Joanne Picone-Zocchia
Joanne’s work includes school, district, regional and statewide programs, focusing on the design and implementation of teacher induction programs, portfolio assessment systems and standards-based curriculum and assessment design. In addition, Joanne is actively engaged in exploring connections between systems thinking skills and processes and issues of systemic educational reform and assists schools, districts and educational organizations in the areas of strategic planning, visioning, restructuring and organizational development. A teacher herself for twenty-two years, her background includes elementary, secondary and special education.

Joanne is also the Vice-President of Communities for Learning and as such is involved in projects designed to help organizations and individuals explore, develop and deepen their capacity and readiness to participate in or support professional learning communities.

She is a published curriculum designer, has co-authored an article, “Using Curriculum and Gap Analysis Maps to Assess What Teachers Do” and her recently completed book with Giselle Martin-Kniep entitled Supporting Mathematical Learning: Effective Instruction, Assessment and Student Activities, K-5, published by Jossey-Bass will be available in October.