Problem Solver
Hal Portner
I offer another set of eyes sharpened by years of successful experience and informed by imagination and vision.
Areas Hal Portner is Knowledgeable in:
Institutional and government improvement of education including identification and generation of solutions to their needs.
Techniques Hal Portner Uses:
Creative Problem Solving (CPS) Parnes/Osborn; Tim Hurson's THINKx model; and team building.
Hal Portner's Problem Solving Skills:
- teaching, learning & applying 21st century skills
- teacher professional development
- new teacher induction
- teacher mentoring
- coaching
- teacher leadership
Hal Portner's Problem Solving Experience:
- Developed and implementated faculty professional development programs and activities for Community College faculty.
- Lead developer of programs and their implementation; specifically for the Connecticut State Department of Education (teacher professional development and new teacher induction and mentoring) and several public schools (coaching and teacher induction/mentoring).