learning IRA Regional
Conference (with Elizabeth Campbell, Darla Lipparelli, and Wendy Wilson)
Building a State Network through Teacher Inquiry, (April, 2007). Tucson, AZ; Voices in the Village: Teacher Research
Institute, Southern Arizona Writing Project, University of Arizona, (with Elizabeth Campbell, Susan Giancaspro, Darla
Lipparelli, and Wendy Wilson)
How One School Make it Work, Implementing Cell/Exll Approaches School Wide, (February 2004). Elko, NV; Literacy
and Learning IRA Regional Conference (with Marci Dosh, Donna Gubler, Julie Krch, Jan Newman, Margaret Thiel, and
Treena Whaley)
How One School Makes it Work, Implementing Cell/Exll Approaches School Wide, (April, 2004) San Diego, CA; West
Coast Literacy Conference (with Marci Dosh, Julie Krch, Jan Newman, Margaret Thiel, and Treena Whaley)
MEMBERSHIPS
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA)
Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO)
National Writing Project (NWP)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)