FRED MEDNICK

2880 74th Avenue, SE Mercer Island, WA 98040 M. 206-356-4731 H. 206-230-0348 fred@twb.org

CAREER OBJECTIVES
To build teacher professional development on a global scale

TAGS
Teacher professional development; educational leadership; open source innovation; culturallybased school reform; global education; international development; community mobilization; sustainable partnerships; educational collaboration; writing and speaking

WHAT DRIVES ME PROFESSIONALLY

Global Educational Leadership and Teacher Professional Development: Supporting large-scale national reform through the voices of teachers. Building and sustaining vital communities of practice; maintaining the personal touch while utilizing the benefits of ubiquitous, accessible technologies; cultural collaboration A New Model of Change: Transforming separate organizations like Teachers Without Borders into a globally nimble, value-added, interoperable set of services and operations; cross-border, synchronous/asynchronous, multi-university shared academics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

FOUNDER, TEACHERS WITHOUT BORDERS: SEATTLE, WA 2000 TO PRESENT

Conceived and developed a non-profit global teacher professional development organization, with membership today in 184 countries; developed one of the first collaborative open-source toolsets; created Certificate of Teaching Mastery and Emergency Education programs; raised over $4.7 million in grants for teacher development.
PRINCIPAL, HELEN BUSH SCHOOL: SEATTLE, WA 1994 TO 2000

Independent, K-2 school. Increased admissions to the high school by 28%; spearheaded successful capital campaign for math-science wing; co-founded the Multicultural Alliance (devoted to support for teachers of color).
DEAN, PRINCIPAL, INTERIM HEAD, OAKWOOD SCHOOL: NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA

1980 TO 1994

Independent, K-12 school. Served as Middle-School Dean, then Principal; developed innovative faculty-development seminars; served as interim headmaster during long-term headmasters sabbatical at Stanford; supervised building of a math-science wing.

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EDUCATION

B.A. Literature with Honors University of California, Santa Cruz: 1977 M.A. Education Claremont Graduate School: 1980 Ed.D Educational Leadership Seattle University: 1999. Dissertation The Qualities of an Educated Teen for the 21st Century

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Served as principal of two leading schools and built two math-science buildings Published Rebel Without a Car: A Principals Guide to Adolescence Founded Teachers Without Borders, resulting in a global membership in 184 countries Invited by Cisco to the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo Selected as speaker/delegate at Global Creative Leadership Summit, five consecutive years Speaking opportunities: TED, Berkeley, Oxford, Harvard, Upenn., Johns Hopkins 2011-2012 Fellowship: National institute for Technology in Liberal Education 2012-2014 Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Education

PUBLICATIONS AND CITATIONS

Mednick, F. and Jain, V. (1999). Qualities of an Educated Teen for the 21st Century: Reflections on the Study-Process in Udaipur. Shikshantar Publishers Mednick, F. (2006). From Newcomers to Naturalists: Early U.S. Literature. Henan Press. Kaifeng, Henan Province, China Mednick, F. (1995). Notes Plus and Ideas Plus: National Association of Teachers of English Mednick, F. (1996). Rebel Without A Car: Surviving and Appreciating Your Childs Teen Years Fairview Press, Minneapolis), translated into GermanBeltz Publishers (1998) Mednick, F. (2002). Combating Terror with Education PBS Online Mednick, F. (2002). Lesson 42: Teens, Parent School Evans & Co., New York; Forward by Penelope Leach, PhD Mednick, F. (2009). Cannon, Mae. Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World. IVP Books, Illinois. Mednick, F. (2008). Education and Islam Gather.com Mednick, F. (2010). To Haiti from China: With Sorrow and Love Louis Blouin Foundation Mednick, F. cited in Kamenetz, A. (2011): Learning, Freedom, and the Web Mozilla Foundation Mednick, F. (2011). Teacher Collaboration versus Magic Bullets and Killer Apps Commonwealth Ministers 2011 Briefing Book Mednick, F. (2013). Outside Your Window: Teachers Overcoming the Odds (publishers under consideration)
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SELECTED CONSULTING AND SPEAKING HIGHLIGHTS

1996: Panelist (with Doctor Benjamin Spock and Penelope Leach) for Time-Warner online 1998: Speaker Tools for Parents (with Jonathan Kozol), for Northwest Parent Publishing 2001: Guest National Public Radio adolescence; brain research and new school structures 2002-2003: Panelist with Dr. Jane Goodall and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Oscar Arias 2004: Speaking Tour Education and Islam (U.S. Dept. of State): India, Pakistan, Bangladesh 2004: Keynote Address Educational Reform in Pakistan: Ministry of Education, Pakistan 2005: Keynote Canadian Parliament: Bridging the Dialogue Gap For a Culture of Peace 2007: Keynote Center for Open and Sustainable Learning Conference: Utah State 2007-2012: Featured Panelist Global Creative Leadership Summit New York 2008-2012: Featured Panelist Harvards International Development Conference 2010: Featured Speaker Oxford Universitys Beyond Borders Conference 2010: TEDx Denver Emergency Education: Learning from Below the Ground and Up 2011: Graduate Commencement Address Northern Colorado University Graduate school 2011: Keynote Speaker East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools: Borneo 2011-2012: Panelist Aid and Intl Development Forum: Science in Emergency Education 2011: Speaker/Panelist USAID Education Conference: Literacy and Open Educational Resources 2012: Speaker University of Penn. Graduate School of Education: Teachers and Global NGOs 2012: Keynote Qing Yang Bureau of Education Conference: Chengdu, China 2013: Keynote Model United Nations Conference (TAIMUN): Taipei, Taiwan

SELECTED AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS

1993: Johns Hopkins University California Outstanding Educators Award 1997: Fred Mednick Faculty Resource Center Named at The Bush School 2004: Selected as Giraffe Community leaders who stick their neck out 2005: Finalist Stockholm Challenge Award For innovation in technology for development 2006-2008: Finalist Volvo for Life Award For community service on a global scale 2009: For Teachers Without Borders Ashoka/Hewlett: Champion of Africa Award 2010: For Teachers Without Borders Seattle Non-Profit Award 2011-2012: Maestros sin Fronteras: Exemplary Open Educational Resource Organization of American States 2012: Organization of American States TWB Peace Education top pick for Latin America

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GRANTS AND FUNDRAISING

$6,130,000 raised and applied to teacher professional development. Funders include The Cisco Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Agilent Foundation, CVS, and Rockefeller Brothers Trust, along with other smaller foundations, public campaigns, and individuals

REFERENCES
Jane Goodall , Ph.D Founder: Jane Goodall Institute (301) 565-0086 mlewis@janegoodall.org W. Joseph King, Ph.D Executive Director: National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (206) 310-4541 jking@nitle.org Catherine Casserly, Ph.D CEO: Creative Commons (650) 566-5520 Cathy@creativecommons.org Kathy Nicholson Program Officer: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (650) 234-4670 knicholson@hewlett.org Peter Tavernise Executive Director: Cisco Foundation (408) 853-4483 ptaverni@cisco.com Yolande Miller-Gandvaux, Ph.D Senior Program Advisor - Africa: United States Agency for International Development (202) 712-5207 ymiller-grandvaux@usaid.gov Allan Goodman, Ph.D. President and CEO, Institute of International Education/Fulbright Program (212) 984-5425 agoodman@iie.org
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