EPIC 2025

How to engage hesitant learners and sophisticated learners at the same time---

Dive into real-world scenarios to explore how equity and diversity shape educational experiences. Using case studies, this session invites participants to reflect on their own frames of reference and consider their impact on students, families, and school communities. Participants will engage in meaningful dialogue about challenges related to issues of diversity and leave with new insights and actionable ideas to promote inclusion and equity in their teaching practice.

Learning to be a good relative is all about love, respect and humility. Adding to that being a teacher with specific curriculum demands and an interest in human development, I turned to designing an engaging and friendly, very visual curriculum for my Native American students as a meaningful way of connecting with The American Indian Community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. New to Pine County, I now serve four school districts in the role of community culture coach. So I am back to square one on my life path---staying grounded in the work, turning to design and engagement in a friendly curriculum I call home.

"Learning to be a good relative in Indian Country" is part storytelling, part best practice, part describing the wonderful world of learning to be a good person while being a teacher and an advocate of American Indian youth.

Time to collaborate with your cross district, job-alike peers and colleagues