Judy
Zorfass is Senior Director of Strategic
Planning and Associate Center Director
in EDC's Center for Family, School,
and Community. She serves as principal
investigator for the Annenberg-funded
Literacy Matters website, developing
e-learning event. As principal investigator
for the OSEP-funded project, LINK-US
(Linking Urban Schools with Information
and Support), she oversees the design,
conduct, and evaluation of technical
assistance and professional development
online and offline. As principal investigator
on the National Center to Improve
Practice (NCIP), she led the development
of the NCIP website and oversaw development
of online learning events.
Dr.
Zorfass has extensive experience in
middle-grades literacy development.
As director of the OSEP-funded The
Middle Grades Technology Integration
Project and later the Make It
Happen! Impact Study, she produced
curriculum materials (Make It Happen!),
software (Search Organizer),
and the book, Teaching Middle School
Students to be Active Researchers,
published in 1998 by ASCD.
Dr.
Zorfass received her doctorate in reading
and language development from Harvard's
Graduate School of Education.
Judy
can reached at: jzorfass@edc.org
