Speakers and Presenters

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Gerry Brooks

Principal, humorist, family man; encourages teachers to improve their instruction through personal climate and culture strategies; helps administrators focus on leading all staff in a positive and constructive manner

Okhee Lee

Advocate, researcher, and professor at NYU for Equity and English Language Learners in STEM Education; promotes computational thinking and modeling; NGSS writing team member

Ed littlefield

Tlingit freelance percussionist and performer; educates students to tell stories through music; former Sitka High School music director

aeriale johnson

Experienced rural Alaskan board certified teacher; presently teaches multi-lingual early childhood students; published author; advocate for equity

Rick Thoman

Enthusiastic Alaska and Arctic climate science communicator; dedicated to providing Alaskans useful and usable information in a timely manner

renee dinnerstein

Early childhood teacher leader in NY public schools and abroad; Heinemann prof. dev. educator; develops innovative children through meaningful choice time and self-guided play

Suzzuk

(Mary Huntington)

Veteran educator, Director of Mt. Edgecumbe High School; integrates the arts and culture within core academic content