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Dr. Pearlmarie Goddard
Vice President of the Academies

Dr. Pearlmarie Goddard serves as White Hat Management's Vice President of the Academies, overseeing the operations HOPE Academies. Previously, she served as White Hat's Director of Curriculum and Instruction and as Director of Professional Development.

Before joining White Hat, Dr. Goddard worked as an Assistant Dean for the University of Akron, an Adjunct Faculty Member at Ashland University, Director of Student Services at the University of Akron, and as a music instructor at the University of Akron and Kent State University. Dr. Goddard's vast experience also includes training for drug/alcohol intervention workshops and Cuyahoga Community College, teaching elementary school, running a pre-school program, and grant administration.

Dr. Goddard holds a Doctor of Education from the University of Akron in Akron, OH, a Master of Education from Kent State University in Kent, OH, and a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from Kent State University. She also holds a Praxis III Assessor certificate, a permanent teaching certificate from the state of Ohio, and a harp instructor certificate from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Additional training includes Direct Instruction, CHAMPS, Fearless Math, curriculum mapping, and the Ohio Proficiency Test.

Dr. Goddard is also an accomplished writer, having written two books, A Guide to Student Teaching: For Student Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, and College Supervisors and Achieving Excellence: A Mentoring Approach for Entry-Year Teachers, and several handbooks, articles, abstracts, brochures, and videos. She has also received several awards and is a member of many professional organizations.

 



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The HOPE Academies and Riverside Academy are community schools established under Chapter 3314 of the Revised Code. These schools are public schools and students enrolled in and attending the schools are required to take proficiency tests and other examinations prescribed by law. In addition, there may be other requirements for students at the schools that are prescribed by law. Students who have been excused from the compulsory attendance law for the purpose of home education as defined by the Administrative Code shall no longer be excused for that purpose upon their enrollment in a community school. For more information about this matter contact the school administration or the Ohio Department of Education.