Presented by Byron Adams, Vice President, Tripod Education, a Scholarus Learning Company; Michael Fournier, Superintendent of Schools, Bedford School District (NH); and Victor Cota, Director of Equity and Inclusion, St. Margaret’s Episcopal School (CA)
Presented by Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera, Author, Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education, California State University Channel Islands; and Dr. Giselle Carpio-Williams, Senior Director of Content and Multilingual Advancement, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Presented by José Hernández, Retired NASA Astronaut, President & CEO of Tierra Luna Engineering, Author, and California Farmer
Moderated by Dr. Maria Armstrong, Executive Director, Association of Latino Administrators & Superintendents
For the last decade, school districts have been struggling with teacher attrition rates, as the average “burnout” rate for incoming teachers has been approximately five to seven years. While state and local education agencies have been working on various strategies to get more teachers in the classroom, a new crisis has emerged: attrition in educational leadership.
Presented by Jenny Fererro, M.S., Professor, Child Development and Education, Palomar College; and Rebecca Bishop, Co-Author of Guidance for Supporting Gender Diversity in Early Childhood Education
Moderated by Jennifer Lewis, President, Gryphon House, Inc.
Presented by Hall Davidson, Senior Director, Global Learning Initiatives, Discovery Education; and Amira Davis, Manager, Community Engagement – Social Impact, Discovery Education
Moderated by Cameron Waldo, Manager, Community Engagement, Discovery Education
Presented by Tali Horowitz, East Coast Education Director, Common Sense Education; Laura Ordoñez, Head of Podcast Ratings and Reviews, Common Sense Media; and Halo Rogers, MS ELA Curriculum & Instruction Academic Technology IST, Northside Independent School District (TX)
Moderated by Jennifer Ehehalt, Sr. Regional Manager, Midwest, Common Sense Education
Presented by Christopher Jenson, M.D., Senior Health Advisor, Educator, Public Speaker, and Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author on School Mental Health; Kristi Dixon, School Counselor, Blue Valley Unified School District 229 (KS); Heidi Albin, Teacher, Curriculum Author, Gaming Concepts Curriculum; and Brett Derickson, Assistant Principal, Carson Middle School, Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 (CO)
Presented by Dr. Nick Polyak, Superintendent, Leyden High School District 212 (IL); Dr. Avis Williams, Superintendent, NOLA Public Schools (LA); Dr. Kristi Wilson, Superintendent, Buckeye Elementary School District (AZ); and Diane W. Doersch, Senior Director of Information Technology, Digital Promise
Moderated by Ann McMullan, Project Director, CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) EmpowerED Superintendents Initiative
Inclusion in schools and districts requires multiple stakeholders. An intentional, communal approach to involving them in inclusivity efforts (especially crucial for the LGBTQIA+ student and teacher community) is essential.