Vitae

Leslie K. Maniotes

Education

2012 Educational Leadership Program, Ritchie Program for School Leaders, Morgridge College of Education at University of Denver, type D license

2005 PhD, Curriculum and Instruction in the Content Areas, University of Colorado, Boulder

1999 MEd, Reading K-12, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

1997 Lead Teacher Summer Seminar, National Humanities Center, Raleigh, NC

1996 ReadingRecovery training, Certification, Watson School of Education, University of NC, Wilmington

1995 Whole Language in the Classroom, Nelson, New Zealand, w/ George Mason University, VA

1989 BS, Psychology & Elementary Education, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC

minor in French & Semester abroad in Paris

Employment History

2007- present Consultant/Professional Developer/Coach, BLV Consulting

    • Design and facilitate district level professional development on Guided Inquiry

    • Work with teams of teachers K-12 to problem solve an inquiry approach to fit population, school and student needs

    • Facilitate Leadership teams to create an implementation plan for Guided Inquiry

    • Facilitate Guided Inquiry Design Institute

    • Facilitate book study on Guided Inquiry Design

    • Create a Train the Trainers model for lead teachers and librarians

    • Coach Trainers for GID and coaches in district wide roll-out

    • Connect workshops to district goals and outcomes K-12

    • Work with district leadership and department heads

    • Conduct workshop for administrators on systems in schools for inquiry

    • Coach teams implementing Guided Inquiry Design

    • Facilitate Guided Inquiry Learning Labs

2012-2015 Teacher Effectiveness Coach, Denver Public Schools

    • Co-created new system for data informed practices connecting data meetings to collaboration for teaching and learning

    • Coach teacher leaders to facilitate teams and coach other teachers

    • Facilitate Professional Learning Communities

    • Coach teams and individual teachers

    • Increase teachers ability to embed content language objectives into teaching for students of poverty and second language learners and to implement the Common Core with rigor

2011-2012 Ritchie Fellow for School Leaders, Force Elementary School, Denver Public Schools

    • Took on all responsibilities of a school leader

    • discipline/behavior

    • school structures and culture

    • teacher evaluations

    • human resources

    • structures for RtI processes

    • learning environment

    • systems for parent involvement

    • teacher support and professional growth

    • scheduling

    • supported SAL in testing

    • data teams

    • led assessment protocols for calibrating norms and scoring

2010-2011 Teacher Effectiveness Coach, Ford Elementary and College View Elementary, Denver Public Schools

    • Integrated professional development tied to the UIP and district goals

    • Shaped a collaborative culture in schools around adult learning

    • Mentored teacher leaders

    • Coached teachers in literacy and Understanding by Design through Cognitive Coaching and outcome based methods

    • Built capacity in teachers to use data to drive instruction through facilitated data teams and data digs around district assessments

2008-2009 Conference Design, Presenter and Facilitator, Teaching with Primary Sources, Metro State University, Denver CO

    • Co-designed and facilitated conference and individual workshops for teachers to blend inquiry learning using primary sources with specific historical content and local themes (Denver Democratic National Convention and 100 year anniversary of Lincoln)

    • Incorporated a standards based approach to planning and design

    • Delivered keynotes and facilitated break out sessions

2007-2010 Professional Development Coordinator/Consultant, Department of Technology Services , Denver Public Schools

    • Designed, directed and facilitated a series of full day workshops on Information Literacy and Technology where technology teachers, teacher librarians and teachers across the district K-12 built an understanding of inquiry pedagogy.

    • In the second year, connected understanding of inquiry learning to align with new Colorado Academic Standards.

    • Led and facilitated Professional Learning Communities using an inquiry design for PDU credit

    • Built capacity, trained teacher librarians to facilitate their own cross-district PLC’s using wikis as a communication and collaboration tool.

2008-2010 Consultant for Building Early Literacy in Libraries (DOE Grant) Denver Public Schools

  • Facilitated literacy workshops aimed at boosting early childhood literacy achievement in schools of poverty

  • Content focused on foundations of literacy, lesson design, collaboration within the school & goal setting for observational assessments

  • Led group in collaborative problem solving within the Learning Lab environment

2007-2010 Professional Development Facilitator/Consultant, The Council for 21st Century Learning (C21L)

    • Facilitated workshops in Greeley, CO and in the Pikes Peak 2009-2010 region where participants explored the “how of 21st century learning.”

