INNOVATIVE  PROFESSIONAL  LEARNING

Ted Davis is the President of Innovative Professional Learning, LLC.

Experience

He served as Director of Professional Education for the Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22 in Doylestown, PA for over 25 years. In this position, he had major responsibility with 13 districts and intermediate unit staff for professional development credit courses, workshops, seminars, academies, teleconferences, videoconferences, and graduate school partnerships with Lehigh, St. Joseph's, Penn State, Gratz, West Chester, Temple, East Stroudsburg Universities, as well as the University of the Arts.

Councils and Committees

He coordinated a number of county advisory councils and committees, including the

• Continuing Education Advisory Council
• Act 48 Professional Education Council
• Comprehensive System of Personnel Development Committee
• Superintendents' Diversity Task Force
• Program Quality Review Evaluation Team

Regional and State Conferences

He has coordinated numerous regional and state conferences on

• special education
• diversity
• gifted education
• safe schools
• alternative education programs
• literacy
• teacher induction

Roles

Ted has served as both a regular and special education teacher, training specialist, and federal programs coordinator. He has been the President of the Pennsylvania Staff Development Council, President of the Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education, and has served on the planning committee for the National Staff Development Council. He has been a member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the Pennsylvania Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children, which presented him with the Educator of the Year Award.

Speaking

He is a regular speaker at state and national education conferences, and continues to help coordinate state events.

Arts

He has a particular interest in theater, film and television. He has produced and directed over 25 classical plays and was Managing Director of a Shakespeare in the Park series in Bucks County, PA. He has served as crew member on a number of feature films, including Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can, and has acted in A Beautiful Mind, Unbreakable, Like Mike, Invincible, Revolutionary Road, Ed, Hack, Traveler, The Sopranos, and Sex and the City.

Theodore H. Davis

President of Innovative Professional Learning, LLC

Former Director of Professional Education Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22

• PA Intermediate Unit Executive Director...

  "In terms of program content and options, number of participants, and logistics, I truly believe this year's Special Education Conference was the 'best ever.' Your ability to organize such a huge event is most appreciated. Also, your leadership and support in revitalizing staff development for intermediate unit staff is very impressive. Thank you."

• Preschool Teacher...

  "I have been teaching for 27 years and I can honestly say that the Early Literacy Academy organized by Mr. Davis has been one of the top programs I have ever attended. I now have a wealth of information to incorporate into my classroom."

• Developmental Therapist...

  "There were many wonderful, concrete ideas presented at the conference coordinated by Ted Davis, all useable with my early intervention families in their homes, and all the children and adults in my life."

• Autism Support Teacher...

  "This workshop at the conference developed by Mr. Davis was a very, very informative and effective session. It provided fresh, new ways to implement practical strategies."