Experience
Training & Coaching (2016-2021)
During the past 10 years, I have provided family engagement training and coaching for the following organizations:
National Organizations
Learning Heroes (DC)
National Parent Teacher Association— PTA (VA)
State Departments
Iowa Department of Education (IA)
New Hampshire Department of Education (NH)
Michigan Department of Education (MI)
Virginia Department of Education (VA)
State/Regional Associations
Alabama Parent Education Center (AL)
Arizona School Administrators (AZ)
Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators (AR)
Buckeye Association of School Administrators (OH)
California Association of Latino Superintendents & Administrators (CA)
CESAs 2, 5, and 7 (WI)
Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administrators (OK)
ECTAC (FL)
Florida Association of School Administrators (FL)
Hawaii Statewide Family Engagement Center (HI)
Kauai School Complex (HI)
Kentucky Association of School Administrators (KY)
Missouri School Board's Association (MS)
New Mexico Coalition of Educational Leaders (NM)
New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJ)
North Carolina Association of School Administrators (NC)
Parent Resource Network (TX)
Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency (IA)
Sacramento County Office of Education (CA)
School Administrators of Iowa (IA)
School Districts with over 100,000 students
NYC Public Schools (NY)
Los Angeles Unified School District (CA)
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (FL)
Broward County Public Schools (FL)
Hillsborough County Public Schools (FL)
Pinellas County School District (FL)
Polk County Public Schools (FL)
Prince Georges County Schools (MD)
School Districts with fewer than 100,000 students
Aberdeen School District (MS)
Arlington Central School District (NY)
Arlington School District (VA)
Atlanta Public Schools (GA)
Austin Independent School District (TX)
Baldwin County Schools (AL)
Baltimore City Schools (MD)
Cedar Rapids Community School District (IA)
Coosa County Schools (AL)
Fort Dodge Community School District (IA)
Granite School District (UT)
Great Neck Public Schools (NY)
Green Bay Area Public Schools (WI)
Howard County Schools (MD)
Iowa City Community School District (IA)
Marshalltown Community School District (IA)
Milwaukee Public Schools (WI)
Mount Vernon City School District (NY)
Poughkeepsie City School District (NY)
San Antonio Independent School District (TX)
Scottsdale Unified School District (AZ)
Seattle Public Schools (WA)
St. Lucie Public Schools (FL)
Storm Lake Community School District (IA)
Thomasville City Schools (NC)
International
Republic of Georgia (US Agency for International Development)
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Foundations
Cotsen Foundation (CA)
Community Agencies
Mid Iowa Community Action (IA)
Keynote Presentations (2016-2021)
Throughout my career, I have been asked to provide keynote presentations for many different school districts and national organizations. During the past 10 years I have been a keynote speaker for the following organizations:
Los Angeles Unified School District
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Mississippi School Boards Association
Missouri School Board's Association
National Head Start
Scholastic, Inc.
Cotsen Foundation
School Superintendents of Alabama
Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents
The School District of Philadelphia
Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators
Wisconsin Council of Administrators of Special Services
Conference Presentations (2016-2021)
During the past 10 years I have been a featured conference presenter for the following organizations:
AASA
Council of Chief State School Officers
Harvard University (Partnerships in Professional Education)
EdWeek
Gates Foundation
Iowa Department of Education
Institute for Educational Leadership
International Bullying Prevention Association
New York State School Board Association
Parent Teacher Home Visits Project
Scholastic, Inc.
UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools
University of Iowa
University of Saskatchewan (Canda)
Winona State University
Grants (2016-2021)
Since 1987 I have written and received over 200 federal, state, and private grants totaling $136,506,078.