{"id":8,"date":"2014-12-17T13:06:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T13:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whitlock-in.us\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T21:09:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:09:43","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whitlock-in.us\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whitlock-in.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_8714-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-56\" src=\"https:\/\/whitlock-in.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_8714-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dianna-whitlock-304570125\">Dr. Whitlock<\/a> is an experienced educator with 25+ years of service as a teacher, Title I Director, High Ability Director, Assistant Principal, and Principal. She was a teacher and administrator at Cloverdale Community Schools, Loogootee Community Schools, and Eminence Community Schools. She recently retired as \u00a0Chief Operations Officer for Standard For Success.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s13\">Dianna<\/span><span class=\"s14\">\u00a0has conducted research on the <\/span><span class=\"s18\">Impact of Preschool Services in Areas of Rural Poverty<\/span><span class=\"s14\">, which has been presented at various professional conferences for school administrators. \u00a0 In addition, she led a research team on a study entitled <\/span><span class=\"s18\">The State of Teacher Evaluation in Indiana<\/span><span class=\"s14\">, which was presented to the Indiana General Assembly. <\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s20\">A lifelong learner and graduate of both Indiana State University and Oakland City University in Indiana, Dianna enjoys helping others grow professionally. \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s20\">Dr. Whitlock\u2019s latest publication, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Teacher-Evaluation-as-Growth-Process\/dp\/1728361400\"><span class=\"s21\">Teacher Evaluation as a Growth Process<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s20\">, is based upon her teacher evaluat<\/span><span class=\"s20\">ion research and <\/span><span class=\"s20\">focuses on creating a feedback rich culture in schools<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s20\">In her retirement she enjoys spending time with family, traveling, and continuing to be a lifelong learner. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whitlock-in.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-23-at-5.21.21-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-37 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/whitlock-in.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-23-at-5.21.21-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/toddwhitlock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Todd<\/a> was one of the co-founders and the CEO of Standard For Success before it was sold to Education Advanced, Inc. He was at North Daviess Community Schools for 17 years. He has served as a classroom teacher and the Technology, Curriculum, and Testing Coordinator. He holds a building level and superintendent\u2019s license as well. Todd was recognized as the TechPoint 2012 Bridge Builder Award Recipient and the 2008 winner for contributions to K-12 education and was recognized as a National School Board Association (NSBA) \u201c20 to Watch\u201d school leader. Along with co-foundng Standard For Success he also was the founding member of Edtechzone. In retirement Todd enjoys traveling, golfing, fishing, and spending time with family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Whitlock is an experienced educator with 25+ years of service as a teacher, Title I Director, High Ability Director, Assistant Principal, and Principal. She was a teacher and administrator at Cloverdale Community Schools, Loogootee Community Schools, and Eminence Community Schools. She recently retired as &nbsp;Chief Operations Officer for Standard For Success. Dianna&nbsp;has conducted research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About Us - Whitlock Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Dianna Whitlock and Todd Whitlock about us page. 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