Resources to Support
BRidging for Math Strength

This exciting project partnership with George Mason University and the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is to offer strength-based formative assessment and bridging activities to support instruction for K-8 students. We wanted to tap into the geniuses in our school districts in Virginia and invited these amazing teacher designers to codesign these modules. They spent their summer designing these bridging activities and refined the modules by piloting them in their classrooms. We have strength in numbers as teacher designers supporting strength-based instruction for our students!

Thank you,

Dr. Jennifer Suh & Dr. Theresa Wills, Project Directors for Bridging for Mathematics

Our Amazing Teacher Designers & Project Team

Kindergarten Teacher Designers

Elyse Lerman

Denice Arroyo

Dhanel Brown


First Grade Teacher Designers

Kim Campuzano

Jessica Callison


Second Grade Teacher Designers

Johanna Ortiz

Michele Thompson

Jennifer Coleman


Third Grade Teacher Designers

Hadley Christi

Chelsea Queen

Stacey Rodgers


Fourth Grade Teacher Designers

Kelly Halpin

Cindy Baird

Kasey Warren


Fifth Grade Teacher Designers

Kristen Salmeto

Stephanie Kessinger

Andre Sparks


Sixth Grade Teacher Designers

Kristina Nicolais

Tracey Dixon

Rachel Freid


Seventh Grade Teacher Designers

Melanie Savage

Tisha Jones

Brandon Smith


Eighth Grade Teacher Designers

Kryshelle Cothran

Tara Piper

Sarah Greenberg

Summer School Pilot Teachers

Cindy Lindsay

Nialah Matute

Natalie Specioso

Charina Johnson-Webb

Angela Speights

Megan Smith

Susan Miles

David Okesanya


George Mason University Project Directors & Leaders

Dr. Jennifer Suh

Project Director of Bridging for Math Strength

Professor of Math Education at GMU

Jsuh4@gmu.edu

Dr. Theresa Wills

Project Director of Bridging for Math Strength

Assistant Professor of Math Education at GMU

twills@gmu.edu

Dr. Alayna Wearly

GMU Team

Sara Kirshner

GMU Team

Kate Roscioli

GMU Team

Maureen Vora

GMU Team

Virginia Department of Education Project Partners

Tina Mazzacane

Tina.Mazzacane@doe.virginia.gov

K-12 Mathematics Coordinator

Virginia Department of Education

Debbie Delozier

debra.delozier@doe.virginia.gov


Mathematics Specialist (K-5)

Office of STEM and Innovation

Kristin Williams

kristin.williams@doe.virginia.gov

Mathematics and Special Education Specialist

Virginia Department of Education

KIndergarten

Teacher Designers

Elyse Lerman

Denice Arroyo

Dhanel Brown

First Grade

Teacher Designers

Kim Campuzano

Jessica Callison

Second Grade

Teacher Designers

Michele Thompson

Jennifer Coleman

Johanna Ortiz

Third Grade

Teacher Designers

Chelsea Queen

Stacey Rodgers

Hadley Christi

Fourth Grade

Teacher Designers

Kelly Halpin

Cindy Baird

Kasey Warren


Fifth Grade

Teacher Designers

Stephanie Kessinger

Andre Sparks

Kristen Salmeto

Sixth Grade

Teacher Designers

Kristina Nicolais

Tracey Dixon

Rachel Freid

Seventh Grade

Teacher Designers

Melanie Savage

Tisha Jones

Brandon Smith

Eighth Grade

Teacher Designers

Kryshelle Cothran

Tara Piper

Sarah Greenberg

Summer School

Teacher Implementers

Cindy Lindsay

Nialah Matute

Natalie Specioso

Summer School

Teacher Implementers

Charina Johnson-Webb

Megan Smith

Angela Speights

Summer School

Teacher Implementers

Susan Miles

David Okesanya