Director, Learning Innovations
Jan Phlegar is Director of Learning Innovations at WestEd located in Woburn, Massachusetts and in Williston, Vermont. Learning Innovations specializes in customized technical assistance; training; and research and evaluation services to schools, districts, state agencies, communities, and institutions of higher education, particularly in the Northeast, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. She serves as project director of several major initiatives, including partnership in the New England Comprehensive Assistance Center and the SouthEast and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium.
Previously, Phlegar was Deputy Director of the Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast and Islands, and a program director for a national experiential citizenship education program in Washington, DC. She serves on the national board of directors of Educators for Social Responsibility and locally for her town’s educational foundation. Her experience as a middle and high school teacher are the basis of her high interest in school-based action research and the multiple roles of teachers.
Phlegar is a co-author of
Dynamic Teachers: Leaders of Change and
Planning into Practice, and is one of the developers of Learning Innovation’s
The Authentic Task Approach.
Tel: 781.481.1107
781.481.1120
Email: jphlega@wested.org
Mailing Address:Learning Innovations at WestEd
200 Unicorn Park Drive, 4th floor
Woburn, Massachusetts 01801-3324
Project Work:
New England Comprehensive Center
New York Comprehensive Center
Teacher Quality Simulation
Teachers as Learners: Professional Development in Science and Mathematics
Resource Involvement:Dynamic Teachers: Leaders of Change
Planning into Practice: Resources for Planning, Implementing, and Integrating Instructional Technology
