Sharon Decarlo
Sharon DeCarlo, C.A.G.S., is a Senior Literacy Associate at Public Consulting Group. Sharon works at the school, district, regional, and state level to develop curriculum aligned with Common Core Standards, promote literacy, develop, and support implementation of action plans, and provide professional development. Under the auspices of the MA ESE, Sharon has taught several graduate courses for educators to design their own model curriculum units, based on the state’s model curriculum unit project. Sharon served as curriculum development lead for PCG in the New York State Common Core ELA curriculum, grades 9-12. She has designed standards-based curriculum with several school districts in Massachusetts, as well as designing and presenting professional development in related to the Common Core and disciplinary literacy in MA and Maine. Prior to joining PCG, Sharon was an elementary classroom teacher and secondary English teacher in New York for ten years. Upon relocating to Massachusetts, she served as a middle school literacy specialist and district English Language Arts curriculum specialist for eight years and as school and district administrator for twelve years. Her most recent position prior to PCG was as Executive Director of Instructional Programs in the Newton, MA Public Schools.
Michael Weinraub
As a Senior Associate at Public Consulting Group, Michael provides direct support to school districts and other educational organizations to blend their work: integrating digital modes and activities into professional learning for educators.
Prior to joining PCG, Michael was the Director of Innovative Professional Development for the New York City Department of Education where he led the implementation of several large-scale online learning initiatives throughout the district. He began his career teaching in Kindergarten, 1st and 4th grade bilingual classrooms in Los Angeles Unified School District and was a Literacy Consultant and New York City Program Director with Teach For America. As a faculty member at the Pace University School of Education in New York City, Michael taught over a thousand beginning teachers using facilitated online and blended learning models. Michael is probably done collecting master’s degrees; He has one in Teaching ESL and an MBA in Human Resource Management. He’s probably tweeting right now. Catch up with him on Twitter at @mweinraub87.
