Julia A. Simms

Julia A. Simms is the vice president of Marzano Resources. A former classroom teacher, she works with the Marzano Resources team as they develop research-based resources and provide support to educators as they implement them. Her areas of expertise include effective instruction, learning progressions and proficiency scales, assessment and grading, argumentation and reasoning skills, and literacy development. Julia received a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College and master’s degrees in educational administration and K–12 literacy from Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado.