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Supporting and Evaluating Student-Centered Classrooms
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST
Presented by Kimberly Collins, Professional and Organizational Development Success Coach, Chesapeake City Public Schools (VA); Roxane Thomas, Assistant Principal, Northeast Career and Technical Academy, Clark County School District (NV); and Matthew Hickson, Former Teacher, Current Head of Partner Transformation, Modern Classrooms Project
Sponsored by Modern Classrooms Project
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Join the Modern Classrooms Project and guest leaders from Clark County School District and Chesapeake Public Schools for an engaging, practical edWebinar designed for district and school administrators.
As classrooms increasingly adopt student-centered, mastery-based learning strategies, leaders play a critical role in creating the conditions for innovative teaching to thrive. This session clarifies what strong student-centered instruction looks like and offer concrete strategies to support and evaluate educators as they make this shift.
Viewers learn:
- Clear indicators of high-quality student-centered classrooms
- Practical look-fors for observing blended, self-paced, and mastery-based learning
- Tools and structures that strengthen coaching, feedback, and schoolwide implementation
- Insights from Clark County Schools and Chesapeake Public Schools on building buy-in and sustaining progress
You leave with actionable ideas and leadership practices that help educators elevate student ownership and create classrooms where all learners can succeed. This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 school and district leaders.
About the Presenters
Kimberly Collins is an experienced educator and instructional leader with over 13 years in K–12 education. She holds a bachelor’s degree in K–8 education from the University of Maine at Farmington, a master’s degree in K–12 education from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, and an Education Specialist (Ed.S.) degree in Educational Leadership and Policy from Virginia Tech. As a Success Coach for Chesapeake Public Schools, Kimberly supports educators in strengthening instructional practices, building capacity, and leading with purpose. She is passionate about empowering teachers through coaching and collaboration, and she has designed and facilitated professional development experiences both within her district and at conferences across the country.
Roxane Thomas is the Assistant Principal at Northeast Career and Technical Academy. She supports English, math, social studies, and science in implementing schoolwide mastery learning. She is a collaborative learning strategy enthusiast—she loves a good jigsaw, four-corners, or fishbowl discussion—and a supporter of teacher autonomy and creativity to make learning fun for students of all ages.
Matt Hickson, Head of Partner Transformation at Modern Classrooms Project, is a community organizer turned school leader. He believes in leveraging the power of education to build more joyful, purposeful, and just communities. In more than a decade of work in North Carolina, he served his community both inside and outside of school buildings. Matt was the Durham Public Schools Beginning Teacher of the Year before becoming a Principal and Central Services Director. He also served on the Board of Directors at Student U and the DPS Foundation. When not working in schools, Matt is an avid Buffalo Bills fan and dog dad to his puppy, Archie. He currently resides in Washington, DC.
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The Modern Classrooms Project empowers educators to implement a self-paced, mastery-based instructional model that leverages technology to foster human connection, authentic learning, and social-emotional growth.
