1. Diana Raphael
315 Pease Rd.
Panton, VT 05491
802 475-2411 dianaraphael49@gmail.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
 Elementary Literacy
 Intervention services
 Coaching
 Teacher Leadership
 Facilitation
 Fast ForWord
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-2016 Consultant
 VT AOE Agency of Education, Barre, VT;
 Burlington School District, Burlington, VT
1987-2015 Vergennes Union Elementary School
43 East St.
Vergennes, VT 05491
2008-2015 Schoolwide Literacy Teacher Leader/Coach
 Instruct reading and writing
 Provide literacy intervention services
 Co-teach/Coach writing in classrooms
 Collect/Organize literacy data
 Mentor/Coach new teachers in literacy instruction
 Chair district writing committee, link work with consultants
 Co-author district Literacy Framework
 Curriculum mapping (using Rubicon Atlas software)
 Member district Professional Development Committee
 Facilitate District In-service trainings
 Building coordinator for Fast ForWord, executive function software
1996-2008 Literacy Teacher
1998-2008 Reading Recovery Teacher
1987-1996 Kindergarten Teacher
Summer 2015 Writing for Understanding Summer Institute
Intern/instructor Vermont Writing Collaborative
Summer 2013 Curriculum Mapping for Writing
Instructor Addison/Rutland Consortium (Castleton University)
Fall 2013 Curriculum Mapping for Reading
Instructor Addison/Rutland Consortium (Castleton University)
Jan.2012 Life Beyond Reading Recovery
presenter VRI Winter Conference
2006-2007 Connecting Oral Language to Written Language

2. Facilitator ANWSU
Spring 2003 “Engaging in a Word Study Dialogue”
Instructor Addison/Rutland Consortium (UVM)
Spring 2003 “Writing Effectiveness Study Group”
Facilitator ANWSU
Spring 2002 Development Reading Assessment calibration sessions
Trainer VT AOE
Fall 2001 “Building a Community of Learners”
Instructor Addison/Rutland Consortium (UVM)
Spring 1997, 2001 Vermont Council on Reading,
Presenter Word Study, Family Stories Project
1999-2003 Vergennes Union Elementary School
Chair Language Arts Action Planning Committee
1997-2003 Building Mentor ANWSU Literacy Profile
Some Additional Training, memberships, Certifications & relevant experiences: Member Vermont Writing
Collaborative, ILA, Vermont Council on Reading; Unified District School Board Member; Writing for
Understanding,Peer Coaching, Cognitive Coaching, Literacy Coaching, Fundations,Utilizing the Daily 5,
Writing Workshop,Reading Workshop,Literacy Leadership Initiative, Reading Recovery Training, VT
Courage and Renewal Program, Northeast Foundation for Children, Critical Friends, Common Core State
Standards; Literacy and the Book Arts, Co-Teaching, Differentiated Instruction,Instructional Strategies
Approach,Picturing Writing, Imagemaking in the Writing Process,Bridging Project; education book
reviewer
1986-1987 Otter Creek Preschool
Co-Director Ferrisburg, VT
1/83-6/83 Addison Northwest Supervisory Union
Migrant Teacher Vergennes, VT
9/82-1/83 Head Start
Home Visitor Middlebury, VT
9/79-6/82 Title 1 Preschool
Teacher Addison Northeast Supervisory Union
6/78-6/79 Lemberg Children’s Center
Director Brandeis University
9/76-6/78 Waltham, MA
Head Teacher
6/74-8/76 Valley Playschool
Director/Founder Shelburne Falls, MA
1972-1973 Hampshire Children’s Cooperative
Head Teacher/ Hampshire College,
Co Director Amherst, MA
EDUCATION
Educational Leadership, CAS, 2005
UVM/Addison Rutland Consortium
Antioch New England Graduate School, MEd, 1995
Keene, New Hampshire

3. References: Diana Leddy: Vermont Writing Collaborative everywritevt@aol.com
Margo Grace, ANWSU Title 1 Program Manager, ANWSU, 802 877-3332; Carol Spencer: ANWSU
Curriculum Coordinator, 802-475-2092