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Hello,

My name is Matthew Silverman and I am honored to have an opportunity to learn and work with students at Dominican University. Up to this point, my entire career/formal educational experience has been in a traditional setting. It is an incredibly exciting time for K-12 and higher education organizations as educational and political leaders determine how we are going to remain competitive in the emerging global marketplace. Powerful learning institutions such as Dominican University have redesigned the classroom so that access to higher education is literally accessible to everyone, anytime, anywhere! We are going to have an awesome time together sharing, discovering, and creating new learning experiences.

My career in public education began in the classroom as a teacher in the south and west suburban areas of Chicago. After working directly with students for a few years, I moved into administration as an assistant principal in a large kindergarten through eighth grade building. Shortly thereafter, I worked in three different elementary schools as the principal. In each of the buildings, improvement of the organizational framework was paramount as a way to maximize the academic performance of teachers and students.

I spent six years at the building level and moved up to a district level position in the area of curriculum and instruction. The challenge moved from a micro organizational setting to a macro structural framework for all staff and levels of instruction. Currently, as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction in a north suburban school district, I spent the last three years slowly creating a paradigm shift in the goal of creating a world-class public learning organization.

I live in Lincolnshire, Illinois and have two wonderful children ages 6 and 8. They are technology "natives" so we spend time playing Wii and downloading Apps on my iPhone. They keep my on my toes both mentally and physically; it's a lot of fun.

Looking forward to our time together!

Matthew