Deborah Wortham

Dr. Deborah L. Wortham is the President and CEO of Wortham Educational Associates.  She possesses many years experience in planning and implementing leadership strategies that meet student needs. Her assets include an understanding of the importance of school culture in the attainment of educational goals. She has served as a teacher (selected Teacher of the Year), facilitator, assistant principal, principal (elementary, K-8 and high school), and director of professional development, assistant superintendent and superintendent. 

Her career highlights include:

• Restructuring Models/School Improvement and Reform
• Professional Development
• Creating Professional Learning Communities
• Parent/Community Relations
• Curriculum Design, Development, and Evaluation
• Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

 

Her credentials include:  Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Masters Degree in Reading from Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland and a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin.

• Additionally, Dr. Wortham is recognized by having achieved:
• Certified Superintendent – Maryland State Department of Education and
• Pennsylvania Department of Education
• Certified Assessor, National Association of Secondary School Principals,
• Certified Curriculum Trainer/Professional Developer, The Efficacy Institute
• Graduate, Leadership Baltimore City and Baltimore County
• Graduate, Maryland Principals Institute
• Doctoral Advisor and National Lecturer, Nova Southeastern University
• Mentor, Principal, and Faculty Associate, Johns Hopkins University
• Adjunct Professor, Coppin State College
• Certified, National Staff Development Academy, National Staff Development Council
• ASCD National Faculty-National Speaker’s Bureau
• H.O.P.E. Foundation Speaker’s Bureau
• Delegate, China Administration for American Bridge Program

 

Honors and Awards and Publications include:

• Dissertation of the Year (Kathleen Cooper-Wright Award Recipient)
• Leadership Award, Blair County NAACP, February 2010
• Who’s Who in America; Who’s Who in Leadership; Mayor’s Citation
• Failure is Not an Option: How High-Achieving Schools Succeed with All Students, Video Series, H.O.P.E. Foundation, Bloomington, Illinois, 2002
• “Principal’s Pet,” Pot Likker for Administrators and Teachers, 2001 (Short Story)
•  “Motivating Children,” The Maryland Federation Teacher
• Teaching by Signs and Wonders  (pending publication)
• Creative Curriculum Leadership  (quote)
• Leadership and Learning (ASCD Article January 2004)
• Failure is Not an Option: How High-Achieving Schools Succeed with All Students, H.O.P.E. by Alan Blankstein (Chapter)