Clyde Birkholz

Co-founder of Ten Sigma

Clyde Birkholz spent 21 years teaching secondary language arts including theater, speech, journalism, and advanced placement English. He also taught elementary gifted and talented students for three years. His skills as an English teacher, his wealth of experience, and his knowledge of performance-based learning are valuable assets as he speaks to teachers across the country about why and how to make their instruction more performance-based.

Clyde holds a master's degree in education and a bachelor's degree in English, speech, journalism, and theater arts education.

Role

Clyde Birkholz works well with groups of any size and is particularly adept at providing examples from his experiences and helping teachers develop the skills of performance-based learning. His presentations include:

1. Restructuring to become performance-based.

2. Designing K-12 curriculum based on standards.

3. Developing performance assessments.

4. Teaching students the skills of productivity through rubrics.