Over 4,000 people applied for the 200 spots available on the 2014 Dream Team, making it harder to get onto the Dream Team than get into any Ivy League school! Selected for their content knowledge, grit and humility, these impressive math and English Language Arts (ELA) teachers represent the best of district, charter and independent schools in 42 states and three countries (U.S., Singapore and Tunisia). Together, the 2014 Dream Team has more than 2,300 years of teaching experience, ranging from two to 42 years in the classroom.
The Dream Team will convene in New Orleans for TeachFest, a unique professional development event from June 4-7, where they will kick-off a rigorous summer-long collaboration to create high-quality formative assessment tools and resources that will support teachers implementing the Common Core across the United States. Following TeachFest, Dream Team members will return to their respective districts and continue to work in facilitated online professional learning communities (PLCs).
As the 77 returning Dream Team members will attest, being on the Dream Team is “the best professional development of my career.” However, being on the Dream Team is about more than world-class PD and creating great content — it’s about being a member of a vibrant and enthusiastic community of educators who are eager to help others and hopeful about the future.
2014 Dream Team Members
Dream Team Member | State | School District / Charter |
Heidi King | AK | Little Rock School District |
Victoria Whitfield | AL | Autauga County School System |
Amy Ordonez | AZ | Kyrene School Distrcit |
Ben Metcalf | AZ | Washington Elementary School District |
Cheryl Martin | AZ | Dysart Unified School District |
Deanna Jergenson | AZ | Deer Valley Unified School District |
Jessica Finley | AZ | Wilson School District No. 7 |
Jill Patruno | AZ | Paradise Valley Unified School District #69 |
Cheryl Shay | CA | Berryessa Union School District |
Debbie Neighbors | CA | Berryessa Union School District |
Debi Bober | CA | Long Beach Unified School District |
Helen A. Papadopoulos | CA | Walnut Valley Unified School District |
Jaime Bonato | CA | San Juan Unified School District |
Kim Bobadilla | CA | Davis Joint Unified School District |
Kristen Miller | CA | Natomas Unified School District |
Laureen-Nadirah Nayo | CA | Pasadena Unified School District |
Lisa Stone | CA | Santa Clara County Office of Education |
Marcello Sgambelluri | CA | Santa Clara Unified School District |
Miriam Hannig | CA | Union Elementary School District |
Nikole Gaines Reina-Guerra | CA | Davis Joint Unified School District |
Rebecca Scarfone | CA | Temecula Valley Unified School District |
Ryan Keeley | CA | Berkeley Unified School District |
George Christopher Moore (Chris) | CO | Littleton Public Schools |
Katherine Christie | CO | Littleton Public Schools |
Kristi Steele | CO | Littleton Public Schools |
Ruth A. Melendez | CO | Academy District Twenty |
Wendy Turner | CO | Denver Public Schools |
Colleen Haberern | CT | Watertown Public Schools |
Jacqueline Kremer | CT | Ledyard, CT (JWL) & IDCS is its own district |
Jameson Parker | CT | Danbury Public Schools |
Lorrie Quirk | CT | New Haven Public Schools |
Rachel Saunders | CT | Danbury Public Schools |
Tiffany Dietelbaum | CT | Naugatuck Public School District |
Tracy Yanouzas | CT | Monroe Public Schools |
Becky Nolin | DC | E.L. Haynes Public Charter School |
Jacqueline Christy | DC | Washington, DC |
John F. Mahoney | DC | District of Columbia Public Schools |
Lauren Jarrell | DC | District of Columbia Public Schools |
Lisa Apple | DC | E.L. Haynes Public Charter School |
Marija Crosson | DC | District of Columbia Public Schools |
Michael Gueltig | DC | District of Columbia Public Schools |
Valerie Krauser | DC | DC Prep |
Caitlin Salmon | DE | Reach Academy for Girls Charter School |
Christina Hanna | DE | Christina School District |
Erica Matlock | DE | Worcester County Public Schools |
Karen Warner | DE | Cape Henlopen School District |
Kate Bowski | DE | Cape Henlopen School District |
Kate Libby | DE | Woodbridge Elementary School |
Margaret Brady | DE | Red Clay School District |
