LAURIE E. CENTER

EXPERIENCE  

Director of Studies
Moses Brown School

Providence, RI
09/01 to Present

Manage the academic program.  Coordinate course scheduling, faculty and curricular evaluation, parent-teacher conferences, academic advising, and the tutorial support system.  Assist with hiring process.  Clerk school’s curriculum committee. Serve on the Academic Deans’ Council.
 

Director of Academic Technology
Moses Brown School

09/83 to 08/01

Direct the N-12 instructional program and administrative applications with computers, software, the campus network, communication systems, and other educational technology.  Responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating the school's use of technology. 

 

Establish curricular goals and objectives.  Evaluate and select instructional and application software.  Maintain school Intranet.  Provide technology training for teaching and administrative staff.  Clerk the Technology Advisory Committee.  Supervise network engineer.

 

Clerk Vertical Curriculum Committee

07/99 to Present

Direct faculty review of school’s academic program. Document scope and sequence of school’s curriculum.
 
Teacher / Computer Specialist
Suffield Academy

Suffield, CT.
09/79-06/82

Taught courses in high school mathematics, BASIC programming, and computer literacy.  Supervised student and faculty use of computers.  Selected hardware for newly created computer facility.

 

EDUCATION  
University of Rhode Island & Rhode Island College  
PhD. in Education

Kingston, RI

Dissertation : “Issues of gender and peer collaboration in a problem-solving computer activity.”
 
Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Ed.M. with Emphasis on Computer Education and Statistical Research
 
1983
 
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
A.B. with Distinction in Mathematics and Social Sciences (Psychology).

 

1979

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  
ATTLaS Brown University’s Institute on Elementary and Secondary Education

1997-2000

Mentor for Advanced Technology for Teachers, Learning, and Schools’ project. This cultural

heritage archive presents curricular programs on cultural differences across the disciplines.
 

New England Association of Independent School Librarians Conference

1997

Participated in panel discussion on models for "Partnerships that Work" between technology and library sciences in school communities.
 
Association of Independent Schools in New England

1996

Presented workshop at New England Teachers' Day for the Secondary School Program on "Teachers Work Outside the Classroom: The Girls Interdisciplinary Project."
 
National Association of Independent Schools Conference

1996

Presented session on Program Equity and Justice: "Meeting Girls' Needs: One Program that Works."