Gregg Humphrey

Gregg is very familiar with the schools and teachers of Addison County due to his work of over thirty years in this area. He is a graduate of Middlebury College (’70) and spent eighteen years at Mary Hogan Elementary School in Middlebury. He was a classroom teacher, an assistant principal, science curriculum coordinator, and Title I director during his time at Mary Hogan and Addison Central Supervisory Union. Along with Bob Prigo, Middlebury College Physicist, and colleagues from around Vermont and the Northeast, Gregg co-directed three large National Science Foundation grants aimed at reforming elementary science. In this capacity he worked with teams of teachers and administrators locally, regionally, and nationally to supportan inquiry approach to science and the professional development needed to sustain teaching improvement. He has produced a series of videotapes, and co-authored a book which will be available soon through Corwin Press and Learning Innovations/WestEd. His current area of research is in the area of formative assessment as a driving force behind both student and teacher development.

Gregg and his wife, Susan (Middlebury College ’74), reside in a house they built in 1979 on the side of Snake Mountain in Weybridge. They have two sons, Andy, who graduated from Montana State University Bozeman, and Dan, who will be a senior at Willamette University in Fall 2002. Both are avid snowboarders. Gregg has a passion for golf, bluegrass music, and cooking! His music group is known as Snake Mountain Bluegrass and has been playing locally for many years. He likes to practice in Twilight Hall because of the high ceilings and the resonance of the classrooms. He can be found at the college golf course most weekends and at the Farmer’s Market perusing the local produce for his cooking adventures. He used to like winter and the snow but now he grumbles about it.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Director of Elementary Education, Middlebury College, Fall 2000 to Present
• Director, Vermont Title II Eisenhower Professional Development Program for Higher Education and Nonprofit Organizations. Responsible for formulating requests for proposals, evaluating proposals, awarding and managing funds, and state evaluation. July 1997 to present.
• Co-Director/Senior Advisor, NSF-funded project to produce professional development materials: Inquiry, Teaching and Assessment Intertwined. The project aims to strengthen science inquiry, assessment and teaching by developing and disseminating professional development materials for ongoing student assessment. The project is based on the National Science Education Standards. A book, a series of videotapes, a web site, and related professional development guides are in draft. Begun Spring 1998, Project is for three and a half years, 1.2 million dollars. (See http://www.inquiryassessment.com) 
• Co-Director, Continuous Assessment in Science Project (CASP) and Vermont Elementary Science Project (VESP). Both projects, funded by the National Science Foundation, are affiliated with the National Center for Improving Science Education, Washington, D.C., The NETWORK, Inc., Andover, MA, and the Institute for Program Development, Trinity College of Vermont, Burlington, VT. VESP: Responsible for designing and implementing a five-year project to transform elementary and middle level school science in the Champlain Valley region of Vermont. April 1990 to April 1995, $975,000. CASP: Responsible for designing and implementing a 3-year pilot project in assessment of inquiry-based, elementary and middle level science. May 1995 to April 1998, $660,000.
• Instructor, Middlebury College Teacher Education Program: Elementary School Science and Mathematics Methods Courses. Also involves placement and supervision of student field placements. September 1997 to Spring 2000.
• Trinity College of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Science Methods Course for pre-service teachers and Lab course for field placements. Graduate Courses for inservice teachers. Responsible for designing and implementing an innovative program in which college juniors are placed in the classrooms of VESP and CASP teachers. Preservice Courses: Spring 1992 and Spring 1993. Graduate Courses: Summer 1992 to 2000
• University of Vermont, Adjunct Faculty, Continuing Education. Numerous courses 1986 to Present.
• Science, Math & Technology Educational consultant
• Vermont Institute for Science, Mathematics & Technology (VISMT). Provided technical assistance to the professional development staff to plan and carry out summer institutes, professional conferences and meetings, and school site development and support. Fall 1992 to Present.
• The Science & Professional Development Center of the Institute for Program Development, Trinity College & Learning Innovations/WestEd. Contracted work with schools for professional development of elementary school science, math and technology. Winter 1996 to Summer 2000.
• The Evaluation Center of the Institute for Program Development, Trinity College of Vermont. Member of the National Evaluation Team hired by National Gardening Association’s Growing Science Inquiry Project. September 1995 to June 1998.
• State Science Liaison, Vermont’s New American Schools Project. Responsible for coordinating the science action plans and development at the fourteen Vermont sites of the project awarded to the National Alliance for Restructuring Education and the New Standards Project.  September 1993 to June 1995.
• Science Coordinator, K-12, Addison Central Supervisory Union, Middlebury, Vermont. September 1987 to June 1990.
• CHAPTER I COORDINATOR, Addison Central Supervisory Union, Middlebury, Vermont. September 1988 to June 1990
• Assistant Principal, Middlebury Elementary School, Middlebury, Vermont. September 1977 to June 1987. 
• Acting Principal, 1985.
• Elementary Teacher, Middlebury Elementary School, Middlebury, Vermont. September 1971 to June 1976, and 1987-88.
• Elementary Teacher, Putney Central School, Putney, Vermont. 1971.
• United States Peace Corps, Hawaii/Philippines. 1970-1971.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Member of facilitation team for national training of Inquiry, Assessment & Teaching Intertwined. Learning Innovations/WestEd. January 2000 and January 2001, Burlington, Vermont.
