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Dr. Lauro Davalos,
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD, Assistant Superintendent of Technology
Dr. Lauro Davalos,
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD, Assistant Superintendent of Technology
Dr. Lauro Davalos is the proud Assistant Superintendent of Technology for the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo School District. He has over 16 years of experience served in a variety of roles within school systems. Dr. Dávalos attended the Southwestern University in Georgetown, where he completed his university-based teaching certification program. He then went on to receive his Masters in Education and Educational Doctorate from the University of Houston at the age of 27.
Dr. Dávalos arrived at PSJA ISD in March of 2020. On the first week of his tenure, classes were cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Under his leadership and with the collaboration of the academics department, digital instructional resources were created and made available to teachers and students. In addition, he oversaw the implementation of the 1:1 student device initiative. Since March 2020, the district has acquired more than 41,000 student devices. Dr. Dávalos is passionate about supporting campuses in ensuring they have the appropriate tools to increase student achievement and meet the needs of our students. He believes that technology tools can empower students to take the driver’s seat in their educational journey.
Dr. Dávalos is proud to serve such a unique and wonderful community and he looks forward to many more years of continuous improvement by collaborating and serving the PSJA family.
Contact: lauro.davalos@psjaisd.us
Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker
Eric Curts
Eric Curts
Eric has been in education for 34 years, starting out as a math teacher at North Canton Middle School in Ohio. After teaching middle school math for seven years, Eric transitioned to a new position in North Canton City Schools as the district Technology Integration Specialist, where he served for the next fourteen years. In this role he supported teachers in how to integrate technology into teaching and learning, as well as overseeing technology initiatives across the district. During this time, Eric implemented Google Workspace for Education for his district, and became a Google for Education Certified Trainer and Google for Education Certified Innovator.
After twenty-one years at North Canton City Schools, Eric moved to a new position at SPARCC (the Stark Portage Area Computer Consortium) and the Stark County Educational Service Center. This regional service center supports more than thirty school districts in Northeast Ohio. In this role as a Technology Integration Specialist, Eric continues to support teachers in using technology for teaching and learning. This includes implementation, training, and support for Google Workspace for Education tools for all of the schools in the consortium, as well as other technology initiatives.
In addition to being a Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, Eric also serves as the co-leader for GEG-Ohio, the Google Educator Group of Ohio. This includes hosting a monthly online meeting covering everything new in Google Workspace from the last month, as well as resources and best practices for using Google tools in schools. All of the GEG-Ohio resources and meeting details can be found at bit.ly/gegohio
For many years Eric has been sharing all of his technology resources on Control Alt Achieve, his award-winning blog at www.ControlAltAchieve.com. The site includes hundreds of blog posts, as well as training videos, help guides, templates, podcast episodes, and more. All of the resources are entirely free, and focus on creative ways for educators to use technology in the classroom for student learning, creativity, collaboration, and more, with a focus on artificial intelligence, Google tools, assistive technology, and more. Many of these resources are compiled in Eric’s first book called “Control Alt Achieve: Rebooting Your Classroom with Creative Google Projects” from Dave Burgess Press.
In addition to sharing resources through his blog, Eric has traveled the country for more than twenty years providing training, keynotes, and consulting. He has provided training for school districts around the world, as well as keynotes and conference sessions at events including ISTE, FETC, TCEA, OETC, and many more.
Outside of educational technology, Eric spends his time with his wife and two beautiful grandchildren, as well as hiking, biking, tabletop gaming, cooking, and writing.
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