Presented by Kathy Walker, RSSP Lead and Data Fellow for School Improvement, Abilene ISD (TX); Raquel Perez, Executive Director of Partner Success, engage2learn; and Kammi Green, Chief of Partner Success, engage2learn

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This past October, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released its testing results and analysis for K-12 students in the United States—commonly known as The Nation’s Report Card—for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report details the sharpest drop in NAEP math scores ever recorded for fourth and eighth graders and paints a clear picture of the immense impact that the challenges associated with the pandemic have had on student achievement.

Among these results is evidence that learning disruptions continue to disproportionately affect non-White students, making the need for equitable access to a quality education for every single learner all the more urgent. Luckily, the educator and learner support strategies that your school or district needs are already at your fingertips! Watch this edWebinar to learn how you can utilize competency-based learning and instructional best practices to:

• Mitigate the effects of unfinished learning in math
• Accelerate NAEP and student achievement scores for all learners at any level of mastery
• Focus educator coaching and support efforts on math instruction, thereby increasing job satisfaction and teacher retention

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 school and district leaders as well as teachers.

About the Presenters

Kathy Walker currently serves as RSSP Lead and Data Fellow for School Improvement in Abilene ISD located in Abilene, Texas. She currently oversees middle school math HQIM implementation for four campuses, 60 teachers, and over 3,000 students.

Her teaching journey began in 1989 as a high school teacher and coach. Kathy served for three years as program director for a school within a school at Abilene High focusing on at-risk ninth-grade students. Additionally, she served three years as a high school instructional specialist and chief academic officer. Prior to joining AISD Central Office, Kathy’s educational investment of 29 years has also included 12 years as a campus principal at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. In addition to a bachelor’s, Kathy holds a master’s in educational administration.

With 27 years of educational experience, Raquel Perez is known for her leadership and coaching skills that build student achievement. She has led faculties through change processes, shifting campus cultures to student-centered organizations. By empowering teachers, Raquel uses the engage2learn (e2L) eGrowe coaching model, which has led to double-digit gains in student learning. She has worked with chronically low-performing campuses, including Title I schools, Gear-Up campuses, alternative high schools, TTIPS campuses, and Priority campuses.

As the e2L math lead, Raquel analyzes projects to develop strategies and custom resources for accelerated district and campus success. She also provides job-embedded training and coaching to the team of e2L math coaches. Prior to joining e2L, Raquel served as a math teacher, math department chair, assistant principal, curriculum specialist, and professional learning facilitator, as well as grant and assessment leader in a variety of urban districts.

Serving as the chief of partner success for engage2learn, Kammi Green’s primary responsibility is to ensure the success of district partnerships through the implementation of services and project management systems. Through collaboration with district leaders, she helps make the district’s local vision a reality. She implements account management systems, including a custom design consultation, setting success criteria, and creating a responsible rollout with districts to ensure the project is on track and successful. She addresses risk management with districts through weekly standing meetings, executive status reports, and quarterly meetings to ensure success of the project.

Kammi brings experience from the campus, district, and state levels for transforming teaching and learning in order to ensure every child is prepared for their future. Throughout her experience, Kammi has utilized her leadership skills to partner with educators to address adaptive issues with cultural solutions to make the necessary culture shifts at the campus and district levels.

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engage2learn (e2L) partners with public school districts to design, build, and implement comprehensive, customized talent development systems in five key areas: culture & strategy, career development, coaching, competency pathways, and connected data. Since 2011, we’ve partnered with over 300 public school districts across the nation to transform traditional PD into holistic talent development solutions proven to increase educator and staff engagement and retention and improve outcomes. We customize our solutions to maximize partner results by scaling smart professional learning systems that optimize outcomes, empowering leaders with a first-of-its-kind platform that connects professional growth data to any desired outcome to effectively show the efforts and impact of their investments. For more information about engage2learn, visit engage2learn.org or call 1(833) 325-4769.