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D r. M ar quita S. Blades is an awar d-w in n in g Educator,
in ter n ation al speaker, auth or, an d education con sultan t w ith
16 year s of exper ien ce as a h igh sch ool scien ce teach er an d
m an ager of n ation al ST EM progr am s for h igh - ach ievin g
h igh sch ool studen ts. D ur in g h er tim e wor kin g w ith public
sch ool distr icts, sh e also ser ved as a cur r iculum &
assessm en t developer an d profession al lear n in g f acilitator
for m ultiple sch ool distr icts in th e m etr opolitan Atlan ta
ar ea.
D r. Blades is cur r en tly a f ull- tim e Education Con sultan t, th e
ow n er of D r. Blades Con sultin g, an d th e h ost of T h e D r.
M ar quita Blades Sh ow- Can did Conver sation s th at Cr eate
Ch an ge, a r adio sh ow dedicated to discussin g cur r en t tr en ds
an d issues in education .
D r. Blades?Con sultin g f ir m of fer s solution s to lear n in g
in stitution s an d in dividuals th r ough profession al
developm en t progr am s, cur r iculum an d assessm en t
developm en t, an d con fer en ce developm en t an d
progr am m in g ser vices.
D r. Blades is also th e foun der of T h e M ediocr e Teach er
Pr oject© which h elps oth er teach er s avoid an d battle
th r ough bur n out by in cor por atin g th eir un ique gif ts an d
talen ts in to th eir daily pr actice. D r. Blades h as presen ted at
n um er ous con fer en ces in cludin g th e I n ter n ation al
Academ ic For um , I n ter n ation al Con fer en ce on I n n ovation
in Scien ce Education , an d th e I n n ovative Sch ools Sum m it.
D r. Blades ear n ed a Bach elor of I n ter disciplin ar y Studies in
Br oad Field Scien ce f r om Geor gia State Un iver sity, a M aster
of Scien ce in Tech n ical an d Pr ofession al Com m un ication
f r om South er n Poly tech n ic State Un iver sity, an d a D octor of
Education in I n str uction al L eader sh ip f r om N ova
South easter n Un iver sity. W h en sh e is n ot wor kin g, D r.
Blades en joys r eadin g, cookin g, an d tr avelin g w ith h er
h usban d.
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