Parking & Transportation

• Parking is available at the garage attached to the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. 

  • The BTU has negotiated a discounted rate of $20 for 12 hours of parking on the day of the conference. 

  • You can pay for parking in advance here: https://www.premiumparking.com/P2331

  • The discount code for parking is BTU1020

  • This garage is gateless!  Parking must be paid in advance or upon arrival (within 15 minutes) after parking in the garage by using the license plate. Admiral Enforcement regularly patrols the garage and LPR Cameras record each entry/exit to the facility; vehicles unpaid will be subject to enforcement procedures.

  • The garage has two entrances (Calvert Street and South Street).  There are two ramps to access lower levels of the garage.  The hotel elevator is on the southeast corner of the structure.  The hotel elevator from the garage goes to the 1st and 5th floor of the Hotel.  

  • Other parking options may be found here: https://spothero.com/destination/baltimore/renaissance-baltimore-harborplace-hotel-parking (please note BTU has only negotiated a parking discount at the lot mentioned above.

• The Charles Center Metro stop is a 0.5 mile (about a 12 minute) walk to the Renaissance.

• The Navy, Yellow, Brown, 71, 65, and 76 buses all have stops nearby the Renaissance. 

Schedule

Workshop 1 - 10:10am-11:10am

BTU Teacher Contract Negotiations - Bargaining for Power with Zach Taylor

• BTU's Teacher Chapter is currently in the formal impasse process, which will be reviewed in this session. Join this workshop to learn more and share ideas about how BTU is fighting for the schools students and staff deserve and how to grow the power of membership during the next stages of negotiations. Attend this session to learn about the BTU contract and how negotiations are structured. Member concerns and ideas are central as we raise expectations on what bargaining can achieve. 

  • • Zach Taylor has worked in City Schools for 17 years as an ESOL, Social Studies, and ELA middle school teachers. He has worked as a Building Rep at three different schools. Currently, Zach is the BTU Teacher Chapter Treasurer and Director of Negotiations & Research. He has been trained in bargaining by the American Federation of Teachers, Labor Notes, Jane McAlevey's Organizing for Power, and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. 

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAbnoMEHm3dy0gEbg0FscTwiY-UUJsdh6C-Y6ejNNTYBVqQQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Vision Board for Self-Care with Lynnette Rodgers

• Participants will create self care vision boards which specifically focuses on your self care goals. Instead of thinking about luxury items or the places you want to travel, it's a way of gathering up and displaying everything that motivates and inspires you to reach your wellness self care goals. 

  • • Lynnette Rodgers is a graduate from Morgan State University with a Bachelors in Family Consumer Science and a Minor in Fine Arts. Lynnette is a working artist who specializes in ceramic and Lynnette is also a site based and Fine arts mentor, art integration coach, and PD facilitator for the office of Fine Arts. Lynnette is committed to reaching every student and improving academic achievement through the Arts. 

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9yhmVubwrdsTjY82qb6cscZGSeSWn8Dco1gsQsOjgMua2Kg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Budgeting 101 with Kelley Bagdasarian & Jon Bradley

• Whether you’re new to managing your own finances, never learned how to budget, or are tired of living paycheck to paycheck, this workshop is for you. We will go over some budgeting basics, show you how to create a budget, offer some budgeting tips, and introduce a few savings & investing pointers.

  • • Kelley Bagdasarian, or Coach Kelley as she’s called at Patterson High School, has been the Academic Coach for Patterson’s student-athletes since 2000. She coordinates the academic advising program: study hall, team building, personal counseling, SAT Prep, college and career readiness, and financial literacy. She also serves as the program director for the Jonathan Ogden Foundation, which helps student-athletes, and other at-risk students, prepare for life after high school, provides them with community service-based activities, and creates leadership opportunities. She is a firm believer that financial literacy can change someone’s life and create a lifetime of financial freedom. Together, with Jon Bradley, Kelley has been teaching students to budget, save, and invest for over 15 years. During the summer months, Kelley coordinates a life skills, SAT prep, and conditioning program she co-founded called Brains & Brawn. Kelley earned her M. Ed in Athletic Counseling from Springfield College. She is originally from MA and a die hard Boston sports fan.

