Presented by Corbin Edginton, Ph.D., Former Educator, Current Sr. Director, Pacific Region, NWEA
Inclusive Education
A Strong Start in Early Childhood: Curriculum, Data, and Individualization Within a Multi-Tiered System of Support
Presented by Dr. Heather Hennesey, Experienced Educator, Regional Lead Educational Consultant, Education and Implementation, Teaching Strategies; Jennifer Walker, Experienced Educator, Director of Head Start and VPK, Monroe County School District (FL); and Suzana Spina, Experienced Educator, International Director of Partner Success, Teaching Strategies
Building Inclusive Assessments With the Wheel of Inclusion: UDL, Accessibility, and AI
Presented by Peter Jacobson, Experienced Educator, Product Leader, Khan Academy; and Michelle Soriano, Former Educator, Current Professional Learning and Implementation Specialist, CAST
Accessibility and UDL as Partners in Inclusion: From Compliance to Belonging
Presented by Brian St. Amour, Director of eLearning/Adjunct Professor, Business, Temple College; Skip Stahl, Co-Founder and Senior Policy Analyst, Emeritus, CAST; Lilly Shaw, George Washington University Student, Intern, CAST; and Luis Perez, Senior Director of Disability and Accessibility, CAST
Evaluating Purpose-Built Digital Curricula That Drive Outcomes: No More Trial-and-Error
Presented by Pam Shaw, Director of K-12 Quality Assurance, Quality Matters; Dr. Michelle Barrett, SVP of Research, Policy, and Impact, Edmentum; and Tatiana Ciccarelli, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Edmentum
Moderated by Ross Romano, Director, Strategic Communications, Edmentum
Just-in-Time Support vs. Intervention: Why the Distinction Matters in MTSS
Presented by Dr. Bonnie Cochran, National Director of Innovation and Insights, HMH; Marie Garrido Zoeller, Curriculum Supervisor for English Language Arts, Broward County Public Schools (FL); Sarah Jay, Executive Director of Equitable Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Boston Public Schools (MA); and Serita Dodson, School Improvement Strategist, Frisco Independent School District (TX)
Built for Every Mind: Reimagining Classrooms for Neurodiverse Learners
Presented by Kara Ball, Academic Officer and Author, Teacher Created Materials; and Juliana Urtubey, Educator, Special Education Expert, Understood.org, and Director of Curriculum, National Center for Grow Your Own
Moderated by Heather Brooke, Vice President of Professional Learning, Teacher Created Materials
Amplify Multilingual Voices: Build Digital Identity and Community with Student Interviews
Presented by Gurbir Kahlon, ELA Teacher and ELD Coordinator, West High School, Torrance Unified School District (CA); and Sue Thotz, Former Educator, Current Director, Education Outreach, Common Sense Media
Moderated by Jennifer Ehehalt, Former Educator, Current Senior Regional Manager, Common Sense Education
Reimagine Literacy Education: Leadership Strategies to Expand Opportunity and Student Success
Presented by Miguel Cardona, Ed.D., Founding CEO, Cardona Solutions, and 12th U.S. Secretary of Education; and Maya Valencia Goodall, Chief Impact Officer, CORE Learning
Enhancing Writing and Communication Through Sentence Building: A Pedagogical Approach
Presented by Mindy Reifer, MA, Elementary and Middle School Principal, ELA Specialist; Shanita Francis, Social-Emotional Brain-Based Learning Consultant; Zisel Roth, M.S.Ed., Grammar & Writing Curriculum Design Specialist, Author of 20+ Instructional Texts for K-8; and Jennah Schuh, M.Ed., SBL, SDL, Director of Education and Training, Achieve