Kim Hertzog is an Educational Services Consultant with CORE. Kim holds a Master of Education in Educational Leadership and a Principal certificate. Kim has more than 30 years in education ranging from a classroom teacher to a mathematics coach to developing instructional coaches to a principal to the Director of Curriculum, mostly in urban, Title 1 school districts. Through these experiences, Kim has gained specific experience in mathematics and in teacher and school development.

Kim’s journey with high-quality mathematics instruction began as a second-year teacher when she had the opportunity to participate in an NSF-funded project focused on deepening teacher pedagogical content knowledge. The eventual introduction to Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) brought everything together to include the development of a framework for how students learn. Participation in these opportunities opened the doors to a career devoted to teacher and leader development.

Kim has extensive experience in facilitating professional development to develop content, pedagogy, knowledge of the standards, use of assessment, understanding student thinking and implementation of various instructional programs; building capacity at the site and district level for the implementation of high-quality instruction; increasing teacher and administrator understanding of the alignment between standards, the written curriculum, adopted instructional materials and assessment; curriculum development; data analysis to monitor school and district progress; and developing staff development programs to meet the needs of various levels of learners.