EduChange's mission is to optimize teaching and learning environments by improving the professional lives of educators


The company is led by Catherine Saldutti , a standards specialist and experienced teacher, administrator and staff developer. Our mission is to optimize teaching and learning environments by improving the professional lives of educators. EduChange ® provides practical solutions based on experiences in real-world public schools. Click here to learn more about Teaching as Inquiry , a 2004 Teachers College Press publication that Catherine co-authored.

Dr. Isaak Aronson is an experienced teacher, administrator, curriculum specialist, and professional development provider. He earned a B.S. in Biology from Tufts University, an M.A. in International Education from The George Washington University, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum Theory and Development from the University of Maryland. Isaak's experience includes curriculum design for high school chemistry and physics courses and professional development in the sciences and literacy. Isaak currently runs Smarties Tutoring Services, a proven SES program using certified teachers as after-school providers. Smarties currently serves schools in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. EduChange is developing a science SES program for Smarties...stay tuned!

Dr. Lauren Birney is an urban educator with twenty years of experience in the field. After twelve years as a clinical professor, she currently teaches in the School of Education at Pace University preparing both pre-service and in-service teachers in the areas of curriculum and instruction, classroom management, teaching methodologies and research techniques. Additionally, the focus of her work is to create programs that encourage students to engage in the fields of science, create meaningful science curriculum and provide interactive professional development for teachers. Lauren earned a B.A. in Biology/Chemistry from the University of San Diego, and an M.A. in Counseling & an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern California. She serves as a consultant to EduChange.

Sue Boudreau has a degree in zoology and a master’s in Educational Leadership. She has been teaching biology and science for 26 years, from 1st—10th grade, in inner city, rural and suburban schoolsl to English and American students. As a curriculum developer for with UC Berkeley’s Science Education for Public Understanding Program, she developed and field-tested their Science and Life Issues curriculum for middle school. She has given numerous presentations and workshops at National and State science teacher conferences and has been a committee member for the California Department of Education. Currently, Sue is developing project-based learning curricula at Orinda Intermediate School in California. Sue has worked with EduChange as a client, and now serves as a consultant.

Cecilia Vásquez Carrillo is an Educational Technology Specialist provider graduated from Universidad de Chile. She graduated with honors from the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción Chile (UCSC), where she earned an EdM in Didactics and Pedagogical Innovation and a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education. She taught elementary school students for two years, then became a research associate and university instructor in the School of Education at UCSC, preparing both pre-service and in-service teachers in the areas of skill and competence ICT for teaching. Recently, Cecilia worked in the professional department of competencies and training ICT, a part of The Center for Technology and Education within the Chilean Ministry of Education. She has been involved in numerous ICT professional developments, has collaborated in the design of programs eLearning for teacher training in ICT, has collaborated in the design of ICT standards for teachers and students, and has worked in the design and assessment of teacher competences. Cecilia is a consultant to EduChange.

Dr. Beverly Ann Chin is Professor of English, Director of the English Teaching Program, former Director of the Montana Writing Project, and former Director of Composition at the University of Montana in Missoula. Her national leadership roles have included President of the National Council of Teachers of English, Board Member of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and Senior Project Consultant for the 2011 Writing Framework of NAEP. She is the author, consultant and/or editor of several texts and instructional videos on the teaching of writing, grammar, reading, and literature. Beverly has particular expertise in the areas of multicultural education, young adult literature, literacy across the curriculum, and performance assessment. With more than 35 years of teaching experience, Beverly is adept at crafting curriculum and professional development activities that immerse teachers in best-practice strategies for a diversity of learners. She serves as a consultant to EduChange.

Dr. Ann Kindfield is an experienced university instructor, research scientist, assessment developer and evaluator. She has taught biology, genetics and various science education courses, including work with pre-service secondary science teachers, at UC Berkeley, Montclair State University and Vanderbilt University. She also has extensive experience in K-16 science assessment R&D in academic settings and at the Educational Testing Service, has conducted research on elementary science and secondary biology teaching and learning, and has served on advisory panels and as the evaluator for a number of science education research projects. Ann holds a BS in Biology from the Pennsylvania State University, a MS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from UC Santa Barbara, and a PhD in Science Education from UC Berkeley. She serves as a consultant to EduChange.

Anna MacPherson earned a BS in Biology from Stanford University, an MA in Adolescent Science Education from Hunter College, CUNY and is currently a doctoral student in Science Education at Stanford University. Previously, she taught science at The Millennium High School in Manhattan and worked as a lab manager and educational specialist in the Marine Science Institute at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she participated in research that takes a genomic approach to understanding how marine invertebrates respond to pH stress. Anna has led professional development workshops about teaching climate change concepts for teachers in the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Unified School Districts. As a doctoral student at Stanford, she is pursuing questions related to the assessment of scientific reasoning in middle school students. Anna serves as a consultant to EduChange.

Joshua Paris earned a BA in mathematics Middlebury College and an Ed.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education. He taught bilingual math and science at Chelsea High School in Chelsea, MA for seven years before moving on to his current position as Department Chair and mathematics teacher at Brookline High School in MA, where he has been since 2000. Facile with every level and subject of high school math, Joshua has been involved in numerous curriculum development initiatives including the Lesson Study and Lenses on Learning projects at EDC in Newton, MA. As a consultant to EduChange, Joshua has helped develop our approach to differentiated instruction for the math classroom and has served as a lead developer for the academic vocabulary tool Concept Construxions.

Kiran Purohit worked for 8 years as a middle school math, science, and literacy teacher in NYC public schools. Her experience includes designing interdisciplinary and integrated curricula; focusing on social/environmental issues in math and science classrooms; and meeting the needs of learners with differering language abilities through project-based instruction and differentiated learning. Kiran holds an MA in science education from New York University and an EdM in curriculum and teaching from Columbia University Teachers College.

Liz Riggieri is a curriculum design specialist and professional development provider. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island, with a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education. Liz's areas of certification are English, Biology and General Science. She has taught grades 7-12 in her 12 years of teaching experience, working as an educator in Attleboro, Massachusetts; Warwick and East Providence, Rhode Island; and Columbia, Maryland. Liz helped to develop an integrated science curriculum in Massachusetts, helped launch an academic summer camp for students in need of MCAS remediation, and acted as a team leader and mentor. Liz specializes in the development of interdisciplinary lessons for student-centered, cooperative environments.

Dr. Sandy Simon is the Head of the Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics and Professor of The Rockefeller University. Dr. Simon has been examining everything from single molecules moving in a cell, to single viruses as they assemble to single cells as they metastasize through the body. His work has emphasized the importance of study single events, whether single proteins, single cells or single students as a way of gaining insight to the behavior of more complicated systems such as cells, an organ, an individual or a school system. His recent imaging work with HIV was named one of the "Top 100 Science Stories of 2008" by Discover Magazine. Dr. Simon also made remarkable contributions to the Nobel-Prize winning work of Günter Blobel, also a Rockefeller Lab Head. Dr. Simon has been active in science education since the '70s. In 2006 he was recognized for his outstanding teaching at Rockefeller and was recognized for his contributions to science education at Bard College in 2007. For EduChange, he has organized other Rockefeller University students and scientists in the development of The Investigations in Biology and Chemistry Program, advises the EduChange leadership team, serves as a Board Member for Teachers for Learners, LLC and hosts our annual Summer and Winter Invitationals at Rockefeller. Dr. Simon serves as the Science Advisor to EduChange.

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