    • Jonathan E. Bradley is founder and member of Cristata Investment Management LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). Jonathan was co-founder of “Bradley’s Golf Insider,” quoted in Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, Golf World and other publications, and was one of the first investment newsletters on the internet, featured at NBC in 1994. Mr. Bradley is chair of the nominations and awards committee alumni council at Johns Hopkins University. He currently serves as a member on JHU CBS Dean’s alumni advisory board. He has participated as a mentor and judge in Johns Hopkins Business Plan Contest. He served on the search committee for the inaugural dean at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. He served as a trustee and board member of the Natural History Society of Maryland. Mr. Bradley served as an auxiliary member of the Board of Child Care in Maryland. Mr. Bradley completed his MBA at Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School as a graduate Fellow of the JHU MBA Fellows Program. He has attended St. Mary’s Ecumenical Institute of Theology (EIT) as a graduate student of theology. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, from the University of Baltimore. Jon’s ultimate goal is to give back to his community and to help ones who have helped him in his life journey. Jon credits all of his success and desire to his parents, family values, faith, mentors, supporters, and loved ones. He enjoys golf, cycling, faith and community activities, academics, and seeing people overcome challenges as they achieve or live their dreams.

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScW1uTKDdxDKGAxIvGUrkvg9yAf236zNYoZZmrz2Fjp11ehjw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Navigating the Bridge Between Stress and SEL with Rebecca Blanco

• Stress cannot always be avoided, but it can be effectively managed. This session will focus on stressors that affect one’s well-being and professional life. Whether you are an adult, adolescent or young child, you learn from every experience both socially and academically. In this session, we will explore the social and emotional aspects of those occurrences and the lessons we can learn from them. 

  • • Rebecca S Blanco is a dual language educator and mother of two who lives and works in El Paso, TX. She has been a proud public school educator and El Paso AFT member since 2007. Rebecca became a member of EPAFT’s professional development team in 2016. She had the opportunity to attend the AFT’s Summer Educator Academy at Maritime Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, where she met many outstanding educators interested in education research and furthering the union’s work. She has since had the opportunity to deliver PD sessions for ELL 101, Differentiated Instruction, Beyond Classroom Management, Social-Emotional Learning, Managing Behaviors in School Communities, and most recently the Strategies for Student Success Modules, which include: The Trio, Students with Challenges, Teach Them to Think, Curriculum Matters and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. In 2020, she joined the Texas AFT professional learning team and became an AFT National Trainer for the Strategies for Student Success. She worked with a group of educators across Texas to develop and deliver the Goal Setting and Professional Development module for Texas AFT’s Bridges Institute for Professional Development. She looks forward to learning from and helping fellow educators. 

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchvGggqGhhCh5whoyJZRPkXfeDwyqjm-FT580TJlX7cPx2PQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

The 5 Buckets Principle (tm) with Martin Lattman

• Is it possible to meet the competing demands of finances, friends and family, work, health and community? The resounding answer is yes! In this fun, interactive seminar, participants will learn the 5 Buckets Principle of work/life balance to get the tools to prioritize what is and should be important to them. They will learn how to think about the BIG PICTURE without ignoring the little things that matter. We will show them how to find the time to manage it all, including time for themselves, and for fun, by identifying priorities, making choices and managing expectations. 

  • • Martin (Marty) Lattman is a highly experienced business executive, adult educator, and management consultant. During his corporate career, he was the CEO of two technology companies. Prior to those roles, he held positions as a VP of Marketing, VP of Sales, VP of International Operations, VP of Business Development, and VP of Strategic Alliances. After his time in the private sector, Marty has pursued a second career focused on adult education, executive coaching, and strategic consulting. He taught in the MBA program at Johns Hopkins University for nine years, receiving the Marketing Instructor of the Year award in 2005. Marty was also a faculty member for the American Management Association, where he delivered more than 250 leadership-related seminars. Over the last several years, Marty has done considerable professional development and management training. Some of the skills he teaches frequently are effective communication, collaboration and team-building, adaptability and resilience, dealing with stress and burnout, time management, leading change, Emotional Intelligence, work/life balance, self-confidence, and positive thinking among others. He has facilitated over 300 webinars and on-site sessions on these and other topics for several EAP providers. He is currently the head men’s lacrosse coach at Morgan State University. Marty holds a BA from the College of Wooster and an MBA from Cornell University.

