Kathleen A. Torregrossa
Secretary
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Educational Issues Chairperson
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Kathy was a First Grade teacher at Hope Highlands Elementary School, but after 32 years teaching she assumed the role of Coordinator for Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development. She has had AFT ER&D training in Beginning Reading, Thinking Math I & II, Making Classroom Data Work For You, and Foundations I. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees at Rhode Island College and her C.A.G.S. from JWU. She lives in Cranston.
Kathleen Torregrossa
1331 Hope Road
Hope, Rhode Island 02831
kat97teach@aol.com
Education:
2014, C.A.G.S. Johnson & Wales University
1981, BS Elementary and Special Education, Rhode Island College
1983, M.Ed. Special Education, Rhode Island College
20 credits at various universities in the areas of beginning reading, mathematics, and technology (URI, University of Oregon, Canter Associates)
National Board Certified Teacher, Reading: Early/Middle Child: Literacy/Language Arts, November 2007
Teaching Experience:
Cranston Public Schools:
Coordinator for Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development (2014 to present)
First Grade Teacher (1998 - 2014)
District Reading Trainer for I-READ Program (All K – 3 teachers)
Special Education Teacher (1988 -1998)
URI/Rhode Island Federation of Teachers Adjunct Professor (2001-2010)
Teach Graduate Level Course – Beginning Reading Instruction
Trudeau Center - Special Education Teacher (1983-1988)
Union Experience:
Cranston Teachers’ Alliance Recording Secretary, (9/2010 to present)
Cranston Teachers’ Alliance (CTA) Executive Board (1992 – Present)
CTA Affiliations Chair, (1998 – Present)
CTA Educational Issues Chair, (6/2007 to Present)
CTA Educational Issues Co-Chair, (2001 – 6/2007)
CTA, Local Site Coordinator for E.R.&D. Professional Development Program (2007-2012)
Providence Central Federated Labor Council Executive Board/Trustee (January 2005 – Present)
CTA Delegate to Providence Central Federated Labor Council (1998 – Present)
AFT Educational Research and Development Trainer for:
Data: Making Classroom Assessment Work For You - for CTA and RIFTHP (7/2010-)
Beginning Reading Instruction for CTA, RIFTHP/URI (2004 to present)
Foundations I for CTA (2003 – Present)
Thinking Math II for CTA (1998 – Present)
Thinking Math I for CTA, RIFTHP (1997 – Present) Early Reading Intervention for CTA and RIFTHP (1994 – Present)
CTA/District Mentor to New Teachers
CTA Representative on various committees:
Innovation Grant – Teacher Evaluation Design Team (2010 – Present)
CPS Data Review Team (2010- Present)
Cranston’s Race To The Top Committee (2010)
RIFTHP QuEST Committee (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Political Action Committee (1996 - present)
Cranston’s 504 Committee (1993 – present)
Cranston’s Model for Training Committee (93 – 95)
Jamboree Committee (1991)
Special Education Parent Advisory Board (1992-1998)
RIFTHP Innovation Evaluation System Trained Peer Evaluator (2012)
CTA Building Delegate, Woodridge, (1991-1992)
CTA Representative to AFT National Bi-Annual Convention (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
RIFTHP Rallies at the Statehouse, Providence City Hall, Cranston City Hall
CTA Speaker on various issues at the Statehouse, RIDE, School Committee, City Council
AFT Rallies in Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Washington, D.C.
Professional American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Organizations: Cranston Teachers’ Alliance (CTA)
International Reading Association (IRA)
President, Rhode Island State Council of the International Reading Association (2008-present)
New England Reading Association (NERA)
National Council of the Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Association for the Supervision of Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Hope Highlands Elementary School - School Improvement Team (2002-Present)
Hope Highlands Elementary School – TST/RTI Team (2008-Present))
National Board Certified Teacher Mentor (2009–Present)
Professional Book Clubs (2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009)