    • Teams created action plans for their schools incorporating Guided Inquiry, technology in use, and assessment for learning

    • Moderated a wiki dedicated to showcasing current practices in 21st century learning, sharing ideas across the state and defining how to innovate for the future of schooling

2000-2004 Lead Graduate Teacher, School of Education , University of Colorado at Boulder

    • Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy and social studies the teacher education program,

    • Led group of graduate teachers in a PLC to improve pedagogy in the courses taught by graduate students in the School of Education

1997-2000 Lead Teacher - Seminar Coordinator, Level Cross Elementary, Randolph Co, NC & The National Humanities Center, Raleigh NC

    • Chosen from a national pool as one out of ten NBCT's across the country for the program

    • Led a two-year seminar to build intellectual growth in teachers

    • Collaborated with the National Humanities Society and professors at UNC in Sociology and Literature

    • Studied multicultural issues and problems in America as related to our lives and teaching in the American South.

1998-1999 Lead Intervention Teacher, Level Cross Elementary, Randolph County Schools, NC

    • Lead remediation teacher of low achieving fourth and fifth grade students in reading and math

    • Assessed student need

    • Designed program

    • Strategically placed students

    • Instructed students daily

    • Showed significant gains in End of Grade test scores

1997-1999 Reading Recovery & Title One intervention teacher, Nine years of service in rural Title One school Level Cross Elementary, Randolph County, NC

1990-1997 Teacher, Seagrove Elementary School, Randolph County, NC

1996-1997 First grade teacher and Reading Recovery teacher, collaboratively planned from state standards

1995-1997 First grade teacher, worked closely with grade level to align instruction to standards-based goals, led staff PD on NC standards

1994-1995 Fifth grade teacher, looped up with my students, Teacher Lead on the site based management team

1992-1993 Fourth grade teacher, worked closely with team to align instruction to standards

1992-1993 Second grade teacher, created an includive environment for a mainstreamed paraplegic student, built community and responsibility with students

1990-1991 Second/third grade combination teacher, taught both standards and differentiated instruction for both grade levels

Publications

Books

2018 Guided Inquiry Design in Action: Elementary School

2016 Guided Inquiry Design in Action: High School, Editor

2015 Guided Inquiry Design in Action: Middle School with LaDawna Harrington and Patrice Lambusta

2015 Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century (2nd ed) Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited,

with co-authors Carol Kuhlthau and Ann Caspari.

2012 Guided Inquiry: A Design Framework for Inquiry inYour School. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited,

with co-authors Carol Kuhlthau and Ann Caspari.

2007 Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited,

with co-authors Carol Kuhlthau and Ann Caspari.

Book Chapters

Guided Inquiry and the Common Core in Inquiry and the Common Core Harada & Coatney (Eds.) (2014) Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Articles

2022 Find Out Where They Are School Library Connection

2021 The Framework for Inquiry: A Story of Success (ACCESS Australia)

2020 Designing Inquiry for Remote Learning

2020 Linking Librarians, Inquiry Learning, and Information Literacy, with Keith Curry Lance Phi Delta Kappan

2019 Assessing Inquiry: Learning in the Library is Learning for Life, Teacher Librarian

2019 (October) Getting to Great Questions for Inquiry and Research, Teacher Librarian.

2018 (June) Building a Culture for Learner Voice and Choice through Inquiry with Katherine Lewis & Shirley Simmons. Teacher Librarian

2017 (April) A Journey of Evolution and Reflection with Anita Cellucci (p 25-29) Teacher Librarian.

2016 (March) Are We There Yet? Creating a unified vision for inquiry learning in your school (p37)) School Library Connection.

2016 (November) with Anita Cellucci Doubling Up: Authentic Vocabulary Development through the Inquiry Process. Teacher Librarian.

2016 (June) Intentional Inquiry: Vision, Persistence ,and Relationships (p8-11) Teacher Librarian.

2016 (May) Three Ways to Differentiate in inquiry (p38-40) School Library Connection. ABC-CLIO.

2016 (January) Getting Started with Guided Inquiry. (p38) School Library Connection. ABC-CLIO.

2014 (November) Making the Shift: From traditional research assignments to guiding inquiry learning. Knowledge Quest.

2013 (November) Demystifying Text Complexity, School Library Media

2010 (August/September). Teaching in the Zone: Formative Assessments for Critical Thinking. Library Media Connections. Linworth Press.