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYjRO9HRDHUwGshG1n9_GWLuX0dLIgiYDs6zNAeP4t1s256w/viewform?usp=sf_link

Mixxedfit Demo with Aisha Watson

• MIxxedfit is a people-inspired fitness program that combines explosive dance movements with bodyweight toning. All fitness levels are welcome!

  • • Aisha is a fitness enthusiast who has been teaching in local gyms since 2012.

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe50HyT5fhBC5mz6ev4QStcqu88lyXkIkCKs2K_7td7aOhRGw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Workshop 2 - 11:15am-12:15pm

Free Summer Workshops & Travel for Teachers with Zach Taylor

• Interested in traveling for free across the country or abroad during the summer? Attend this workshop to learn about opportunities for teachers to gain graduate course credit while participating in engaging professional development led by experts across a range of fields. Workshops tend to be most available for Social Studies and ELA teachers, but these seminars often have flexible application guidelines that appeal to teachers of other content areas. The presenter has attended free summer workshops in South Africa, England, Mexico, Japan, Hawaii, Saipan, New Orleans, and elsewhere. The presenter will spend half this session detailing the options available, while the other half provides time for participants to search for summer workshops and ask individualized questions about application processes.

  • • Zach Taylor has worked in City Schools for 17 years as an ESOL, Social Studies, and ELA middle school teachers. He has worked as a Building Rep at three different schools. Currently, Zach is the BTU Teacher Chapter Treasurer and Director of Negotiations & Research. He has been trained in bargaining by the American Federation of Teachers, Labor Notes, Jane McAlevey's Organizing for Power, and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. 

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf48b9wy-_GqHtLND3A3RnJW6uHZlc3F7M31zR8gv0cbYk78A/viewform?usp=sf_link

"What Is Your Super Power?!!" with Koli Tengella

• Educators both teachers and paraeducators, will learn to use pop culture of superheroes' popularity and fandom as tools to support literacy (ELA) instruction. The workshop will also demonstrate how character development, conflict resolution and cooperative learning can be taught using these techniques.

  • • Koli (Co-Lee) Tengella (Ten-gay-la) a trauma-informed/ healing centered engagement Theater and Performing Arts Instructor with Baltimore City Public Schools will share his latest short film. It's titled, "The Super Shorty Secret Scholar Academy" featuring elementary/middle school young people of Baltimore City. He is the creator and founder of two (2) social impact arts programs. They are "Positive Social Change Theater/Performing Arts" that uses the power of immersive storytelling and live theatrical performance, digital filmmaking, and virtual reality technology along with trauma-informed/healing centered care techniques to buttress healthy social-emotional development, literacy, and critical thinking development to dismantle systematic social issues such as racism, misogyny, homophobia, and economic inequality. The other is "Tengella Edutainment", a media production company that produces therapeutic and educational films, television programming, digital media, and books that help African/Black people throughout the global African diaspora successfully navigate the perils of living in a systemically white racist world.

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe867hck1kP0lZANdabP3nGzqoT_3ci7Bqy0l2YN5QTwnAL9g/viewform?usp=sf_link

Own Your Part: Real Estate 101 with Tonette Campbell

• We will dive into the importance of financial literacy and its role in wealth building, by exploring various strategies and tools that can empower individuals to make informed financial decisions and achieve long-term financial stability. Additionally, we will shed light on the significant advantages of homeownership such as wealth accumulation, tax benefits, increased financial security and more. 

  • • Tonette Campbell: As a Native Baltimorean with over seventeen years of experience as a special educator in Baltimore City Public Schools, I value the importance of all of our communities. I strive to make the home buying and selling process equitable for all community stakeholders. My teaching philosophy is “ALL students can learn.” My real estate philosophy is that ALL people can purchase a home. My focus as an agent is on collective wealth building and social justice. I obtained my real estate license so that I could create enough capital to begin responsibly developing overlooked areas in my city (commonly referred to as the “Black Butterfly”). I have three children–a City College graduate, a current Dunbar student, and a current Roland Park student. So, when I’m not working with my real estate clients, I’m reading or spending time with family and friends at any one of the hundreds of venues that Baltimore has to offer.

