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Featured Speaker Spotlight:
Mary Hemphill-Joseph
Meet Mary Hemphill-Joseph, one of SREB’s
2021 Making Schools Work Conference featured
speakers. Hemphill-Joseph is North Carolina’s
first state director of K-12 Computer Science and
Technology Education and has over 15 years of
experience as a teacher, professor, administrator
and state director. In this video, Hemphill-Joseph
offers words of encouragement to educators
who are innovating like never before, taking their
students on a journey of problem-solving and facing
conflict head-on. Meet her at the 2021 Making
Featured speaker Mary Hemphill-Joseph Schools Work Conference in Nashville.
shares a message of transformation,
innovation and self-empowerment in this
video clip.
Featured Speakers Promote Systemic,
Sustainable Change
Join featured speakers Deb Page and Chris Madrid
of The Institute for Performance Improvement
on Thursday, July 8 at 8 a.m. for a deep dive into a
robust, proven set of tools and processes for facilitating
collaborative improvement and fostering sector
partnerships that span education, industry and the
The Performance Improvement
Facilitator community and help prepare students for success
in learning, careers and life. TIFPI trains and certifies
Deb Page, President, TIFPI
Chris Madrid, Program Manager, TIFPI school improvement facilitators and performance
Date: Thursday, July 8, 2021 improvement facilitators who support schools and other
Time: 8 – 10 a.m. organizations in reaching the next level of achievement.
Location: Canal AB, Gaylord Opryland
Resort & Convention Center Participants who complete TIFPI’s virtual Certified
Performance Improvement Facilitator Learning &
Performance Journey program earn the internationally
recognized Certified Performance Improvement
Facilitator designation and digital badge.
TIFPI is the proud sponsor of our closing general
SUPPORTING SYSTEMIC, SUSTAINABLE
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT session with Anna Nixon, co-founder of STEM4Girls,
on Thursday, July 8 at 3 p.m.
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