The mission of Strategic Educaiton Systems is to work with educational leadership to establish operational systems for districts and buildings. By providing a blueprint of operational guidelines, we can improve the professional integrity of our teachers, and subsequently craft building culture which strongly supports students and their learning experiences.

These practices include establishing collaborative pracitces to ensure that inclusive teams can develop creative solutions for the challenges faced in your district. These practices are not "one size fits all" but rather embrace and support professional innovation at every level of your leadership, faculty and staff.

After designing my classrooms to follow the Universal Design for Learning guidelines, I turned my focus to student autonomy. As a public health educator, I believe that a crucial role of learning is to motivate individuals to engage with their worlds as critical thinkers and active participants. One way to empower students and tap into their motivation is through choice and voice so...

I began using Agile Scrum team protocols to achieve greater student autonomy, and to embed executive function skills into my classroom management practices. This blend of UDL and Agile Scrum allowed me to craft a fully student led learning experience, supported by me, and allowing me to focus on one on one and small group assistance in understanding and applying the concepts being learned in my classroom.

I quickly began to make use of Agile Scrum with committees I led, professional development offerings I created and to present on my classroom's systems at a number of professional conferences.