• Co-Instructor of Ecology of the Vermont Landscape and the Physics of Light & Heat for teachers in the Middlebury area schools. Held at Middlebury College. University of Vermont. August 2000 and outreach through May 2001.
• Workshop presentations at Statewide Conference, "Pathways to Standards-Based Science," Assessment, Inquiry, & Teaching Intertwined. Burlington, VT December 1999.
• Invited talk with Bob Prigo, American Physical Society, Northeast Section Regional Conference, Physics for K-6 Educators, Colby College, November 1999.
• Workshop presentations, Center for Urban Science Education Reform, Institute on Classroom-Based Assessment, "Strategies and Tools of Formative Classroom Assessment,"Newton, MA June 1999.
• Workshop presentations, Eisenhower Regional Consortia New England Conference, Boston, MA, June 1999.
• Co-Instructor of Astronomy and Science Education course for teachers in the Middlebury area schools. Held at Middlebury College. University of Vermont. August 1999 & outreach through May 2000.
• Advisor to Science K-6: Investigating Classrooms, a series of video programs designed for teacher professional development by WGBH Boston. Participated on the video panel of science educators discussing the practices of effective elementary science teachers. Worked behind the set advising the producer during the shoots. Fall 1998
• Member of the Advisory Pre-production Team, WGBH produced television series: ZOOM! Fall/Winter 1997/98
• Workshop at Vermont NEA statewide convention: State and National Science Standards: Going Beyond the Rhetoric. October 1997.
• One-day workshop and presentation to WGBH Production Staff: What do the National Standards tell us about effective K-12 science? What should we be looking for when we videotape teachers and students? October 1997
• Appointed to the Statewide Steering Committee to develop a Vermont Professional Development Plan equitable for all teachers. May 1997 to present.
• Co-Instructor of Vermont Geology and Science Education courses for teachers in the Middlebury area schools. Held at Middlebury College. University of Vermont. Summer 1997 and 1998 with ongoing follow-up for 1997-98 and 1998-99 school year.
• Co-Instructor of Physics of Motion, a professional development course for teachers in Central Vermont area, East Montpelier Elementary School, University of Vermont. Summer 1996 through December 1996.
• Instructor, Teaching and Learning Physical Science Inquiry, for Swanton Elementary School through Trinity College, 1996-97 school year, and for Weybridge Elementary School, Summer, 1996.
• Classroom Research in Teaching and Learning Physical Science Inquiry, Trinity College, Summer 1995 through Spring 1996 and Summer 1996. For Continuous Assessment in Science Project Participants Years 1 and 2.
• Member of the Vermont Statewide Action Team for the Regional Alliance for Mathematics and Science Education Reform. Winter 1994 to present.
• Member of the Advisory Committee of the Women In Technology Project. January 1994 to June 1996.
• Keynote Speaker: Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children Kindergarten Conference, The Importance of Play As the Starting Point for Inquiry, January, 1995
• Invited Speaker, The School in the Exploratorium’s Summer Institute, San Francisco, July 1995.
• Instructor of a Special Discussion Section on Educational Issues, A Middlebury College grant to infuse educational issues into a Physics 101 course. Spring 1994.
• Instructor for a Summer Institute (Norwich College, Brattleboro Campus) called, "Science For All Students: Diversity and Opportunity," designed for special educators, Chapter I teachers, and K-8 classroom teachers to show how inquiry-based science can be used as a model for celebrating the individual differences and the strengths of all learners. July 1994.
• In charge of organizing and administering the Vermont Institute for Science, Mathematics & Technology's statewide Summer Institute on Integrated Learning for SMT, K-12, Summer 1993 and 1994.
• Appointed to the Board of the Vermont Institute for Science, Math & Technology. Fall 1993.
• Member of the National Center for Improving Science Education's National Cadre for Technical Assistance. 1992 to present.
• Co-Instructor, University of Vermont, EDSS 200 Teaching and Learning Elementary Science in Vermont Schools, Hinesburg, Vermont. Summers 1991-93.
• Co-Instructor, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. EDSS 200 Creative Hands-on Science, Barre, Vermont, Continuing Education. Spring 1990
• Trustee for Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Woodstock, Vermont. 1986-1990.
• Presented a variety of science workshops for elementary/middle level educators in Vermont: at inservice events, parent/teacher meetings, and by model lessons in classrooms. 1986 to present.
• Presentation at National Science Teachers' Association National Convention. Washington, D.C., March 1987; St. Louis, March 1988; Houston, March 1991.
• Designed innovative program for the Middlebury Area Schools for use of Title II and Chapter II funds to enhance K-12 Science development. Chosen as an exemplary program for the state of Vermont. Spring 1990.
• Curriculum Consultant, Bennington/Rutland Supervisory Union. Responsible for helping districts conceptualize and develop science curriculum. Spring/Fall 1989.
• Co-Instructor, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, EDSS 200 Creative Hands-On Science, Middlebury, Vermont, Continuing Education. Summer 1988, Summer 1989
• Study group member NSF Grant "Grow Lab K-8," National Gardening Association, Burlington, Vermont. January, 1989.
• Taught summer inservice course, "Hands-On, Elementary Science," Barre, Vermont schools. July 1989.
• Nominated for a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. March,1988.
• Panel Discussion Presentation at National Science Foundation Conference held at the Breadloaf Campus of Middlebury College as part of the New England Liberal Arts Colleges' Consortium for Excellence in Teacher Education. October, 1988.
• Awarded Sabbatical leave to research Elementary Science Development. 1986-1987 School Year.
• Administrative director of the Mary Hogan School’s Vermont Writing Project Model School Program. 1979-83 school year.
• Director of the Mary Hogan School Right to Read Program. 1976-79 school year.

