Dave Hendry
- Producer
As producer of the documentary Good Morning Miss Toliver and The Eddie Files, Mr. Hendry is two-time winner of the George Foster Peabody award, and he has won The Educational Press Association's highest award for curriculum resources. Mr. Hendry has directed development activities for four National Science Foundation projects, for two of which he was Principal Investigator, has served as Principal Investigator in two US Department of Education Professional Development projects, and is the creator of The National Math Trail.
Today, Dave Hendry is Senior Vice President of Curriculum Standards and Assessment for Age of Learning, Inc. He is a nationally recognized expert on achieving learner engagement and understanding through application of principles of instructional design, and has served as principal faculty member in more than 100 teacher institutes for schools and districts nationwide. Mr. Hendry has lectured widely to educators and others about education policies and teaching practices that will prepare today's young and adult learners for the challenges of the future.
Mr. Hendry's curriculum publications include the award-winning teacher's guides for the instructional television series "Futures" with Jaime Escalante, The Eddie Files, and Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers. He is also author of the instructional guidelines for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory documentary Catch the Wind: The QuikSCAT Story, the National Center for Atmospheric Research documentary High Hopes, the Borrego Solar Curriculum and Lutron's Lighting for Learning curriculum.
As a member of the ABCmouse.com development team, he has contributed to the creation of a groundbreaking early childhood education resource that has earned the Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice Award, the Teacher's Choice Award, the Parent's Choice Gold Award, and the National Parenting Publications Gold Award (NAPPA).
Today, Dave Hendry is Senior Vice President of Curriculum Standards and Assessment for Age of Learning, Inc. He is a nationally recognized expert on achieving learner engagement and understanding through application of principles of instructional design, and has served as principal faculty member in more than 100 teacher institutes for schools and districts nationwide. Mr. Hendry has lectured widely to educators and others about education policies and teaching practices that will prepare today's young and adult learners for the challenges of the future.
Mr. Hendry's curriculum publications include the award-winning teacher's guides for the instructional television series "Futures" with Jaime Escalante, The Eddie Files, and Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers. He is also author of the instructional guidelines for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory documentary Catch the Wind: The QuikSCAT Story, the National Center for Atmospheric Research documentary High Hopes, the Borrego Solar Curriculum and Lutron's Lighting for Learning curriculum.
As a member of the ABCmouse.com development team, he has contributed to the creation of a groundbreaking early childhood education resource that has earned the Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice Award, the Teacher's Choice Award, the Parent's Choice Gold Award, and the National Parenting Publications Gold Award (NAPPA).