Janet Syed

Delegate and Speaker for the Education Project in Bahrain

As a participant in the Education Project (Oct. 2009), she promoted a unique concept of an Open Source initiative to promote global education through a case study of international school participants. Henceforth, OLK12 found its place amongst classrooms throughout the world. Mrs. Syed also is an active participant of promoting those leadership values in education and training at both local and distance levels around the America's. Based in the Granite State of New England, she is an avid trainer to administrators and teachers when implementing Course Learning Management Systems. These various forms include how to effectively assess students, using competencies and then showcasing student work via e-portfolios for other academic institutions or employers to peruse over.

Highlights Include:

• Delegate and Speaker: Education Project, Bahrain
• Trainer for e-Portfolio using Sakai Portfolio and Assessment Solutions
• Consulting for Professional Development Portfolios
• Over eight years experience in public education
• Adjunct Faculty Member, Southern New Hampshire University, Education Department

Dr. Holly Carter

Has served on the Northeastern University faculty and is a tenured professor in Education and Political Science and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs in the College of Professional Studies.  Dr. Carter also held the position of Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies at Harvard University.  

In addition to her academic and consultant experience, during the Administration of President Jimmy Carter, Dr. Carter was granted an academic leave from Northeastern to serve as Senior Policy Planning Officer for East Asia and the Pacific with the Policy Planning Staff for the Secretary of State at the U.S. Department of State. She was amongst the highest ranking African American professional staff in the Carter Presidential Administration and in the Department of State.

Dr. Carter brings a wealth of expertise and over three decades of professional experience in the areas of curriculum and program development, training, strategic planning, and organizational development.   She was the president and founder of two international organizations - Community Technology Development, Inc (CTDI), a not for profit organization dedicated to building global capacity and sustainable development through technology literacy and education and International Management and Research Associates, Inc. (IMRA), established in 1985, as a for-profit corporation that provided consultant expertise in organizational development and management training, strategic planning and program development. 

Dr. Carter’s professional consultant expertise has been contracted to a range of corporate, non-profit and educational institution clients including in the corporate and non-profit sectors: The Intel Corporation, CISCO, Fleet Financial Group, State Street Bank Foundation, AT&T Foundation, Polaroid Corporation, The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Foxwoods Enterprise, The State of New Jersey Social Service Agency, the United States Peace Corps Agency, the United States Department of State Foreign Service Training Institute, and The Boston Symphony Orchestra; and for educational institutions: Washington State Univ., MIT, NC State, Bryant College, The Chestnut Hill School, Brimmer and May School, Pike School, Winsor, Cambridge Montessori, The Norwood School, The Caedmon School; and internationally, Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Education, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls and The Western Cape Education Department South and Central School Districts.  She has offered a full range of services and expertise in the areas of organizational, professional and program development, small business development, strategic planning, governance and board development, fundraising and development, diversity, multicultural education and intercultural communication, training and training of the trainer workshops, and, the design and management of projects for sustainable economic and community development domestically and internationally.  Her consultant services have focused on building capacity in communities through the provision of the above services to community-based organizations, education institutions and social service agencies worldwide.

Dr. Carter currently serves or has served on several Boards including the Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE), the Board of Directors for The Children’s Museum, The Japan Society of Boston, College Consortium for International Studies, Council on International Educational Exchange, the Lasell College Board of Trustees, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America Technology and Education Board and The Walker Center for Ecumenical Exchange.

Dr. Carter has published a book entitled: The Asian Dilemma in U.S. Foreign Policy: National Interest versus Strategic Planning. She also has numerous book chapters, papers, articles, conference newsletters, national and international conferences on topics related to international education, multicultural education, cross-cultural communication and, most recently, technology education, training, and community development. She has been listed in Who’s Who Among Black Americans and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Delta Kappa Honor Societies. She has traveled extensively in Asia, Africa and Europe and is fluent in French, with additional language capacity in Chinese, Japanese and Spanish.

Dr. Carter received her B.A. from Boston University and Ph.D. in Political Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a concentration in International Relations/Development and Asian Studies.

As the President and Technical Director of OLK12, Dr. Syed brings with him many years of experience working for the Department of Education within the State of New Hampshire. He has attributed an extensive array of work in the fields of science and technology for the middle and high school programs, predominately vocational education and apprenticeship programs. His focus is to fuse the tools of technology within the STEM based areas in both the educational programs of the United States and those affiliated schools abroad. He is involved in Open Source Students Information Systems like Sakai and Kauli Software initiatives. As a participant of technology conferences discussing open source and smart classroom initiatives, he is an enthusiast seeking a greater role within the spheres of information technology.

Highlights Include:

• Developed Infrastructure for Course and Learning Environment

• Delegate and Speaker: Education Project, Bahrain

• Adjunct Faculty, Southern New Hampshire University, Information Technology Department

• Researched on technology based solutions for Outcome Based Education

   

  Dr. Kelly Conn

  Is an Assistant Academic Specialist. Her scholar practitioner interest explores STEM Education. Prior to joining Northeastern she served as Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston University School of Dentistry.  As Assistant Medical Research Scientist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dr. Conn established and ran a Neuroscience research laboratory studying the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection in Parkinson’s disease.  She also teaches in the Law and Policy and Department of Education programs within the College of Professional Studies and has taught at Roxbury Community College also in Boston, Massachusetts.

  Dr. Conn brings over two decades of professional experience in STEM curriculum development, research and program design to the project.  She served as the Lead Science Consultant for the Abakhokeli Training of the Trainer Teacher Education Project in South Africa.  Her recent work in elementary/primary, secondary and higher education has been directed at teacher training for capacity building as well as expanding access to science education to students and adults from under-resourced communities.  Dr. Conn has served as Principle Investigator and co-Investigator for major research grants totaling $.1.5 million.   She has an impressive list of publications with over two-dozen published articles in scholarly referred journals.  Her honors and recognitions include nomination as Distinguished Faculty at Northeastern University, nomination for membership in the Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society and membership in the Society for Women in Neuroscience.      She has traveled extensively in South Africa, India, Peru and Japan.    Dr. Conn received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine with a research focus on molecular and cellular biology.