    • William B. Holmes III: I've spent over 15 years of my career in human services in multiple roles in and around Baltimore. I've worked to empower different populations through workforce development, education, health and wellness, and life skills. My working knowledge of the mortgage industry along with my drive to serve together have charged me with a passion to educate and empower through home ownership and financial freedom. 

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIcqjH9GUcQqrSYKCwzr4X_5gCcX5yNp75xGJRHErS3MY7lA/viewform?usp=sf_link

• Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mITWsOfgxOFh3hh2F0aJvXBjaKRP5eMc/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=110521299678875361107&rtpof=true&sd=true

Real Estate Workshop 2.0 with Jaime Gervasi

• In an effort to be able to help people make their next best move in 2024, this workshop is designed to help provide quality information & answer questions for anyone that may be looking to make a move (Buy, Sell, Invest, or considering a career in Real Estate) in the next 18 months.

  • • A Keller Williams, Top Producing Real Estate Agent with 20 years of experience, connected to 180,000 agents worldwide, who provides an unfair advantage in business and in life to underrepresented people who have the ability to be great & may lack the opportunity to do so by strategically helping her network & those connected to her open more doors of opportunities that may have otherwise been closed and/or overlooked 

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGsxs6886KbVRIGg_sgwTa5uoNdQ7Xe7vuepcW5IDco5gWcg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Salary Review Workshop with Will Marcus & Zelda Johnson

• Staff Specialist Zelda Johnson and Will Marcus will present information about how to get a salary review and the process.

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScL98N9J1cgCBf2OQZOY_kmvfqFcMCJV9Zj85jh3lUzSTGX4g/viewform?usp=sf_link

SPED MADE SIMPLER with Tracey-Tillatha Whitehead-Baker

• This workshop will serve as a SPED 101 for special educators new and old as we continue to maneuver through the BCPS SPED platforms and ways of which to successfully support students with special needs. This workshop will provide SPED notes, key vocabulary words with definitions to commonly used terms in SPED, resources and conversation starters. The goal is to engage special educators in causal yet professional talk about SPED and re-examine the educational world of SPED positively.

  • • Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland Tracey-Tillatha, the oldest of three, began her courageous journey or what others refer to as this QUEST called life on August 16th 1985. Tracey-Tillatha fondly known as “T.T” is a proud mom of four gorgeous children (two handsome boys and two beautiful girls) and the paw-mom of several animal friends. She is also a very proud product of the Baltimore City Public School System attending Liberty Elementary School, Garrison Middle School and the great Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (class of “2003”). To further her educational experience, she attended Catonsville Community College to obtain an Associate in Arts and Science, followed by the completion of a dual Bachelors degree in General Education and Special Education and finally finishing with a Masters in Special Education from Grand Canyon University in 2018. Just recently celebrating her 20th high school reunion, Tracey-Tillatha has been a dedicated Baltimore City Public Schools employee for over thirteen years in many leading as well as cooperative team player roles. Roles such as Behavior Intervention Specialist, Office Assistant, Special Educator, Lead Special Educator, ILT Team Member, Schoolwide Mentor/New Teacher Mentor and currently Educational Associate, SST chair and 8th grade Science teacher to name a few describe briefly her career profile . . . but this list is no where near completed!

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8HeBxxd9fzG_jUyhQpnyHQjJmsyUUs1PzTrGwOfDYBv7ggg/viewform?usp=sf_link

• Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qrfH6ZmF2T9tdva7CPhW68NE6o3ETRjaeK5BndGynQo/edit?usp=share_link

• Welcoming Ritual: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1T9aXUjYBXUmjdJc0nMppNnHFrg5gLjsaa2KyKkOF9qU/edit?usp=share_link

Positive PSRP/Teacher Collaboration: Together Coping Through Social Climate and Awareness with Doleen Holley

• Panelist: 

  • Dr. Lynda Davis, Ed.D

  • LaFayette Boone Jr., Teacher

  • Courtney Harris Robertson, Special Educator

  • Michael A. Gaines, Jr., Attendance Monitor / Realtor

  • Quinta Hood, Ed. Associate 

    • Mrs. Doleen Holley …with 30+ years of service in the Baltimore City Public School System working as a self contained 5th. Grade Teacher, TAS and Life Skills implementing Individualized Education Plans. One of my special qualities is I am great at modifying the general education lesson plans to meet each student’s needs and abilities. These needs may include, but not limited to emotional, physical or cognitive disabilities, teaching basic literacy and life skills. I have an interest in this field because I feel that with the proper help and assistant; students make positive changes in their academic and social life.

