Jessica Gogerty

Central Academy Director

1912 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: 515.242.7888/Fax 515.242.8252
Jessica.gogerty@dmschools.org

Central Academy
Jessica Gogerty
Director
Tamara Pfantz
IB Coordinator
Kristin Hilton
Counselor
Sandy Cloe
Scheduling Specialist
Denis Hildreth
Prep Academy Counselor
Kimberly Kinney
Administrative Assistant

Art
Dara Green
Becky Johnson

English
Sherry Brooks
Lucinda Core
Lindsay Fredregill
Darci Kellen
Catie Miller
Diane Morain
Meja Pinkney
Terri Steinmann

International
Baccalaureate
Sherry Brooks
Anne Cross
Dr. Tom Forsgren
Lindsay Fredregill
Dara Green
Sara Karbeling
Lindsay Kasuga
Nate Larson
Michael Link
Lana Lyddon-Hatten
Michael Marcketti
Tamara Pfantz
Brian Reece
Scott Schoneberg

Mathematics
Diane Fox
Michael Link
Lana Lyddon-Hatten
Michael Marcketti
Nate Larson
Brian Reece

Science
Anne Cross
Sarah Davitt
Sara Karbeling
Lindsay Kasuga
Scott Schoneberg

Social Science
Dr. Tom Forsgren
Diane Fox
Canada Snyder
Dan Swanson

World Language
Abeer Al-Haddad
Beth Eilers
Lindsay Fredregill
Kimberly Glandorf
Giovanni Leo
Yan Li
Sachiko Murphy

Dear Selection Committee,

I am writing on behalf of Mr. Michael Dale. Ive known Mr. Dale for most of
his teaching career. Recently we served at Roosevelt High School where he taught
science and I was a School Improvement Leader. Mr. Dale is a consummate
professional who fulfills his obligations to the school in an exemplary manner. He can
be relied on in the most difficult of situations and is dedicated to his own growth as a
professional.
Mr. Dales knowledge of effective school leadership is impressive. He is
looking for that first opportunity to demonstrate his capability. Over the past eight
years, he has taken on challenges to earn a masters degree and administration
credentials. He has been thoughtful and strategic in gaining experience in a wide
variety of situations. He substituted for me in the main office a few times to handle
discipline. He attended a parent meeting to support his co-workers in the English
department when they first began experimenting with Standards-Referenced Grading.
From that meeting, he developed a parent informational brochure on SRG that we used
at parent-teacher conferences that fall. His ability to plan, work with others and push
student achievement has been instrumental to Roosevelts success.
Mr. Dale is an instructional leader. In his classroom, instructional goals and
activities, interactions and the classroom environment convey high expectations for
student achievement. Mr. Dale displays a solid understanding of the different
approaches to learning that different students exhibit. He has been instrumental in
developing Data Teaming under extraordinary circumstances. A couple of years ago,
the Roosevelt Science Department experienced a tragedy in the sudden death of Mr.
Dales teaching partner. Without his support for a struggling new teacher, a long-term
substitute teacher and his leadership in the wake the loss of one of our teachers, our
students, our department and our school would have been much worse off. His ability
to plan and prepare instruction for two other classrooms in addition to his own
demonstrates his exemplary skill. I have been honored to serve with Mr. Dale.

Jessica Gogerty, Director of Central Academy