Kay
Burke’s educational experience includes teaching Language
Arts and serving as the Department Chairperson at Redan High
School in DeKalb County in the 1980’s as well as serving
as assistant principal for instruction at Tucker High School.
She was DeKalb County’s Teacher of the Year in 1984
as well as a semi-finalist for Georgia Teacher of the Year.
Kay also served as the Director of a Field-Based Master’s
Degree Program at Saint Xavier University in Illinois and
as Senior Vice President of SkyLight Professional Development
in the Chicago area. Several of her books are used in undergraduate
and graduate education programs. For the past 14 years, Kay
has facilitated professional development workshops throughout
the United States, Canada, and Australia, delivered keynote
addresses, and presented at national conferences such as ASCD,
NSCD, NASSP, and NMSA. Kay has recently moved back to Georgia
and is working with several school systems to align their
assessments to the new Georgia Performance Standards.
Dr. Burke has written books and developed training programs
in the areas of classroom management, performance assessment,
mentoring, and student, teacher and administrator portfolios.
Her best selling books include How to Assess Authentic Learning,
3rd, ed.; What to do with the kid who: Developing Cooperation,
Self-Discipline and Responsibility in the Classroom, 2nd ed.;
Designing Professional Portfolios for Change; The Portfolio
Connection: Student Work Linked to Standards, 2nd. ed.; Mentoring
Guidebook Level I: Starting the Journey; and Mentoring Guidebook
Level II: Exploring Teaching Strategies, all published by
LessonLab, a Pearson Education Company. She has also written
Performance Assessment: Evidence of Learning published by
Robin Fogarty and Associates and Examining Student Work: Rubrics
Linked to Standards currently in press with Corwin Press,
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