Deb Armitage

Primary Focus:

Mathematics, grades K-4

Background:

Deb Armitage is one of Exemplars primary task creators for the K-8 Math Subscription and has been an Exemplars consultant for five years. She received her Master's Degree in Education from Lesley College in Cambridge, MA.

Deb has over 26 years of teaching experience at the elementary level and has worked as an assistant principal at Charleston Elementary School in West Charleston, VT. Currently, Deb works as a mathematics assessment consultant for the Vermont Institutes. Her responsibilities include: the Vermont Mathematics Portfolio Assessment Program (resource development, calibration, training and facilitating 27 network leaders/benchmark members), assessment (New Standards Reference exam), working with schools identified as needing technical assistance (action planning mentoring, modeling of mathematics, content instruction), director of Vermont 's Teacher of the Year program and the Presidential Award for Excellence in teaching Mathematics Program.

Deb has additional experience as a:

Public School Approval visiting team member
Independent School visiting team member
Co-chair of district science curriculum
Co-director of the Eisenhower Grant for school districts
Research and Design Center start-up committee
Local Standard's Board member and co-chair
Arts and Humanities Commission of the Vermont Common Core member
Co-director of local scoring for a school district with 10 elementary schools
Vermont Mathematics Network Leader/Benchmark member
Action Plan/Instructional Support committee member
Supervision teacher for Lyndon State College student teachers

Awards or Nominations:

Vermont Teacher of the Year Runner-up, 1994

Presidential Award of Excellence in Teaching Mathematics Recipient, 1995

"Students are amazed at how they can lift their levels of achievement by following the rubric and knowing what is necessary for all levels."

A Title I Teacher