Presented by Dani Battle, Academic Officer, Teacher Created Materials
Moderated by Heather Brooke, Vice President of Professional Learning, Teacher Created Materials
Presented by Loyal Frazier, High School Teacher and Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI) Trainer; and Brian Thomas, Former Classroom Teacher, Current Learning Designer, Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI)
Presented by Mike Boraz, Chief of Network 15, Chicago Public Schools (IL); Tim Schell, Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, Waunakee Community School District (WI); and Quinesha Tillman, Partnership Manager, PERTS
Presented by Joseph Shin, Junior, Fox Chapel Area High School (PA); Keena Weigel, Junior, South Hills High School (CA); Shriya Krishnamurthy, Freshman, University of Pittsburgh; Sherenna Bates, Project Director of R&D Partnerships, Center for Inclusive Innovation, Digital Promise; and Cassie Graves, R&D Program Manager, Center for Inclusive Innovation, Digital Promise
Presented by Shawna Dinkins, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent, Lynwood Unified School District (CA); Heidi Maltby-Skodack, Executive Director of School Improvement and Innovative Programs, Traverse City Area Public Schools (MI); Jesse Ross, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Learner-Centered Collaborative; and Zareen Kasad, Project Director, Center for Inclusive Innovation, Digital Promise
Presented by Rebecca M. Langan, MSW, Principal, Langan and Associates, LLC; Dr. Alisa Smiley-Rudolph, Mental Health and Truancy Coordinator, Selma City Schools (AL); and Dr. Elsa Friis, Head of Mental Health, Alongside
Students learn best when they feel supported in classrooms. As a result, schools are collecting and utilizing data on how students experience classrooms to help students and educators thrive.
Presented by Dr. Kimberly Hinton, Director of Coaching, The Network for College Success (NCS), The University of Chicago; Shannon Shambaugh, Equity Advancement Specialist, Evergreen Public Schools (WA); Rachel Banas, Director of Operations and Student Services, West Buffalo Charter School (NY); and Dr. Sarah Gripshover, Director of Research, PERTS
Presented by Maura Nugent, English and ESL Teacher, Chicago Public Schools (IL); Jennifer Velazquez, English and Film Studies Teacher, John Hancock College Prep (IL); and Rachel Roberson, Senior Program Manager – Education Content, KQED
Both IEPs and edtech share a similar promise: helping deliver personalized learning so that every child reaches their potential. But while IEPs focus on reaching kids who have already experienced difficulties, edtech is supposed to level the field before students have issues.