Public Consulting Group employee review from Stephen Kutno.

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subject matter expert
Stephen Kutno, Ph.D.
EXPERTISE: PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS
Adolescent literacy; Response to Intervention (RtI); 21st century Dr. Kutno has been a presenter at more than 50 education conferences
teaching and learning and has served as a peer reviewer for research journals. Among his many
Steve Kutno is Director of Literacy and Learning Services at PCG speaking engagements, he presented a paper entitled “Driving students’
Education. He is responsible for management of the firm’s Literacy and success: Leveraging technology to achieve data-driven instruction,” at
Learning service lines, with an emphasis on the areas of adolescent the 25th Annual Florida Association of School Administrators Conference
literacy, Response to Intervention (RtI), and 21st century teaching and and presented a paper entitled, “Grading education professionals on
learning. His recent project work has included district literacy action student test scores,” at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum
planning across several districts, 21st century strategic planning in Development (ASCD) Annual Conference.
Missoula, Montana, RtI consulting in Monterey, California and in
Weston, Massachusetts, and support of PCG Education’s EdPlan™ EDUCATION, GRANTS
student success planning platform across several clients. Dr. Kutno earned a Bachelor’s degree in English and also in journalism
and mass media from Rutgers University and holds a Ph.D. in Education
EXPERIENCE from the University at Buffalo. His dissertation was entitled, “Policy,
Dr. Kutno has applied experience in both large-scale and formative practice, and learning in the English classroom: Making room for
assessment development and deployment. Over the years, he has multicultural texts in conflicted space. A case study examining the way
applied his classroom teaching experiences with his deep understandings in which conflicting educational reforms affected classroom practices
of testing to drive towards more data based instructional design. More of two English teachers.”
recently, Dr. Kutno has worked on several strategic initiatives to better Dr. Kutno’s dissertation research was funded as a result of his
define a number of larger urban projects. Specifically in these settings, collaborating with S.M. Miller, when they were awarded a grant-in-aid
Dr. Kutno skillfully facilitates a process of teaching and learning to from the National Council of Teachers of English, 1995-1996.
develop a shared vision focused on outcomes. He works with districts
to translate strategic plans into action plans with clear directions for
classroom teachers and school administrators. Dr. Kutno has taught
at all levels of instruction, grades six through graduate school. He has
applied his background in curriculum and instruction to professional To learn more about Stephen Kutno or other PCG Education Subject
positions with a number of commercial organizations, shaping Matter Experts, contact us at pcgeducation@pcgus.com or
instructional products and strategic development. In addition, Dr. 1-800-210-6113
Kutno has designed and modeled comprehensive solutions for school
improvement and overseen and coordinated client relationships.
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