AFFILIATIONS
Member: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development National Staff Development Council

PUBLICATIONS

• Transforming Teaching and Learning: Weaving Science Inquiry and Continuous Assessment, In draft, Humphrey & Carlson, The Center of Science Education & Professional Development, A division of WestEd, Williston, VT 2001 (In Press Corwin Books)
• Effective Science and Math Learning: What Does It Look Like? Carlson and Humphrey. A booklet for parents and community members sponsored by the Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology. Spring 1998.
• The Importance of Play as the Starting Point for Inquiry. Selected for publication in the Professional Development Design Seminar Book of Readings, Advanced Institute for Inquiry, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, 1996.
• Coffee Cups, Ice Trays and Elephants (Oh, My!) and Inquiry Starters for Inertia: Teachers Laboratory Connect Newsletter. Prigo and Humphrey. May/June 1995.
• "Alternative Frameworks". VT ASCD Newsletter. December l992.
• "Discovery Science: Newton All Around You," Learning 93, October, 1993. Co-Authored with Bob Prigo.
• The Nature of Elementary Science: What Does "IT" Look Like?", Teachers Laboratory Connect Newsletter, September, 1991.
• "Continuous Assessment of Elementary Science" Teachers Laboratory Connect Newsletter, October, 1991.
• Discovery Science," Learning 91, April, 1991. Co-Authored with Bob Prigo and Susan Lewis