Dr. Lisa Abel-Palmieri,PhD is the Head of School (Executive Director) and Chief Learning Officer at Nazareth Prep. She holds a BA in Public Relations/Art History & Design, MA in integrated marketing, MS in multimedia educational technologies and has a Masters Certificate in Business and Executive Management and Leadership from Duquesne University. Dr. Palmieri earned her PhD at Robert Morris University. Dr. Palmieri focused her Doctoral research on innovative approaches to curriculum design, leadership models in progressive schools and educational technologies. Her practicum and field work focused on engaging underserved students in STEM. Dr. Palmieri’s research has appeared in educational publications and her work as a grant writer focuses on developing equity community research programs.

Lisa brings close to twenty years of teaching, industry and administrative experience to her role at HFA. Dr. Palmieri’s diverse professional background includes large for-profit corporations, the United States Nuclear Navy, and post secondary education, where she taught a variety of disciplines. She has helped several schools re-envision curriculum, particularly shifting from passive to active learning, leveraging approaches like blended learning, design thinking, and maker education. Her learning philosophy involves connected learning, field-based studies, and co-designing learning with students.

Dr. Palmieri is a former academic department head focused on STEM domains, has presented at conferences and workshops as a nationally recognized speaker on innovative approaches to teaching and learning, and has served on accreditation committees for other private schools.

Prior to joining Nazareth Prep, she was the Director of Technology & Curricular Innovation, Head of Computer Science, and led partnerships and outreach as Director of the Learning Innovation Institute at The Ellis School.

Dr. Palmieri was awarded Non-Profit CIO of the Year by the Pittsburgh Technology Council in 2013. In 2014, she was an honorable mention for Leader of the Year from Technology & Learning Magazine, an Athena Young Professional Award Nominee, and a National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) “Teacher of the Future.” In 2015, the Huffington Post selected her as the 18th “most social” K12 EdTech leader. Dr. Palmieri  is the co-founder of EdCampPGH, and involved with several other working groups as part of the Remake Learning Network. In 2016 she was named an ASCD Emerging Leader and Big Picture Learning, Deeper Learning Equity Fellow. In 2018 she was named The Incline, "Who's Next" in Education. 

 

Lisa's Blog: excellenceandinnovation.blogspot.com

Twitter: twitter.com/Learn21Tech