Lawerence Kohn

Consulting Coach

Lawrence Kohn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Sam Houston State University, where he teaches methods courses to aspiring teachers. He also has served as an adjunct professor for the University of St. Thomas (Generic Teaching Strategies) and the University of Houston, (Generic Teaching Strategies, Curriculum Theory, Classroom Management and Instructional Evaluation). An educator of 27 years, he is the former principal of both Atascocita High School and Quest High School in Humble ISD and a former English teacher in Humble ISD.

He has presented on the topic of professional learning community at multiple conferences, including The American Education Research Association national conference and at an ethnography conference at Oxford University in Oxford, England. He has also presented at the Coalition of Essential Schools Fall Forum, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development national conference, the National Association of Secondary School Principals national conference, and at the Fondren Reforming Summer School Institute on topics including authentic pedagogy, classroom management, assessment literacy, and high school reform and redesign.

In addition, he is a published author of multiple articles and book chapters and is currently working on a book about high school reform and redesign. His research interests are in professional learning community, assessment, leadership, and high school reform and redesign.

He was named the Outstanding Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Student of the Year 2000-2001, University of Houston, College of Education and served as a Commissioner for the Commission on the Whole Child, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Washington D.C. (2005).

He has authored or co-authored numerous grants awarded from the Houston Annenberg Foundation, Houston A+ Challenge, the Coalition of Essential Schools, the First Amendment Center and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Character Education Partnership, and Learn and Serve America. These grants collectively amount to over $1 million dollars.
 
He received his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Houston (2001), his Master of Education in Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations from the University of Houston (1996), and his Bachelor of Science in English from Youngstown State University (1982).