Introducing this year’s theme:
Restore: imagining a fresh tomorrow, today
Join us for The Educator Academy’s annual conference, The Summit. Each year our programing lifts up the good happening in education and empowers educators to make changes for education moving forward. This year’s conference theme is Restore: imagining a fresh tomorrow today. During this year’s Summit, we will focus on rejuvenating teachers. From this place of refreshment, we will proactively cultivate a better tomorrow together. Come to restore your belief in education, and leave with your spirits feeling restored. Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 22nd to hear from local experts, engage with peers in facilitated sessions, and connect with the education community at large. More details for this year’s Summit will be shared soon! In the meantime, to get a glimpse of what the experience is like, you can check out last year’s conference here: Summit: Illuminate
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Facilitator Application
Interested in presenting at The Summit? Our application for the 2025 Summit, Restore: imagining a fresh tomorrow today, is now open! Please submit your application here.
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Save The Date:
Saturday February 22nd, 2025
SUmmit: Restore
Keynote Speaker: Omkari Williams
The Educator Academy is excited to have author Omkari Willaims join us as the keynote speaker at The Summit. Omkari Williams is the Gold Nautilus award-winning author of Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the World (Without A Bullhorn). . Her book helps readers identify their “activist archetype” and map a personal action plan for engaging in small, change-making activities with potentially big impacts.
She has worked as an actor, political consultant, and coach. Though she has an affinity for supporting activists who identify as introverted or highly sensitive, as she does, she welcomes all people into the world of micro activism, a sustainable path to change-making based upon honoring the inherent dignity of all people.
As a queer Black woman, she shares her own story of challenging injustice to empower others to make a difference in their communities. She is host of the popular podcast, Stepping into Truth, where she interviews activists from all walks of life. Her recent keynotes include speaking to a Fortune 500 company, addressing educators from the Savannah, Georgia school system, and speaking to over 250 Philadelphia non-profits at an event hosted by the Philadelphia Eagles football organization.
She hosts the popular podcast Stepping Into Truth where she interviews activists from all walks of life.
She lives in Western Massachusetts where she enjoys being part of a vibrant community of artists.
For more information on this Speaker, please visit, www.pandelectures.com
FAQs
- What is The Summit?
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The Summit is a yearly conference for educators. Each year we reflect on the good things happening in education, and look ahead to the future of the profession. Through a variety of programming, attendees are offered tools, resources, and reflections that they can apply in the classroom immediately. Additionally, we carve out space for big-picture thinking where educators can think beyond their present classroom needs and look forward towards what is to come in education tomorrow.
- Who is the sponsor for this conference?
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The Summit is hosted by The Educator Academy, an education nonprofit with a vision to make an equitable education system a reality. The Educator Academy prepares individuals to become certified teachers of records through our residency and fellows program. Additionally, we offer professional development opportunities for teachers in the classroom through our mentor program. Find out more about who we are.
If you are interested in becoming a corporate sponsor or donor for this conference, please reach out to us.
- What is the cost of attending?
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The Summit: Restore is free! Additionally, some school districts offer professional development credit to their teachers for attending. We will provide updates as they become available.
- Where and when is it?
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The Summit will be a full-day event on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at The Kauffman Foundation Conference Center! The exact hours for programming will be shared at a later date.
- What is the agenda for the day?
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We are finalizing speakers and sessions, and will be shared once programming is confirmed. The overall flow of the day will be as follows:
8:30 AM Doors Open + Breakfast 9:00 AM Opening 9:10 AM Panel 10:00 AM Break / Transition 10:10 AM Session 1 11:10 AM Break / Transition 11:20 AM Session 2 12:30 PM Lunch 2:00 PM Keynote Speaker 3:00 AM Raffle, Closing