Athletes live grit and resilience in order to push through stress and tension. They persevere through obstacles, practice self-discipline, and manage their emotions. But wait—don’t these sound like the social-emotional skills teachers are helping students grow?
Presented by Kristina Ishmael, Deputy Director of the Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education; Andre Daughty, Educational Consultant, Daughty Enterprises; and Rich Dixon, Senior Director of Innovative Learning, Hāpara
Moderated by Ann McMullan, Consultant/Project Director for CoSN’s Empowered Superintendents Initiative, CoSN
What happens when a state has a professional learning mandate for teachers but no funding to offer them? Or taking any professional learning seminar requires hours of travel with no viable substitutes to cover the class? And what about adult learning in general, when the majority of workers in need are low income and marginalized?
Presented by Jim Larimore, Chief Officer for Equity in Learning, Riiid Labs; Madison Jacobs, Co-Founder, The EdTech Equity Project; and Vic Vuchic, Chief Innovation Officer, Digital Promise Global, and Executive Director, Digital Promise Learner Variability Project (LVP)
Moderated by Barbara A. Pape, Director of Policy and Communications, Learner Variability Project, Digital Promise
Presented by Jellisa Westney, Team Canada Athlete and Educator; and Kieran Block, Team Canada Alumni and Educator
Presented by Erin Mote, Co-founder and Executive Director, InnovateEDU; Dan Cogan-Drew, Co-founder and Chief Academic Officer, Newsela; Diane W. Doersch, Director of Technology, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Program, Digital Promise; and Dr. Courtney Teague, Director of Professional Learning Content and Learner Experience, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Program, Digital Promise Global
Moderated by Sierra Noakes, Research Project Director, Lifelong Learning Pathways, Digital Promise
Presented by Kathleen Sheehy, Director of Professional Development, Amplify; and Sean Nank, Professional Development Design Specialist, Amplify
Presented by Joy Lawson Davis, Ed.D., Gifted Education Practitioner, Scholar, Author, and Consultant; and Deb Douglas, M.S., Educational Consultant
Presented by Alex Shevrin Venet, Professional Development Facilitator, Unconditional Learning
Moderated by Rhiannon M. Kim, Educational Consultant, Love at the Roots
Presented by Dr. David Schuler, Superintendent, High School District 214 (IL); Vanessa Buitrago, Principal, School of Engineering and Sciences, Sacramento City Unified School District (CA); and Jennifer Wells, Social-Emotional Learning and Student Development Coordinator, Round Lake Area School District (IL)
Moderated by Jessica Berlinski, Director of K-12, Ripple Effects; and Takeru Nagayoshi, Panorama Education Professional Learning Director of Community Events and 2020 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year