Patty Duncan

Background

About Patty Duncan

I have a passion for helping students, teachers and professionals reach their highest potential through education. This passion comes out in all that I do - from writing curriculum for our next generation of young learners and working directly with professional teams to achieve greater business outcomes to coaching teachers to work with diverse student populations. I have a unique expertise that has been built through direct classroom experience, corporate management, and training teachers around the world. Leadership. Genuine collaboration. Clear communication. Creative problem solving. Accountability. These are my strongest attributes that ring true in the classroom and beyond. While education is where I have spent much of my career, I have translated my skills to find success across many industries. From my work in human resources, academic consulting, human services delivery, and software industries, I have a proven track record of inspiring teams to achieve results.My education credentials include- Certified Iowa 7-12 teacher (math, English, psychology, sociology)- Certified Iowa and Nebraska K-12 teacher (talented and gifted)- Licensed Nebraska 6-12 (English, math, psychology)- Experience in classroom and online instruction (prekindergarten through graduate)- Certification/training in- learning styles (Gregorc, Dunn and Dunn, 4MAT)- Strengths Quest/Strengths Finder - reading styles - thinking styles - classroom management - multiple intelligences - workplace skills - Advanced Placement course delivery and scoring (College Board trained)- online curriculum design and delivery - guided reading - writing workshop - Traits Writing (trained by Ruth Culham)- balanced literacy - Common Core standards - Classroom Instruction That Works - Math Solutions products