Team Biographies
Kathleen Palmer Cleveland, Ed.D
Kathleen Palmer Cleveland is an award-winning former teacher at K-12 and the college level, writer, designer, graphic artist, and editor of over 30 graduate-level site-based and online courses for teacher that have reached more than 100,000 teachers nationally and internationally. Her courses are regularly accepted as electives in MEd, MAT, and MAEd master’s programs. She is a also a regular presenter at the ASCD Annual Conference and at district-sponsored events around the country.
Kathleen’s recently published book, Teaching Boys Who Struggle in School, (ASCD, 2011), was selected as the April 2011 member-benefit book, which is distributed to over 90,000 ASCD members worldwide. The book chronicles her experiences writing and teaching the T.O.E. course, Boys and School: Challenging Underachievement, Getting It Right!, and includes a wealth of teacher-tested information, strategies, and resources for helping underachieving boys become successful learners.
With a doctorate in adult education curriculum and instruction from Nova Southeastern University, Kathleen also possesses a master’s degree in music from Washington University in St. Louis and a bachelor’s degree in education from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Her 20 years of instructional design, extensive writing experience, and a breadth of expertise in teaching both educational content and its pedagogy form the foundation for creating courses that speak to both the teacher’s need for practical relevance and the profession’s need for research-based best practices.
Bernard F. Cleveland, Ph.D.
Bernie Cleveland, C.F.O. of TeacherOnlineEducation, possesses widely diverse experience in education, including K-12 classroom experience, college-level instruction, direction and supervision of teacher education programs, student-teacher supervision, production of a television program providing commentaries on current educational issues, and the development and administration of a highly-successful company offering site-based graduate courses for teacher in partnership with institutions of higher education in eight states.
A published author of educational books and articles, Bernie received his doctorate in social studies education, curriculum and instruction, and American social and intellectual history from The Ohio State University. His master’s and bachelor’s degrees (both in education) were awarded by the State University College in Oneonta, NY, where in 1989 and in 2008, he was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award. He is a certified instructor of Teacher, Leader, and Parent Effectiveness Training, a certified master practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and a behavioral change specialist. |
