David Chadwell began Chadwell Co

Chadwell Consulting

Building Structures and Practices to Engage Students

David Chadwell - david@chadwellconsulting.com

Welcome! My work is to support educators by providing structures and practices that engage students. I am currently a middle school social studies teacher. I also work with schools where there are educators who are interested in better understanding how to teach boys and girls, including the implementation of single-gender programs schools.

Recent Media Events

I was interviewed by Larry Jacobs on Education Talk Radio on single-gender education (June 21, 2011). Listen to the interview here (30 minutes).

Read an article from Spain (El Periodico) debating single-gender education. I was quoted in two sections (though my last name was misspelled.) Page One Here, Page Two Here.

In February 2011 I was in Portugal and Spain, working in four cities to discuss the opportunities of single-gender education in public schools.

MY QUALIFICATIONS WITH "GENDERED" EDUCATION

I am the author of the only book on how to create a single-gender program. It is titled, A Gendered Choice: Designing and Implementing Single-Sex Programs and Schools.

I approach the issue of gender from a teacher's point of view with practice suggestions that fit within a demands of teachers.

For four years, I was the Coordinator for Single-Gender Initiatives for the South Carolina Department of Education. I was the only person in the country who held such a position at the state level.

MY APPROACH TO TEACHING AS A CONSTRUCTIVIST

** When working as a librarian I ran multiple inquiry projects with all classes.

** As a multi-grade teacher in China I linked content with student interests to build meaning. I taught world history backwards through three key concepts and held writersworkshop. Novels were the foundation of our social studies and language classes.

** Teaching social studies in a public school spurred me to create a year-long project where students created their own civilizations, essentially a problem-based learning unit.

** As a creator of a single-gender magnet program, I continually challenged staff that, "we were creating the best middle school experience possible."

I work with educators to better understand gender differences and their impact within the classroom (both coed and single-gender) and to help implement single-gender choice options in schools. I believe that understanding how gender can play a role with student learning is a form of differentiated instruction and can benefit all teachers.

Feel free to email me if you are interested in having me work with your staff. Recently I have worked with schools in Florida, Texas, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Nevada, and of course South Carolina. I have presented at national conferences including ASCD, National Middle School Association, AERA, and the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color. I have authored several publications which you can read about in the "About David" section.

I look forward to hearing from you.

RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH SINGLE-GENDER EDUCATION

My work has included:

Serving as a resource for administrators and teachers of single-gender programs.
Authoring a book on creating and implementing single-gender programs, published in November 2009 by Corwin Press.
Conducting presentations at local, state, national, international conferences on a variety of issues related to gender differences and single-gender education.
Coordinating and hosting state and national conferences on single-gender education and best practice for meeting the needs of boys and girls.
Designing and implementing a single-gender middle school program.
Teaching an all-boys middle school advisory program.
Collecting data on single-gender classes.
Supporting interest in single-gender education through information sessions, newsletters, website development, and on-line resources.
Appearing in media sources such as: School Administrator journal, MSNBC, ABCNews On-line, New York Times Magazine, NPR, Education Week, Education Next, USA Today, and multiple state and local newspapers.

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