2009 Building Guided Inquiry Teams for 21st Century Learners. School Library Monthly. Libraries Unlimited. (This piece was translated into Dutch for Media Coach magazine, Nov. 2010, NL) with Carol Kuhlthau

2002 Wolf, S. A., & Maniotes, L., (2002). “Silenced by sex: Hard truths & taboos inteaching literature.” The New Advocate, 15, (3).

2001 Maniotes, L.K., (July, 2001). Perceptions of reading for children with comprehension difficulties. Published in the proceedings for the International Association ofSchool Librarianship Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Presentations at National & International Conferences

2022 IASL Learning for Life: Building Lasting Information Literacy Habits for Life USC Columbia, SC

2018 KEYNOTE Guided Inquiry: Why now? (February) California Association for School Libraries

2016 KEYNOTE Intentional Inquiry: Schooling in the Information Age New Jersey School Library Association

2015 Cellucci, A. & Maniotes, L.K., (Nov 2015). Applying Guided Inquiry in the Common Core Curriculum AASL National Conference, Columbus, OH.

2015 Maniotes, L., Harrington, L. & Lambusta, P. (Nov 2015). Guided Inquiry Design in Action: Strategies for Implementation. AASL National Conference, Columbus, OH.

2014 Maniotes, L.K. (July 2014) Guided Inquiry Design: CiSSL Summer Institute, with Carol Kuhlthau, Ann Caspari, Ross Todd, Joyce Valenza. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

2014 Maniotes, L.K. (June, 2014) Designing Learning Experiences: Inquiry with Intentional Digital Tools. INNEDCO, Copper Mountain, CO.

2013 Maniotes, L.K. & Lambusta, P. (April, 2013) Guided Inquiry Design: Providing Powerful Learning Experiences for All Learners. CISSL Symposium. New Brunswick, NJ.

2013 Maniotes, L.K. (March 2013). Inquiry for Educational Leaders. Association for Curriculum, Supervision and Development. Chicago, IL.

2013 Maniotes, L.K. (Jan. 2013). Guided Inquiry in the Asian Context. SLAP Forum for Educators. Tokyo, Japan.

2012 Maniotes, L. K. (June) International Institute on Guided Inquiry Design, CiSSL, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

2010 Maniotes, L.K. (Nov. 2010). Enduring Understandings in Inquiry. American Association of School Libraries Fall Forum. Portland, OR.

2009 Kuhlthau, C. C., Maniotes, L. K., Caspari, A. K. (November, 2009). Using Guided Inquiry to accomplish AASL Standards for 21st Century Learning. American Association of School Librarians National Conference, Charlotte, NC.

2008 Maniotes, L.K., Kuhlthau, C.C., & Caspari, A.K. (2008). Guided Inquiry: Strategies for Collaborating in Instructional Teams. Presented at the New Jersey Association of School Libraries Conference, East Brunswick, NJ.

2008 Maniotes, L.K. (July 2008). Connecting to students’ lives: Learning in the Third Space. Presented at the Whole Language Umbrella Literacies for All, Summer Institute, National Conference of Teachers of English, Tucson, AZ.

2002 Maniotes, L.K. (April, 2002). A Look into first grade: How one teacher translated “what works” from Reading Recovery into principles of classroom practice. Presented at the Pre-Conference Institute, Chair Dr. Gay Ivey, at the International Reading Association National Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2002.

2001 Maniotes, L.K. (July, 2001). Perceptions of reading for children with comprehension difficulties. Presented at the International Association of School Librarianship Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

2000 Maniotes, L.K. (November, 2000). Comprehension difficulties and students’ perceptions of the reading process. Presented at the National Reading Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.

Awards, Honors

2003 Spencer Dissertation Fellowship, Semi-finalist 2003

2000 & 2001 Elizabeth A. Wilson Scholarship, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder

1994-1995 Teacher of the Year, Seagrove Elem., Randolph County, NC

1994-1995 Outstanding Young Educator, Seagrove Elementary, NC

1991-1992 Distinguished Educator, Seagrove Elementary, Randolph County, NC

Certification

2012 Type "D" Administration, Colorado

1999 Reading Specialist K-12

1997 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Early Childhood Generalist

1996 Reading Recovery

1990 Early Childhood Education PreK-Grade 4