I have been with the Wichita School District since 2000. I have taught both fourth and fifth grade. I joined the Instructional Technology Department during the summer of 2006 to be the Technology Rich Classrooms facilitator for Irving and Pleasant Valley Elementary schools. In this position, I work along side the principals and teachers to provide them with training and support for technology integration. I am currently facilitating Pleasant Valley in their second year of the grant as well as fulfilling my responsibilities within the department.

I recieved my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction through Wichita State University in May of 2007. I have had the opportunity to be trained by Intel as a Master Teacher for both the Essentials Course and the web-based program Thinking Tools. I am also a certified LoTi mentor as of summer 2007.

Some areas I specialize in are:

• Project Based lesson plan
• Blogging
• LoTi
• Teacher Pages
• Intel Thinking Tools
• SMART Boards and Airliners

I can be contacted at jgridley@usd259.net or 973-4501.