Deb Kaeppel

Background

About Deb Kaeppel

K-12 INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, August 2016 - Present Oelwein Community School District, Oelwein, IA Teach F2F and online courses Provide curriculum leadership to ensure vertical and horizontal alignment Led pilot and exploration teams of potential curriculum (social studies and co-led ELA) Facilitate creation of cross-curricular PBL units Promote research-based instructional strategies to best meet the needs of the students Facilitate K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 of Standard-Instruction-Assessment Alignment through PLC Identify targeted reported standards, create proficiency scales and assessments for content areas Facilitated 7-8 Science, 8-9 math, and 6-12 ELA competency creation Facilitated K-12 Social Studies and Science Proficiency Scale Template to bridge Inquiry and SEP standards into content Implement and facilitate Student-Centered Coaching Cycles and Learning Labs/Walkthroughs Guide collection and analysis of student data Support teachers with their professional learning goals Co-Created Project Based Senior Seminar-Online and Face to Face for Oelwein Community Schools Co-Created Project ONE: K-12 approach to PBL education for OCSD ONE Student, ONE Business, ONE Project at a time Create online (Canvas) and F2F curriculum for various K-12 content areas ONLINE CONTENT DEVELOPER, July 2022 - Present Iowa e-Learning Central Online Course Creation for state of Iowa Created 5th Grade unit in Canvas: Democracy, Government and Laws Created 5th Grade unit in Canvas: Right to Vote Created 7th Grade units (four) in Canvas: Workings of the World, History Matters, Influential Countries, and Model Diplomacy ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBER, January 2020 - Present Upper Iowa University, Fayette Campus Instructor for Course: EDU 300-06 Teaching Secondary School Social Science (3 credit course) Created content for Course: EDU 300-06 Teaching Secondary School Social Studies Utilize online LMS, BrightSpace Provide instruction and feedback regarding standard-instruction-assessment alignment in unit design AEA LEARNING ONLINE INSTRUCTOR, February 2014 – Present Heartland AEA, Johnston, IA Created and facilitate a three graduate credit, six week, online course titled, “Authentic Engagement and Assessment” PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS Unit Developer for the Iowa Department of Education’s Iowa e-Learning Central (ILC) grant, 2022 2019 STEM Innovator certified by the Jacobson Institute, University of Iowa 2014 Iowa Social Studies Teacher of the Year through the Iowa Council for the Social Studies (ICSS)