9th Grade Ready

Timothy M. Dove is the 2011 and 2012 Ohio State Teacher of the Year. For 32 years, Dove was a 7th- and 8th-grade teacher. He also was an adjunct professor at The Ohio State University for 20 years, working with MEd students in secondary social studies. During the last seven years of his K-12 career, he was part of a leadership team that designed a new public middle school with an emphasis on student voice, student choice, mastery, and a connection to community and service. Since retirement from K-12 in 2013, he has been a consultant with Battelle for Kids in Hong Kong, Learning Forward, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and the Collaboration for Effective Education, Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) Center, working with educators to better serve each and every student.