About Dr. Sharon M. Biggs

Department of Education State Turnaround Coach, Executive Director of Principal Evaluation & Coaching in Turnaround Schools, Assistant to the Superintendent, Elementary School Principal, Middle School Assistant Principal, and Teacher Leader and Classroom Teacher.

Dr. Sharon M. Biggs’ career progression includes service in:
-Large, high-poverty, low-performing state-controlled urban turnaround district
-Large, stratified income & stratified performance urban district
-Large & mid-sized, affluent, high-performing suburban districts
-Small, middle-income & moderately performing suburban-rural districts
-Corporate America Middle Management

Dr. Biggs successfully defended her doctoral dissertation after completing a rigorous & accelerated 2-year Executive Educational Leadership Doctoral Cohort Program at Seton Hall University (SHU). She was the 1st in her doctoral cohort to defend a dissertation (no required revisions/recommendations). The timely and relevant 21st Century dissertation topic was: “Superintendents’ Beliefs About Barriers That Can Influence Their District Technology Leadership Practices” — an excellent precursor to the 2014-2015 national roll-out of the PARCC assessments.

Dr. Biggs was selected to be the face of SHU’s Executive Ed.D. Program for promotional and advertising purposes (EdWeek, July 2013 and other publications).

Dr. Sharon M. Biggs also leads the Educational Leadership Development Team at Marketplace Dynamics, LLC (MD).

MD’s educational leadership team assists organizations with their educational planning, and offers educational consultation and professional development training sessions for:
– Current and aspiring district-level and school-level educational leaders
– Urban turnaround school district teams
– High-performing affluent district teams
– Leadership teams from colleges and universities
– Houses of Worship
– Organizations

MD’s Educational Leadership Development Team focuses on:
• Technology implementation
• Social media platforms (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Pinterest)
• Organizational leadership development
• Public speaking & presentation skill development
• The Change Theory
• Student recruitment and enrollment
• Improving student achievement and organizational culture and climate
• Data collection, data analysis and data reporting
• Focus group interviews
• Surveys (online and hard copy)

Contact:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/drsharonbiggs/
https://twitter.com/DrSharBiggs
https://www.facebook.com/drsharonm.biggs
http://www.pinterest.com/leadershipblog/

Email:
DrSharonMBiggs@MarketplaceDynamics.com

Website:
http://www.MarketplaceDynamics.com