Who Are We?
Who Are We?
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We are a Research Practice Partnership between UMass Amherst's Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences and College of Education, Springfield Public Schools, and SageFox Consulting Group.
Together, we share the common goal of bringing computer science to all the K-5 students in the Springfield Public Schools system in compliance with the new Massachusetts Digital Learning and Computer Science (MA DLCS) standard.
Leadership Team (2023-2024)
- W. Richards Adrion, PI adrion@umass.edu
- Michelle Balch, Chief Instructional Officer, Interim Superintendent, SPS Lead balchm@springfieldpublicschools.com
- Shannon Collins, SPS Chief Schools Officer ZONE 2 collinssh@springfieldpublicschools.com
- Keisha Green, UMass CEd, CoPI klgreen@umass.edu
- Rachel Miller, SPS Supervisor DLCS millerr@springfieldpublicschools.com
- Darcia Milner, SPS Chief Schools Officer ZONE 1 MilnerD@springfieldpublicschools.com
- Robert St. Lawrence, Chief of Information Management st.lawrencer@springfieldpublicschools.com
- Brendan Sheran, RPP Manager, bdsheran@umass.edu
- Deanna Suomala, SPS Sr Administrator of Performance and Evaluation suomalad@springfieldpublicschools.com
- Rebecca Woodland, coPI, woodland@umass.edu
Research Team
- W. Richards Adrion, PI adrion@umass.edu
- Keisha Green, coPI klgreen@umass.edu
- Brendan Sheran, RPP Manager, bdsheran@umass.edu
- Sneha Veeragoudar, coPI om.sneha@gmail.com
- Rebecca Woodland, coPI, woodland@umass.edu
- RAs: Emrah Pektas, Injila Rasul, Chenyang Xu
SPS Teacher Coordinators
- Katie Bevan, Lead Coordinator bevank@springfieldpublicschools.com
- Danalyn Haynes, Curriculum Coordinator haynesd@springfieldpublicschools.com
- Laura Rita, Zone 1 & K, 1st & 4th Coordinator rital@springfieldpublicschools.com
- Scott Wohlers, Zone 2 & 2nd, 3rd & 5th Coordinator wohlerss@springfieldpublicschools.com
- Melissa Zeitz, Technology & Curriculum Coordinator zeItzm@springfieldpublicschools.com
SageFox
- Shannon Lei, Evaluator slei@sagefoxgroup.com
- Stacey Sexton, Lead Evaluator ssexton@sagefoxgroup.com
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