Michelle Morton | DE | Red Clay Consolidated School District |
Shani Benson | DE | Capital School District |
Shannon Lapinsky | DE | Caesar Rodney School District |
Jeremy Thompson | FL | Sarasota County Public Schools |
Olga Westergaard | FL | Hillsborough County Public Schools |
Ahmed Najm | GA | St. Martin’s Episcopal School |
Amy Stanley | GA | Whitfield County Schools |
Brenda Reagan | GA | Retired |
Cathleen A Dees | GA | Clayton County Public Schools |
Christine S Collins | GA | Edinburg Academy |
EJ Sharif | GA | Richmond County Public Schools |
Katherine Learnard | GA | DeKalb County |
Lexie April Mobley | GA | Fayette County Board of Education Fayetteville, GA |
Linda S. Smith | GA | Atlanta Public Schools |
Linda Trawick | GA | Cobb County School District |
Lisa Ashmeade | GA | Cobb County Schools |
Lorenzo Dale Robinson | GA | Fulton County Schools |
Mariaum Brunner | GA | Lumpkin County Public Schools |
Melissa Huneycutt | GA | Gwinnett County Public Schools |
Meredith Fletcher | GA | Houston County Schools |
Michelle Blackwell | GA | Odyssey |
Robin Valentine | GA | Gwinnett County Public Schools |
Heather Dawn Harmon | ID | SD #271 Coeur d’Alene School District |
Stacie Knight | ID | Meridian Joint School District #2 |
Alison Childers | IL | Carmi-White County CUSD 5 |
Andrew Parece | IL | Chicago Public Schools |
Gabrielle Testerman | IL | Oak Park River Forest High School District/District 200 |
Jenni Iwanski | IL | Saint Charles Community Unit School District 303 |
Jennifer Rising | IL | Science & Arts Academy, Des Plains |
Jessica Pilgreen | IL | Wesclin Community Unit District #3 |
Kathy Ogean | IL | Oak Lawn Hometown School District 123 |
Kim Stancl | IL | Illinois School District U-46 |
Kyle Harlow | IL | Herrin Community Unit School District No. 4 |
Terry Vaughn Jr. | IL | Germantown Hills School District 69 |
Bradley Mitchell | IN | Archdiocese of Indianapolis |
Cory Howard | IN | Maconaquah School Corporation |
Kristi Harris | IN | Wawasee Community Schools |
Natalie Hines | IN | Indianapolis Public Schools |
Ronald Shaffer | IN | Maconaquah School Corporation |
Sarah Smith | IN | Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation |
Holly Milam-Bush | KY | Warren County Public Schools |
Kelly Boles | KY | Floyd County Schools |
Kimberly Johnson | KY | Jefferson County Public Schools |
Leslie Lloyd | KY | Bullitt County Public Schools |
Katy Patterson | LA | Orleans Parish School Board |
Laci Maniscalco | LA | Lafayette Parish School System |
Stephanie Renoda Gullage | LA | St. Charles Parish Public Schools |
Andrew Vickstrom | MA | Wachusett Regional School District |
Barbara Delaney | MA | Bellingham Public Schools |
Dorrian Galvin | MA | Oakland Unified School District |
Jil Blake | MA | Hartford |
Alison Giska | MD | Worcester County Public Schools |
Analin Adriano | MD | Mary Mcleod Bethune Day Public Charter School |
Ashleigh Swiontek | MD | National Board Certified//Graduate School |
Jennifer Reynolds | MD | Frederick County Public Schools |
Julia Hill | MD | Worcester County Public Schools |
Meghan Hearn | MD | Howard County Public Schools |
Nick Pyzik | MD | Frederick County Public Schools |
Rafael Velez | MD | District of Columbia Public Schools |
Shanna Williams-Carr | MD | District of Columbia Public Schools |
Rebecca Schouvieller | ME | Falmouth Public Schools |
Anita Vecziedins | MI | Grand Rapids Public Schools |
Abby Kahara | MN | Barnum Publich Schools |
Carol DeFreese | MO | Ft. Zumwalt School District |
Carolyn Sue Nixon | MO | Willard R-II School District |
Amanda Gosek | NC | Johnston County Schools |
Amy Barsanti | NC | Washington County Public Schools |
Amy Phillips | NC | Chatham County Schools |
Anna Gustaveson | NC | Orange County Public Schools |
Carol Sholette-Gillespie | NC | Cumberland County Schools |
Dana Marie Stachowiak | NC | Guilford County Schools |
Daylen Moore | NC | Onslow County Schools |
Kimberly Shelor | NC | New Hanover County School |
Michelle Barnhill | NC | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction |
Rachel Sanchez | NC | Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools |
William Jarrett | NC | Guilford County |
Lisa Vojacek | ND | Grand Forks Public Schools |
Shana Lindeman | ND | Grand Forks Public Schools |
Elisabeth Chestnutt | NH | Amherst School District |
Steve Lebel | NH | Derry Cooperative School District |
Tim Putnam | NH | SAU 41 – Brookline Public Schools |
Dianne Leoni | NJ | Hillsborough Township Public Schools |
Elizabeth Stupar | NJ | Point Pleasant Borough School District |
Mary Jane Custy | NJ | Flemington Raritan Schools |
Rebecca Alvarado-Alcantar | NM | Las Cruces Public Schools |
Chris Hayes | NV | Washoe County School District |
Jodi Westmont | NV | Washoe County School District |
Richard Villanueva | NV | Clark County School District |
Alice Lombardo | NY | Rochester City School District |
Caitlyn Calabrese | NY | New Visions for Public Schools |
Daniel Steinberg | NY | Harlem Link Charter School |
Dennis Pawlikowski | NY | Oswego City School District |
Jacqueline Wagner | NY | District 15 |
Jeanette Simpson | NY | Penn Yan Central School |
Jesse Goodglass | NY | Syracuse City School District |
Juaneika Agyeman | NY | Lansingburgh Central School District |
Julie Bocciolatt | NY | LaFargeville Central School |
Lauren McIntyre | NY | Great Neck Public School District |
Leslie Hefez | NY | New York City Public Schools District 15 |
Luciano D’Orazio | NY | New York City Department of Education |
Mark Anderson | NY | Bronx District 10 |
Sarah Merchlewitz | NY | Manhattan District 3, Childrens First Network 408 |
Sarah Peterson | NY | New York City Public Schools |
Staci Intriligator | NY | Various |
Tammy Plucknette | NY | Elba Central School District |
Wendy Sachel | NY | Phoenix Central School District |
Samantha Fales | OH | Nordonia Hills City School District |
Sarah Cummings | OH | Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools |
Sierra Cooley | OH | Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow |
Susan Nolan | OH | Coshocton City Schools |
Michelle Collum | OK | Tulsa Public Schools |
Stephanie Eggen | OK | Oklahoma City Public Schools |
Elizabeth Tautalamoto Ellis | OR | Portland Public School District |
Erin Maass | OR | North Clackamas School District #12 |
Jaimee Massie | OR | Eugene District 4J |
Lisa Nichols | OR | Salem Keizer School District |
Elizabeth Kim | PA | School District of Philadelphia |
Ellen Hartman | PA | Commonwealth Connections Academy |
Emily Edmonds | PA | Charter School Network |
Leah R Weimerskirch | PA | New York City Department of Education |
Megan Maples | PA | KIPP: Philadelphia Schools |
Michael Cote | PA | Commonwealth Connections Academy |
Rebecca Ritenour | PA | Uniontown Area |
Stephanie Clarke | PA | Commonwealth Connections Academy |
Sue Choi | PA | Spring-Ford Area School District |
Stephen Skaggs | RI | North Kingstown School Department |
Ashley Gombar | SC | Dorchester District 2 |
Daniel Stewart Beasley | SC | York District 3 |
Elizabeth Beerbower | SC | Dorchester District 2 Schools |
Melissa Huffman | SC | Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 |
Michelle Greene | SC | Darlington County School District |
Kimberly Clark | SD | Multiple Districts in SD |
Terri McComb | Singapore | Singapore American School |
Christina Foran | TN | Tennessee State Special Schools |
Tifin Calcagni | Tunisia | American Cooperative School of Tunis |
Jennifer Yu | TX | Richardson Independent School District |
Leslie Hirsh Ceballos | TX | Richardson Independent School District |
Jennifer Shirts | UT | Jordan School District |
Lauren Burton | UT | Alpine School District |
Melissa Hesterman | UT | Mountain Heights Academy |
Christine Gault | VA | Prince William County Schools |
Jennifer Newman | VA | Friendship Public Charter Schools |
Lindsay M. Stuart | VA | Alexandria City Public Schools |
Sara Elizabeth Equi | VA | Roanoke City Public Schools |
Michael Signal | WA | Auburn School District #408 |
Sarah Spring | WA | Auburn School District |
Aaron Beiniek | WI | Whitnall School District |
Dr. Michele Schmidt Moore | WV | Loudoun County Public Schools |
Kayleigh Gillespie | WV | Putnam County Schools |
Stephanie L. Runion | WV | Harrison County Schools |
Virginia Guynn | WV | Berkeley County Public Schools |