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October 04, 2004

Welcome Our New Team Members

Related to the recent post regarding our new Teacher Training and Professional Developement Program, I want to introduce the newest members of the ExploreLearning Team.

Eve Solomon, Education Specialist
Eve taught at the elementary, middle and high school levels with a focus on developing programs for at-risk youth. She holds a Masters Degree in Administration and Supervision from the University of Virginia and a BA from Emory & Henry College. Prior to joining the private sector, Eve Solomon served as a program coordinator for Project YES (Youth Experiencing Success) and director of Project RETURN, a distance-learning consortium comprised of 23 school districts throughout the state of Virginia. Prior to joining the team at ExploreLearning, she designed and implemented the professional development program at Boxer Learning, Inc and provided training nationwide for use of the BoxerMath product.

Thom O'Brien, Director of Professional Development
Thom taught elementary and middle school with the Cherry Creek School District in Colorado for 12 years. During his tenure with Cherry Creek he was on the cadre of Educators who opened Thunder Ridge Middle School, was the head of the Thunder Ridge Middle School Mathematics department for 5 years, and on the board of Directors for the Colorado Association of Middle Level Educators. Thom was a two time runner up for Colorado Teacher of the Year and a distinguished educator at Thunder Ridge. He holds a Masters Degree in Instructional Mathematics from the University of Phoenix and a BS in Elementary Education from Metropolitan State College in Denver. For the past three years Thom was national Professional Development Manager for Curriculum Advantage.

Welcome aboard, Eve and Thom.

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