Many K-12 students experience life stresses, which have direct consequences for their well-being and lives. This panel will engage with educators who have firsthand experience with extreme traumatic events in their schools and communities, such as shootings, suicide, and bullying.

On the panel will be Whitney Allgood, National School Climate Center, New York, NY; Brian Bolden, Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy, Decatur, GA; and Sherry Earle, Newtown Public Schools, Newtown, CT.

Dr. Chaunté Garrett will moderate.

Dr. Garrett is an instructional leader with building and district level experience in transforming schools.

While teaching, she led at-risk students to high levels of achievement. At the district level, she designed remedial curriculum, developed and implemented instructional initiatives, helped to develop policies promoting teacher quality and student access to opportunities in closing achievement gaps. She currently serves as a chief academic officer in eastern North Carolina.

The ASCD Conference on Teaching Excellence: Pathways to Equity is a "learn and do" conference that will help educators immerse themselves in developing and executing a comprehensive equity action plan and goals tied to a problem of practice from one of four equity pathways:

2018 ASCD Conference on Teaching Excellence

June 29–July 1, 2018

Grapevine, Texas

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