Mary K. Weck
Director of Best Practice,
Consortium for Educational Change
www.cecillinois.org
Lombard, IL
Experience with The Framework for Teaching
Dr. Weck has served as a consultant assisting numerous districts around the United States in the development of evaluation systems, mentoring programs, and professional development based on The Framework for Teaching. She has presented at National conferences with Charlotte Danielson and has been a national trainer and consultant with Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey on the Pathwise programs. In her current position she is working closely with the New Teacher Center (NTC) at the University of California at Santa Cruz on delivering NTC Mentor training incorporating The Framework for Teaching across Illinois.
Mary has worked with the Illinois Education Association, the Iowa State Education Association, the North Dakota Education Association and the West Virginia Center for Professional Development in delivering professional development to teachers and principals based on The Framework for Teaching. She has worked closely with large urban districts, suburban districts, small rural districts and regional offices of education.
Areas of Expertise
Mary’s areas of concentration within the work of the Danielson Group include:
- The Framework for Teaching
- Teacher preparation
- New teacher mentoring
- Coaching
- Professional growth plans
- Teacher evaluation
- Classroom observation
In addition, Mary has experience in the following areas:
- Developing vision and mission statements
- Coaching administrators
- Systems assessments
Professional Experience
Mary has been an educator for 37 years working as an elementary and jr. high special education teacher, a school social worker, building and district level administrator, college professor and administrator, and educational consultant. As assistant Superintendent for Human Resources part of her responsibility was to guide the development of a differentiated evaluation system for teachers based on Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching. The system was the first in the country implemented using the Framework for Teaching as the basis for defining teaching. Danielson collaborated with Dr. Weck and the school district in the development of the system. In addition to her work in public education, she was director of graduate programs in Education, including education administration, at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.
Upcoming presentations
Contact Information
Mary K. Weck
32 Timberon Trail
Galena, IL
Mobile: 815.541.8104
Home: 815.777.3748
mweck@netexpress.net
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