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First Name

Cara

Last Name

Montrois

User Name

cara_montrois

What kind of K12Leader are you?

Educator, staff, or administrator

Current school or organization

Wheatland-Chili CSD

LinkedIn (or other social network profile)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cara-montrois/

Professional Background

Work History

1998 – present High School Social Studies Teacher 9-12

Work History

2015 – present Teacher Center Director; .4 FTE professional learning support K-12

Publications and Projects

Publication

2013 NYS School Counselor’s Association annual conference “Personal PD for the Time-Crunched Counselor”

Publication

2018 Bowman Symposium at Roberts Wesleyan College “Creating a Personal Learning Network” and “Low, middle, and high tech classroom engagement strategies”

Publication

2019 – Genesee Valley ASCD Curriculum Award Recipient

Areas of Expertise and Interest

Experience

Curriculum and Instruction, Education Technology, Instructional Coaching

Areas of Interest and Development

Equity and Inclusion, Student Behavior

What would you like to offer this community?

Collaboration on a Project, Leadership Development/Mentoring, Participationin Cohorts and Working Groups

About Me

Began my journey into professional learning in 2013, providing workshops to colleagues about ed tech tools that helped me streamline my teaching and engage my students.

Today, I am the Teacher Center Director for my district. The Teacher Center is a NYS Grant-funded position that is designed to support teaching and learning “for teachers, by teachers.” Additionally, I am a high school social studies teacher. While I have taught many types of history, my favorite is Modern World History, which I have been teaching since 2000, with only a few breaks.

I am on the Board of Directors for our regional Genesee Valley ASCD. I am the 2019 recipient of their Curriculum Award for my work in guiding the digital conversion at my district.