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Dan Keegan
Assistant Principal
Oceanside Middle School

OBJECTIVE

 

Combine my experiences as a classroom teacher, school leader, staff developer, instructional coordinator, and curriculum writer as the Principal of Island Trees Memorial Middle School.

 

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE  

                                                         

Assistant Principal, Oceanside Middle School, Oceanside, NY – 2014-Present

Team Coordinator, Oceanside Middle School, Oceanside, NY – 2012-2014

Social Studies Teacher, Oceanside Middle School, Oceanside, NY – 1997-2014

 

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

 

  • SDA, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA – 2006

  • SAS, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA - 2006

  • NY State Permanent Certification - Social Studies - 2002

  • M.A. Education, University at Albany, Albany, NY - 1995

  • B.A. History, University at Albany, Albany, NY – 1994

 

AWARDS & HONORS

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  • Designee - Apple Teacher - 2017

  • Recipient - Schools to Watch Re-Designation - 2015

  • Grant Recipient & Writer - New York Social Studies Resource Toolkit – 2014

  • Honoree - New York State English/Language Arts Council Program of Excellence - 2009

  • Recipient - New York State Middle Level Social Studies Teacher of the Year (NYSCSS) - 2003

  • Honoree - New York State Social Studies Program of Excellence (NYSCSS) - 2003

  • Recipient - Long Island Middle Level Social Studies Teacher of the Year (LICSS) - 2002

  • Recipient - Coach of the Year (Nassau County Basketball Coaches Association) - 2010, 2011, 2012

 

PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS

 

  • The SAMR Model & the Transformative Middle School (NYSMSA) - November 2016

  • Parenting and the Car Ride Home (MLPI) - November 2016

  • Inquiry Design Across the Curriculum (NYSMSA) - May 2016

  • Inquiry Design in the English Language Arts Classroom (LILAC) - March 2016

  • New Directions in Social Studies (North Merrick School District) - February 2016

  • Implementing the New York State Toolkit (NYSCSS) - March 2015

  • Unpacking the New York State Social Studies Toolkit (L.I. Library Association) - March 2015

  • Unpacking the New York State Frameworks for Social Studies (NADCO) - November 2014

  • Flipping Your Classroom (NASTECH) - 2014

  • Mastery Learning in the 1:1 Digital Environment (NYSMSA) - 2014

  • Engagement & Student Production in the 1:1 Classroom (L.I. Technology Summit) - 2014

  • The 1:1 Classroom: Device, Deployment, and Development of Capacity (AMLE) - 2014

  • Assessing in the Absence of an Assessment (LICSS) - 2011

  • Creating an Integrated Writing Program in the Middle School Classroom (NYS ELA) - 2009

  • Utilizing Technology to Foster Writing Skills (LILAC) - 2008

  • Seven Strategies to Energize Your Classroom (NYSCSS) - 2006

  • Creating a Pre-Advanced Placement Program in the Middle School Classroom (NYSCSS) - 2002

  • Study Skills Across the Curriculum – Regional Trainer - 1999

  • Building a DBQ – (NYSCSS) - 1998

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

 

  • Mentor – Oceanside Middle School’s Able Intelligent Minds Program (A.I.M.) - 2009-2014

  • Team Coordinator – Oceanside Middle School - 2012-2014

  • Owner/Operator – Hard 2 Guard Basketball Camp - 2003-Present

  • Head Coach – Oceanside High School Varsity Basketball - 2002-2014

  • Committee Work: Faculty Council; Advisory Committee; Curriculum Committee, SDPB, Schools to Watch

 

ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

 

  • Creator - NSMSAPA Teach Team: Leaders & Learners

  • Creator - C3 Teachers Lab School Teach Team: Inquiry Design in the Classroom

  • Member – SAANYS

  • Member – NYSCSS

  • Member – LICSS

  • Member - C3 Teachers

  • Member - NSMSAPA

  • Member - BOCES Instructional Data Warehouse

 

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

 

  • Special Education Supervisor

  • Section 504 Chair

  • Testing Coordinator

  • Instructional Supervisor

  • Student Activities Coordinator

  • Instructional Technology Implementation Liaison

  • In-School Professional Development

  • Team Leader (7-1/7-2 & 8-1 & 8-2)

  • Assistant Principal:

    • DASA reporting

    • student support and mediation

    • AIS support

    • student scheduling

    • teacher scheduling

    • staff and community communications

 

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