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Sharon Roth

Sharon Roth
Urbana, IL
United States

Director of Professional Development
NCTE
"ReadWriteThink has been a great opportunity for me to work with teachers across the country as they connect their classroom experience to professional development by writing standards-based, peer-reviewed lesson plans for the site."

Sharon is the Division Director of Professional Development at NCTE. With experiences in elementary education, instructional technology, and administration, Sharon has contributed to the field of education for seventeen years. In her current position, she develops online and onsite professional development experiences for K–college educators, overseeing the NCTE Consulting Network and the Pathways projects.

As an elementary teacher in a pre K-12 district, she has taught language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics. In addition to her classroom teaching experience, she has served as a curriculum coach for K-6 teachers to assist teachers in aligning classroom practices with state and national standards, and designing appropriate assessment tools.