Connected Classrooms

Brian Puerling is a National Board Certified Teacher and author, consultant, and presenter. He is a graduate of the Erikson Institute and is a former preschool teacher in the Chicago Public Schools. He served as the Director of Education Technology at the Catherine Cook School in Chicago. Brian has participated in the Erikson Early Mathematics Project and has been active in the Chicago Metro AEYC. He has worked as an early childhood teacher coach, a curriculum reviewer, and a professional development facilitator for the Chicago Public Schools, Rush University Medical Center Science and Math Excellence Network, and Rochelle Lee's Boundless Readers. Brian is a member of the NAEYC Tech and Young Children Interest Forum, which works to provide early childhood educators with high quality implementation and research resources. Brian served on the Sesame Workshop Teacher Council, where he shared his knowledge on trends in early childhood education and technology movements to help guide the planning for future programming of their television shows. Brian was a recipient of the PBS Innovative Educator Award and PBS Teacher's Choice Award in 2010.