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Diane E. Paynter
Diane E. Paynter, an international trainer and researcher, has worked
extensively in the field of education for the past 35 years. Currently
she is an associate of Marzano and Associates, a team who specializes
in long term school reform efforts for the purpose of enhancing student
academic achievement. As a former Senior Director in Field Services at
McREL (Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning), she led
various consortia across the nation, providing direction, training,
materials, and technical support to leadership teams in their efforts
to apply current research to improve student learning. She was awarded
a commendation from the Governor of Indiana for her efforts in helping
low performing schools in that state.
As the former director of McREL’s Early Literacy Project, she led a
group of researchers in focusing on and training in early literacy
development in young children. In addition to this, Paynter has worked
with schools in Australia, Vienna, China, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand,
Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Mexico, Colombia, and Canada
as they address their efforts in school reform. Currently Diane is a
member of the ASCD national cadre focusing on the implementation of the
research from What Works In Schools (ASCD) by Robert J. Marzano.
Additionally, she serves as the curriculum consultant for the American
International Schools in Vienna, Austria.
Diane Paynter is author and co-author of many publications, including For the
Love of Words: Vocabulary Instruction That Works (Jossey Bass), A
Handbook For Classroom Instruction That Works (ASCD), The Pathfinder
Project (Pathfinder Inc.), Dimensions of Learning Teacher’s Manual and
Trainer’s Manual (ASCD), Literacy Plus (Zaner Bloser), New Approaches
to Literacy (American Psychological Association), Scaffolding Early
Literacy in the Kindergarten and Pre-School Classrooms (McREL), A
Framework For Early Literacy Instruction: Aligning Standards To
Developmental Accomplishments and Student Behaviors (McREL), and
Tactics for Thinking (ASCD), She has also authored many instructional
units and articles in well-known publications.
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