About Me

Holly KapuscienskiGreetings!  I am pleased that you have chosed to enter into a conversation about the challenges and joys facing all new teachers.  A little bit about myself . . . .

My clinical work is focused at the Elementary level, and currently centers on the Jacob Hiatt Magnet and Woodland Academy Schools, both partners in the Clark – Worcester Public Schools Collaborative.  I spend a considerable amount of time at both Woodland and Hiatt supervising Clark practicum and pre-practicum students and facilitating on-site seminars for both the students and their mentor teachers on a range of topics including: “Mentoring Pre-Service Teachers”, “Integrating Primary Sources into the Social Studies Curriculum”, and “Ways of Knowing History.”

My recent research has focused on facilitating the integration of a specially designed pre-K Number Worlds math Program with “Accountable Talk” in several pre-school classrooms in Springfield, MA.  I worked as a mentor and coach for the pre-shcool teachers involved in the program.  I led numerous training and development workshops as well as provided on-site demonstrations in the pre-school classrooms.

In addition, I have worked as a Teacher Development Consultant for the Core Knowledge Foundation Early Childhood Programs (Charlottesville, VA.).  I provided training services for schools and agencies adopting the Core Knowledge Mathematical Reasoning the Number Sense pre-school sequence.  I also Co-authored the pre-school math training module for use by Core Knowledge teacher trainers.  The module covers two days of guided instruction and exploration of the Mathematical Reasoning and Number Sense curriculum for teachers adopting the program.  I presented model lessons and provided instructional support and editing advisement for the development of the Mathematical Reasoning and Number Sense Training video, an integral part of the training module.

Courses currently taught or co-taught:

  • Ways of Knowing: History
  • Teaching and Learning, I, II & III M.A.T.
  • Elementary Practicum Curriculum and Knowing in History (Summer Institute)