Hal Melnick

I believe that teachers teach the way they have been taught. With that in mind, in my advisement, as well as in courses that I teach, I attempt to enact the principles and vision of Lucy Mitchell, Bank Street’s founder. Whether a teacher is working in an inner-city, suburban, private, or public school, the inspiration she feels as a teacher has to come from her own inspiration as a learner. Two essentials for a good school are good relationships and ongoing, healthy, open communication.

• Public school teacher (K-6), New York City
• Assistant Director - Project Open Classroom, Wayne, New Jersey
• Madison Project Math Lab instructor - 10-session Saturday math courses for teachers, New York City Board of Education
• Advisor to Policy Studies Associates, Washington, DC - five-year national study of Portfolio Assessment
• Advisory Board to California Mathematics Leadership Program - supported NSF schools-wide change study

• Independent School Consultations
  Spence School
  Rye Country Day School
  Rippowam Cisqua Lower School  

• Public School Consultations
  New York City Deparment of Education, Early Childhood Assessment in Math

• International School Consultation
  Tsinghua International School, Beijing, China
  Summit Professional Development Centre, Manila, Philippines
  
  
• Bank Street College Committees
  Faculty Advisory Committee
  Cross-College Retreat Committee
  
  
• Member of External Organizatons
  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
  National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM)
  Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Moeller, B., Dubitsky, B., Cohen, M., Marshke-Tobier, K., Melnick, H., & Metnetsky, L. (2011). Math for all facilitator guide, grades K-2. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

• Moeller, B., Dubitsky, B., Cohen, M., Marshke-Tobier, K., Melnick, H., & Metnetsky, L. (2011). Math for all facilitator guide, grades 3-5. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

• Melnick, H. (1976). Metric learning/Teaching task cards. Mount Joy, PA: Childcraft. Math resource files for individualization total school mathematics enhancement program two teacher resource kits: Primary level (ages 6-8) and intermediate level (ages 8-11). (ESEA Title III Publication, Wayne, NJ First ed., 1974, revised 1976).

• Melnick, H. (1974). Total school mathematics enhancement program: Intermediate level (ages 8-11). Wayne, NJ: ESEA TITLE III Publication.

• Melnick, H. (1974). Total school mathematics enhancement program: Primary level (ages 6-8). Wayne, NJ: ESEA TITLE III Publication.