edLeader Panel

Teaching Reading Today: Bridging Research, Practice, and the Social Value of Literacy

Teaching Reading Today: Bridging Research, Practice, and the Social Value of Literacy

Presented by Carol Jago, Associate Director, California Reading and Literature Project, UCLA, and Past President, National Council of Teachers of English; Lorna Simmons, Former Special Education Teacher, and Author, Saxon Reading Foundations; Dr. JT Torres, Director, Houston H. Harte Center for Teaching and Learning; and Samantha Garon, VP of Product Management, Heinemann

AI in K-12 Education: Help, Hindrance, or Highway to the Future?

AI in K-12 Education: Help, Hindrance, or Highway to the Future?

Presented by Dr. Bryan Duffie, Superintendent, Alma School District (AR); Dr. Deborah Kerr, Superintendent, St. Francis Public School District (WI); Dr. Michael Lubelfeld, Superintendent, North Shore School District 112 (IL); and Pete Just, AI Project Director, CoSN
Moderated by Ann McMullan, Project Director, CoSN/AASA EmpowerED Superintendents Initiative, CoSN (Consortium for School Networking)

Turning Around Schools with High-Impact Tutoring

Turning Around Schools with High-Impact Tutoring

Presented by Dr. Christina Grant, Executive Director, Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University; Jess O’Connor, Partner, Education Resource Strategies; Katie Tennessen Hooten, Founder and Senior Vice President, Ignite Fellowship, Teach For America; and Alan Safran, CEO, Co-Founder, and Chair of the Board, Saga Education

Motivation Drives Math Success for Every Student

Motivation Drives Math Success for Every Student

Presented by Lisa Tanner, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, North Adams Public Schools (MA); Dr. Ashley Mellies, Math Coach & Testing Coordinator, Monroe County Public Schools (FL); Mitchell Augenstein, Classroom Teacher, Marysville Schools (OH); and Ryan LeClaire, M.Ed., Manager, District Partnerships, Prodigy Education

Growing and Supporting a Diverse Teacher Workforce

Growing and Supporting a Diverse Teacher Workforce

Presented by Dr. Adam Clark, Superintendent, Mt. Diablo Unified School District (CA); Dr. Antoine Hawkins, Superintendent, Evergreen Elementary School District (CA); and Dr. Kai Mathews, Founder and Lead Designer, The Liberatory Classroom

The Competitive Advantage: Prepare Students for Life and Work

The Competitive Advantage: Prepare Students for Life and Work

Presented by Dr. Keith Parker, Superintendent, Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools (NC); Francesca Ver Ploegh, Assistant Superintendent of Magnet Schools, Albuquerque Public Schools (NM); Jonathan Wren, Director of Magnet Schools, Metro Nashville Public Schools (TN); and Freebird McKinney, Director of Partnerships, Participate Learning

Our Accountability Era: How Outcomes-Based Contracts Drive Student Achievement

Our Accountability Era: How Outcomes-Based Contracts Drive Student Achievement

Presented by Jillian Evans, Former Teacher, Current Providers and Marketplace Dynamics, The Center for Outcomes Based Contracting; Lesley Nelms, Federal Program Coordinator and Special Education Supervisor, Hamburg School District (AR); and Lorrae Famiglietti, Director of Product Strategy, BookNook
Moderated by Connie Warren, M.Ed., Former Teacher, Current Senior Marketing Manager, BookNook

Improving Professional Learning Systems for Today’s Educators: Playbook for State and Local Leaders

Improving Professional Learning Systems for Today’s Educators: Playbook for State and Local Leaders

Presented by Ji Soo Song, Director of Projects and Initiatives, SETDA; Michael Ham, Partner, Research and Policy, FullScale; Kurt Beer, Senior Account Executive, MagicSchool AI; Coleen Putaansuu, Title II, Part A Lead Program Supervisor, OSPI, Washington State; Tate Toedman, Federal Program Specialist, Nebraska Department of Education; Elizabeth Foster, Senior Vice President, Research and Strategy, Learning Forward; and Dr. Beth Holland, Managing Director, Research and Policy, FullScale

Launching a Literacy Improvement Program: How a District Responded to a Community’s Needs

Launching a Literacy Improvement Program: How a District Responded to a Community’s Needs

Presented by Christopher Albeck, Director, Curriculum and Instruction (K–12), Berkeley Public Schools (CA); George Ellis, Director, California Reading & Literature Project; Dr. Kim Gibbons, Director, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI), University of Minnesota; Jill Hoogendyk, Associate Superintendent, Berkeley Public Schools (CA); and Dr. Dale Webster, President, CORE