SPRING CONFERENCE
April 5, 2023
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
at Connecticut Convention Center
100 Columbus Blvd, Hartford, CT 06103

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Lorena Escoto Germán

Lorena is a two time nationally awarded Dominican American educator focused on anti racist and anti bias education. She’s been featured in the New York Times, NPR, PBS, Rethinking Schools, EdWeek, Learning for Justice Magazine, and more. She published The Anti Racist Teacher: Reading Instruction Workbook, and Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices about curriculum & lesson development focused on social justice. She’s a co-founder of #DisruptTexts and Multicultural Classroom. Lorena is also the Chair of NCTE’s Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. She lives in Tampa, Florida where she is a mami and wife- two of her most important roles.
Dr. Tom Guskey

Thomas R. Guskey, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education, University of Kentucky. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he began his career in education as a middle school teacher, served as a school administrator in Chicago Public Schools, and was the first Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, a national educational research center. Dr. Guskey is a consultant to the Office of Overseas Schools in U.S. State Department, and to the Compassionate Coaches Program of the Army of Survivors, a national organization advocating for and supporting child athlete survivors of sexual violence. He is a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association and was awarded the Association’s prestigious Relating Research to Practice Award. He is author/editor of 25 award-winning books and more than 300 book chapters and articles. His most recent books include Implementing Mastery Learning (2023), Get Set, Go! Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems (2020), What We Know About Grading (with Brookhart, 2019), On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting (2015), Reaching the Highest Standard in Professional Learning: Data (with Roy & Von Frank, 2014), and Benjamin S. Bloom: Portraits of an Educator (2012). He may be contacted by email at guskey@uky.edu, Twitter at @tguskey, or at www.tguskey.com.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. Tom Guskey
Understanding and Addressing Perspectives of Parents/Stakeholders
LeeAnn Browett & Anastasia Kimball
Creating Resilience, Hope & Joy in Equity-Centered Learning
Kerry Jones & Ashley Callan
Leading Shifts Toward Equity-Centered Elementary Curriculum: Strategic Actions in Professional Learning and Communication
Amanda Navarra, Paris Wilson, & Arianna Owens
Making the Grade: The Impacts of Transactional Grading on Learners, and What We Can Do Instead
Lorena Escoto Germán
Worthy of Life: Teaching for Anti Racism
Lisa Seales & Rosaria Giannetti
Culturally Inclusive Schools for Multilingual Learners: A Guide for Positive Outcomes
Kerith Miller & Dr. Cheryl R. Kerison
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Who are We Inviting?
Susie Bell, Ed.D.
What About Grades? Exploring the Strategies that Empower All Learners to Thrive
Dr. Jennifer L. Norman, Maria Ragali, & Timothy Viens
Caring Schools for Positive Growth and Impact
Diane Dugas, Sarah Mallory, & David Brown
Grading Reform for Student Equity, Engagement & Accountability
Dr. Lisa Loomis-Davern
Shifting from PBIS to Affirming Practices
Sally Dastoli, Pam Jones, & Doris Duggins
Starting & Supporting a BIPOC Affinity Group for Staff