Laurie Stephan currently serves as Curriculum Programs Manager for NWCET’s Educator to Educator
group and assists the Center in research and development on grant projects.

Dr. Stephan’s accomplishments since she has been at the Center include:

• Development of the CyberCareers for the Net Generation website and curriculum materials
• Development and deployment of the IT Careers in a Nutshell workshop for western Washington WorkSource Centers
• Providing coaching and support to Whatcom County IT instructors in developing and aligning IT curriculum to the NWCET IT Skill Standards
• Supporting development and implementation of an online curriculum development toolkit that assist IT instructors in developing IT skill standards based curriculum -- WCIT
• Supporting development of the NWCET Smart Skills database
• Assisting in research and development of the NWCET Upper Division Skill Standards
• Managing development of Working Connections security curriculum aligned to Security+ certification (NSF supplement grant to be delivered in 2004)
• Development of teacher support materials and frameworks for IT textbooks, such as McGraw-Hill Technology Education series
• Working Connections project management training manual, national sponsor relationships and national evaluation datal
• Coordinating redesign of E2E and Working Connections websites

In addition to her work in the field of curriculum development and faculty in IT, Dr. Stephan has over a decade of experience in ESL classroom teaching, having taught her first ESL class in Taiwan in 1988 and eventually gaining an MATESL from the University of Washington. Her expertise in teaching ESL includes composition, fluency and computer literacy.

Laurie can be reached at: