presentations & Speaking Engagements

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The School to Suicide Pipeline! Suicide is not just a "White Kid Problem: How Intergenerational and Racialized Trauma, Mental Health Stigmatization in the Black Community, and Systemically Racist American Schools Contribute to a Deadly Mental Health Crisis for Black Youth.  100 Black Men of Houston: A Framework for Schooling the State of the Black Manchild in Education Conference

Houston, Texas

Are They Even Listening? Student Compliance vs. Authentic Cognitive Engagement.  Teacher Development. K-8 independent school network.

Austin, Texas

Diversity & Inclusion in Teacher and School Leader Preparation Programs: A St. Louis Case Study.  National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) Conference 

St. Louis, Missouri

Renewed Mindset for Assessment: Changing the Game for Students using Assessment to Break Losing Streaks.  National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) Conference 

Arlington, Texas

Firing Up Best Practices: Sparking Change using the Seven Strategies to Transform Teachers' Assessment Practices. Assessment Training Institute (ATI) National Summer Conference 

Portland, Oregon 

The Marriage of Learning Targets to Assessments:  A Case Study of Assessment Literacy Teacher Development, from the Seven-Year Itch to Finding Happily Ever After. Assessment Training Institute (ATI) National Summer Conference 

Portland, Oregon

Moving on Up...the quadrants! Assessing Deeper Learning using the Rigor/Relevance Framework.  Teacher Development.  K-12 public schools.  St. Louis, Missouri

Beyond the Gold Star: A Feedback Formula for Balancing Praise and the Science of Descriptive Feedback. Teacher Development.  K-12 public schools.  St. Louis, Missouri. 

Transforming your Assessment Mindset: Rethinking Assessment to Support Student Learning in Higher Education. Faculty Development.  Private university (higher education). St. Louis, Missouri

What’s Culture Got to Do with It? Culturally Responsive Teaching in Higher Education. Faculty Development.  Private university (higher education). St. Louis, Missouri

What’s Culture Got to Do with It? Culturally Responsive Teaching in Teacher Education. Teacher Development.   Private university (higher education). St. Louis, Missouri

What’s Culture Got to Do with It? Culturally Responsive Teaching in the K-12 Classroom. Teacher Development.  K-12 public schools.  St. Louis, Missouri

Head of the Class: Mastering Classroom Management at the Collegiate Level.  Faculty Development.  Private university (higher education). St. Louis, Missouri