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLdHW-PxKQ72QRiIKcW70GdNDdaHHUY_Snml6yIgo-4FLPlQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Workshop 3 - 1:35pm-2:35pm

Unity Bond: Individuality and Collectively with Tiffi'ni Davis

• Mind, body, spirit connection for self discovery and collective bonding. 

  • • Tiffi'ni Michelle Davis is a licensed social worker with the state of Maryland. She is an alumni of Coppin State University; graduated in 2006 with a bachelors degree in Social Work with a collaborative degree in Business. She holds a Masters degree from International University of Metaphysics and is earning her PH.D in Metaphysical Science. She is a scholar in Mind, Body, Spirit mechanics for future innovations. Believing in raising awareness for a better community, both public and corporate, Abundant Living Resources, Inc. was implemented in 2013 to provide community based services to assist the public healthcare system with promoting more effective and holistic approaches to the mental healthcare system. Alongside, providing corporate stress management, wellness trainings and other customized corporate needs. Abundant Living Resources, Inc. developed, founded and formed, For Hope's Sake, LLC., a company specializing in Inpatient Recovery and Addiction Treatment Services, Mental Health, and Wellness from a Holistic approach. For Hope's Sake, LLC is an accredited agency with CARF Internationals and #1 in Holistic Recovery worldwide. Tiffi'ni, known as Chief I'ni in her tribal community, belongs to several native tribes. Her mission to her tribe is to provide equal access and recovery tools to tribal members in multiple states. Her organizations provide bridges and fills gaps for tribal communities globally. She is the founder and creator of Urban Brujetta, an urban brand and powerhouse dedicated to developing products and services for spiritual growth and development. Tiffi'ni has raised millions of dollars in private funds for community partnerships and programming to continue her pursuit in raising awareness on holistic wellness locally, nationally, and globally. In 2023, Tiffi'ni launched plans to bridge mental healthcare and technology through virtual platforms for the future expansion. 

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScswHEVcJnrbqvf8r-acS8ROtSJqn70BANo4aT4Y9XnwqD75A/viewform?usp=sf_link

Healing in the Classroom: 5 Strategies For Wellness with Dr. Renee Tengella

• In this workshop Dr. Renee Tengella, shares her personal experiences and health challenges that she overcame during her 20 years as a teacher in Baltimore City Schools. Participants in this workshop will be involved in a series of movements and simple everyday breathing stretching, mindfulness and meditation strategies that add energy, release stress, decrease anxiety, increase stimulation and relaxation. Participants will leave the session with wellness tools to be used at home, at work, and in the classroom.

  • • Dr. Renee Tengella, is a retired educator, author, writer, speaker, mother, daughter, sister and wife. She is a Baltimore Native, the youngest girl in a family of 4 children, and the mother of young twin boys and daughter. Dr. Tengella has a masters from Coppin State and is a Doctoral graduate from The Morgan State University. Dr. Tengella is a passionate and dedicated community member who is committed to improving the well being of youth, families, teacher and community. Dr. Tengella currently serves as CEO/ Director of Peaceful Warriors, a non-profit promoting the importance of community wellness. Through the use of yoga, meditation and mindfulness, her organization serves youth, parents, teachers, elders and families. She believes that to do the work of serving others, we must BE well first, take care and prioritize ourselves first in order to fully engage in the work of serving others. Dr. Tengella has published a few books focused on wellness/education/inspiration: 1-Be Well at Work, 2 - Whoo Influenced You 3- DONE: A Teachers Journey to Quitting. Follow her on IG: drmamaeducator, FB: reneetengella, Tok:drmamawellness 

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKKtniIe_p1n5AhOjUftyFNgjKM2SpgnLqaSEBCHgs5l9jkQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Employment Rights Laws/Child Abuse and Neglect with David Maher

• This workshop will discuss federal and state employment rights laws, such as the FMLA, ADA, Civil Rights Act and Title VII, ADEA, FLSA, PWFA, and MHWFA. It will also discuss Maryland child abuse and neglect laws which affect school employees. 

