Who We Are
The OH-AiPL Facilitators
Cathy Lassiter, Ed.D.
Cathy Lassiter is an international consultant with over 35 years of combined experience as a public school teacher, principal, central office administrator, and consultant. Her areas of expertise are in Visible Learning+, Deep Equity, and Teacher Clarity, as well as instructional leadership, school culture, and change management. As an author/consultant for Corwin, Cathy has worked in schools across the U.S. and Canada, and she traveled to Australia to work with teachers on Visible Learning+. Cathy is the author of Everyday Courage for School Leaders, published by Corwin. As a successful middle school principal, she concentrated on meeting the needs of all students by imposing rigorous standards and high expectations. She was named Virginia’s Middle School Principal of the Year for the success of her school. As a nationally recognized teacher, Cathy proved her ability to successfully reach students from all backgrounds. Her passion continues to be working with leaders and teachers to change the lives of all students by improving the education they receive each and every day. Cathy has served as an adjunct professor for The George Washington University, teaching graduate courses in educational leadership.
Kim St. Martin, Ph.D.
Dr. Kim St. Martin is the Director of Michigan’s Multi-Tiered System of Support (MiMTSS) Technical Assistance Center. She regularly works with State Education Agencies, Regional Education Agencies (REAs) like SSTs and ESCs, and districts across the country to assist them in developing an implementation infrastructure that can scale the components of an integrated behavior and literacy Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework. Dr. St. Martin was also a panel member for an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Practice Guide titled, “Providing Reading Intervention for Students in Grades 4-9.” She collaborates with the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Effective Implementation Cohort. Dr. St. Martin has also directed a federally-funded adolescent literacy model demonstration grant and has been a co-principal investigator for a Low-Cost Evaluation Trial, Integrated Tier 2 Institute of Education Sciences (IES) grant. She is the primary author the Reading Tiered Fidelity Inventory (R-TFI) and co-author of the District Capacity Assessment and Regional Capacity Assessment used by districts and REAs to guide their supporting infrastructures for effective implementation supports. Before working with the MiMTSS Technical Assistance Center, Dr. St. Martin was a school administrator and teacher with experience in urban, urban-fringe, and rural school districts.
Staff
Deborah Telfer, Ph.D.
Director
University of Cincinnati Systems Development & Improvement Center
David Brobeck, Ph.D.
Research Associate
University of Cincinnati Systems Development & Improvement Center
