What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
Math Teacher/Department Chair
How are you involved in education?
I teach Algebra II and AP Calculus at Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City Public Schools. I am President of Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics and a National Board Certified Teacher. I help teachers understand project based learning as a national faculty member of PBLWorks.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
Students co-manage and create the structures, environment and learning goals. The classroom is humming with students regulating their learning with the guidance of teachers.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
How to be an Anti-racist?; Ways we can better involve and inform the community about our schools; student centered learning methods
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
English I Teacher
How are you involved in education?
I currently teach at Tuttle High School. I am the English I teacher and one of the Career Exploration teachers. I also have the opportunity of co-advising our Tuttle High School National Honor Society. I love creating student engagement through learning based projects in my classroom. My favorite project is utilizing socratic seminars in my classroom book clubs!
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
Lots of involvement- students do NOT learn if they are not engaged/tied to the curriculum. There has to be a buy in for our students and intrinsic motivation!
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
Integrating QR Codes into your lessons
Leadership Development Mini Units
How to integrate and implement Socratic Seminars into the classroom
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
Asst. Principal
How are you involved in education?
I currently serve as the freshmen principal at Del City High School after having previously served at Kerr Middle School as an AP for 3 yrs. I taught and coached at Jarman Middle School for 8 years prior to becoming an administrator.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
Movement & interaction! The teacher shouldn’t be doing all the speaking. Know your students and build your lessons around them.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
Assistant Principal
How are you involved in education?
I support students, teachers, staff, and families as an Assistant Principal inside of Classen SAS at Northeast located in Oklahoma City Public Schools.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
An ideal classroom to me consists of students and teachers involved in active engagement of the learning target. The success criteria may include instructional strategies that allow students to interact with the learning target in a way they reproduce, engage in dialogue or demonstrate in some way, what they’ve learned in their own way. We as the adult simply becomes the “facilitator” FOR their learning rather than the “orator”.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
“Breaking the barriers of peer observations, instructional rounds, and walk-thru’s.”
“What I wish my administrator knew”- a Round table discussion.
“How do you monitor the effectiveness of Formative Assessment in the classroom?”
Leveraging positive relationships in the classroom: What’s your go to strategy?
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
Assistant Principal
How are you involved in education?
I am currently an assistant principal at Irving Middle School in Norman.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
My idea classroom is open, collaborative, and a little bit chaotic. Students are fully engaged in design thinking projects and the teacher is facilitating more than providing direct instruction.
My ideal school is one that is safe for teachers to take risks, practices empathy, and provides educational equity for all students.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
English Teacher
How are you involved in education?
I am currently in my 9th year of teaching and have taught English from 6th-11th grades in rural and urban schools. I am also a student myself working towards earning my master’s degree in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum with a concentration in English Education at the University of Oklahoma, and I am working towards becoming a National Board Certified Teacher. I have been a member of the #oklaed Twitter community since 2014. I also own reThink ELA LLC, an educational publishing company that started out as a web design and hosting company in 2001. My goal is to not only help students discover and use their voices, but also guide teachers into a role of amplifying and developing student voices.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
In my ideal classroom, students would know that they are valued and that they have a voice. Each student would have the opportunity to explore their interests through reading, listening and viewing. They would then be encouraged to evaluate and create content to express who they are in relation to the rest of the world, their peers, even themselves. Students would be free to explore without being fettered by high stakes tests and the apathy and resistance that sets in as a result of being told they’re not good enough for years. We would be noisy, but excited to work with each other in exploring the world through print and nonprint texts, and sharing our discoveries through our own creations. In my idea school, the administration and other teachers would all be focused on helping each student grow as an individual with strengths and talents valuable to the world. We would all work together to nurture students as they grow into successful young men and women.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
I could lead sessions about choosing curriculum and making pedagogical decisions based on knowledge of students, rethinking grading, and rethinking classroom management.
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
CTE Business & AP Computer Science Teacher
How are you involved in education?
I teach Fundamentals of Administrative Technologies, Administrative Technologies II and both AP Computer Science courses. I am on the school leadership team, the AP team, the Academy of Engineering team. I am a member of Computer Science Teachers Association, and the Association of Career and Technical Education. I was recently selected to become a member of the State Department of CTE curriculum team for Fundamentals of Technology to help realign the standards and curriculum requirements for the 20-21 school year.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
My dream classroom would be at least twice the size of my current classroom. The computers would be set up in a U against the walls; we would have a work area for teams and a special area for programming our robots. I would have software that will allow me to see what the students are doing and I could demonstrate on my computer and they can follow along on theirs. The curriculum would be from Cengage and online.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
Since I am on the ODCTE teams for Business course curriculum and Computer Science, I would like to meet with teachers of these subjects to get their input for possible changes to the programs.
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
Executive Director of Curriculum, Sand Springs Schools
How are you involved in education?
I have been in education since 1996 and have worked as a science and history teacher, as well as Virtual Academy Director for Sand Springs Schools. Most recently I was the IT Director at Sand Springs and have most recently accepted the title of Executive Director of Curriculum at Sand Springs. I am also a Professional Development Trainer and Certified Google Trainer.
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
No desks in rows. Freedom for students to explore, collaborate, and create.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
Use of Google Forms for Common Formative Assessments or Creating 360 experiences for Google Expeditions.
What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?
Student Teacher/PIP Student (OU Undergrad)
How are you involved in education?
An elementary education major at the University of Oklahoma, I am currently in my PIP (pre-internship practicum) term and looking to expand my learning network with opportunities like EdCamp OKC!
What does your ideal school or classroom look like?
My ideal classroom is a positive and engaging environment where my students’ learning is recognized and supported as an active process. My ideal school is one structured around community, cooperation, and encouragement, with initiatives like a mentorship program for newer teachers, well-structured cross-grade teamwork, and a positive relationship with students, families, and community partners.
If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?
As a student, I know I would benefit from hearing first- and second-year teachers about the reality of starting work in the classrooms and learning about how applicable the information from current university-level courses will be in the “real world.” As an individual, I would love to learn about community-building actions/procedures/activities teachers use to build safe and supportive learning environments for their students. However, I am still a student and do not feel comfortable in facilitating a session at the EdCamp but would love to participate in ones similar to those that I mentioned!
