As a parent, educator, and researcher with over two decades of classroom, administrative, and community-based learning experience, I am an expert on the academic, behavioral, social, and emotional challenges facing today’s school staff, students, and parents.
My services provide guidance and support based on my research and proprietary SEL integration framework. See below for a selection of my most popular topics or contact me for a customized consulting bundle.
A familiar adage states, ‘It takes a village to raise a child’. While this is true in a communal sense, it takes collaboration to cultivate equitable and inclusive campus cultures. This session provides leaders with real-time data analysis and interpretation of educator perceptions and needs and provides strategies to reform systems for optimal educator and student success.
The concept of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) is not new to education; however, a disparity exists regarding students with disabilities. As a result, schools inadvertently exclude a growing population of students, further perpetuating achievement gaps in student performance DDE&I examines the intersectionality of disability, ethnic and linguistic diversity, equity and inclusion and advises strategies for improvement at the campus and district level.
To actively engage families as part of the school community, it is essential to establish meaningful connections through symbiosis. Connect to Engage guides educators and leaders to understand the nuanced role families play in school success and provides strategies to facilitate meaningful communication and connections between school staff and the families of students.
Foresight is 20/20 guides campuses through evaluating current realities of the academic, social, and emotional learning of their students, equips leaders with the tools to utilize Bloom’s Taxonomy aligned with the principles of Improvement Science (Bryk et al., 2017) to make measurable progress in student learning mastery and SEL, and provides a strategic plan to improve overall student and educator outcomes.
Regardless of the content you teach, the keys to student engagement are accessibility, relatability, and equity. Equitable Engagement guides educators to evaluate their content instruction and assessment practices through the lens of accessibility and how students connect content with their lives beyond the classroom. Providing equitable and engaging learning opportunities leads to meaningful experiences that resonate with students of all abilities.