  • • David Maher graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law and is barred in Maryland. After graduating, he clerked for Judge Dan Friedman of the Maryland Appellate Court. He represents Maryland public- and private-sector unions and union members, including BTU and BTU members. 

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScl_TwrQDRCNxhUHl-BHAEoaJpaTriTpKIJ7AsMdxgCRWQGjA/viewform?usp=sf_link

The ABCs of Integrating Social Justice in STEM Education with ELainia Ross-Jones

• This workshop is intended for K-12 Educators who are focused on transforming classrooms through culturally relevant STEM. In this workshop we will move beyond conversation to doing the work! It is open to elementary and secondary STEM teachers in Baltimore City Public Schools. 

  • • Ms. Ross-Jones is a passionate and innovative teacher, mentor, curriculum writer and facilitator. She has served for over 15 years in Baltimore City, as a Teacher. Currently she is the Probability & Statistics Instructor at City Neighbors High School. In addition, she is a former STEM Master Teacher for the National Museum of African-American History and Culture and is currently a McCarth-Dressman fellow. 

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVBOq3irzw_e69ztCXQEZD0bmb4uMd092SFcmQeorkrW3B1Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

• Presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zXLOUM-BIJGOIYr9DzGkrv7nL6xT4YXf/view?usp=share_link

• Self-Assessment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H13OZB0fMaDhRYFpGkYRWRBuCJxSzZ2s/view?usp=share_link

Debt Clinic - Student Loan with Nicole Hochsprung

• The student debt clinic curriculum makes clear that the individual struggles of our members are the result of political failures, failures that add to already existing inequalities in our society. Student debt clinics are a first step in breaking out of the isolation that debt imposes, so that we can find collective solutions to the student debt crisis. Student debt clinics provide our members with important information on two free federal debt relief programs:

  • • Income-driven repayment plans, which are available to every federal student loan borrower, regardless of where they work. Income-driven repayment plans determine your monthly payment based on your adjusted gross income and family size and may save you money.

    • Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which allows qualifying federal student loan borrowers to have the money they saved using an income-driven repayment plan forgiven after making payments for 10 years while working in public service.

• Student debt clinics provide members with information on how these programs work, the steps necessary to take to qualify for them, resources to support them through the process, and best practices to make sure that they are maximizing the benefits available to them. 

  • • Nicole Hochsprung is the Assistant Director in the Higher Education Department at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) where she leads federal higher education policy, including college access, affordability, fighting for-profit fraud, and distance education, by engaging continuously with AFT’s members to craft policy that is truly relevant to the work of educators. Nicole has traveled to universities, community colleges, and schools across the country to meet face to face with labor leaders, faculty, and students to contribute to policy discussions, organizing drives, and political campaigns.

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFQY71MfSqaW5-wuobQ8mP2Q1HbBLZgUR2m6RtPHEvSCXuTQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

• Presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SUlqlE9GgNcStqS4phFDF0ir71QOQf7d/view?usp=share_link

A Slice of PIE (Partners in Education) with Rebeccah Henry

• Attendees will learn about the Partners in Education system, the benefits and how they can utilize the system to bring in resources for their classroom. 

  • • Rebeccah Henry is a Volunteer Engagement Specialist with Baltimore City Schools. She is new to the school district as of November 2022. She has over 10 years of experience in the non-profit sector, specifically working with youth involved in the Juvenile Justice System. Rebeccah has been dedicated to providing equitable opportunities to the most overlooked and underserved populations in Baltimore.

• Evaluation Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeercPoVO0T83558BrpI0weNhtjnjdXsSyfZyTm5sTHSZ4TQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

• Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d5bbhLFvFv3UOdgGSRzX2Lmg3MteiMUg/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=110521299678875361107&rtpof=true&sd=true

• Fliers:

  • • English: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iCfuFBg65WRWH2P3bM92GyynTXxlmtFJ/view?usp=share_link

    • Spanish: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KF75Dy5GBOCc1Q3WsnbJ_GP5B65f1gHv/view?usp=share_link