Presented by Kareem Farah, Former Educator, Current CEO and Co-Founder, Modern Classrooms Project; and Dr. Catlin Tucker, Best-Selling Author, International Trainer, and Keynote Speaker
Presented by Lindsey Bird, Education Coach and Consultant, Lindsey Bird Consulting and Teach Plus California
Strategies to reimagine human capital within the school system to support the overall goals of the district were the subject of the edLeader Panel, “Reimagining Human Capital Management in Today’s School Districts.” The panelists engaged in a discussion about how school districts can collaborate with education partners, community partners, and other internal administrators to build a strong and inviting district culture to attract the best talent to join their team.
Presented by Amy Taylor, Chief of Community Engagement, Truth Initiative; and Jessie Stone Fox, M.Ed., Sr. Director, K12 Community Engagement, EVERFI
Presented by Jessie Stone Fox, M.Ed., Sr. Director, K12 Community Engagement, EVERFI; Travae D. Donald, M.Ed., RN, Division Clinical Education Specialist for Behavioral Health, HCA Healthcare – East Florida Division, Former Special Education Teacher; and Joshua King, Third-Grade Teacher, Independence Elementary School, Rosedale Union School District (CA)
Presented by Kelly Forbes, President of the Oklahoma Association for Bilingual Education; Lynmara Colón, Ph.D., Director of Student Opportunity and Multilingual Services, Prince William County Public Schools (VA); Dr. Karen Henery, Director for ESOL/Multilingual Services, Little Rock School District (AR); and Jennifer Hernandez, Emergent Bilingual Solution Account Executive, Lexia Learning
Building a multilevel program to support emergent bilingual students is an effort that no one educator can take on alone. During the edLeader Panel, “Best Practices to Support Emergent Bilingual Students This School Year—and Beyond,” Dr. José Viana, Senior Education Advisor at Lexia Learning and the former Director of the Office of English Language Acquisition, hosted a panel of experts who explained how to build inclusive and asset-based learning environments at the national, state, district, and school levels.
Presented by Kristen King, M.Ed., Co-Founder and Director of Coaching, Persist Nashville; Rachel Henry, Implementation Lead, NY/NJ, EVERFI; and Jay Matthews, Ed.S., Specialist, K12 Community Impact, EVERFI
Moderated by Jessie Fox, M.Ed., Sr. Director, K12 Community Engagement, EVERFI
Teachers and students suffered through COVID’s upheavals. With its dissipation come the aftereffects, from unfinished learning to teacher shortages. The pandemic furthered a lingering malaise linked to existing school gaps and challenges.
Decaf. Cream. Sugar. No sugar. Iced or hot. If people are that particular about their coffee, imagine how they might feel about their professional learning, says Robin Knutelsky, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Human Resources for Northern Highlands Regional High School in New Jersey.