Join us at Teachers College, Columbia University for a summit exploring the nexus between Belonging (DEIB) and Mind, Brain, and Education science (MBE). Learn with keynote speaker Shital Shah, a Senior Advisor & Director of Strategic Partnerships in the US Department of Education during the Biden-Harris administration, and from experts Lorraine Martinez Hanley and Glenn Whitman from The Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning at St. Andrew's School. Explore the vital relationship between DEIB and MBE that sits at the core of learning. Engage with research and case studies, and leave the summit with tools to make the case for DEIB and MBE in schools.
Registration fee: $75
Lunch included. Seats are limited!
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Speaker Information
Shital C. Shah, Senior Advisor & Director of Strategic Partnerships, Office of the Secretary, US Department of Education
In her role at the U.S. Department of Education, Shital leads partnership management, including private sector and philanthropic organizations, ensuring alignment with the Secretary’s priorities. Prior to joining the Administration, Shital was the Director of Philanthropic Engagement and Community Schools at the American Federation of Teachers. In this role, she cultivated and strengthened relationships with philanthropic and education industry partners to garner support for improving children’s well-being, creating powerful learning, building teacher capacity, and fostering school and community collaboration. She also served on the 2020 Biden-Harris Transition Team for the US Department of Education.
She has spent close to two decades working in the field of community schools policy and practice, providing strategic support and guidance to state and local affiliates related to policy, advocacy and school and district implementation of approaches to the community school strategy and extended learning time. Shital received her B.S. in Environmental Studies & Religion from George Washington University and M.S. in Public Policy from the New School.
Glenn Whitman, Center of Teaching and Learning, St. Andrew's Episcopal School
Glenn is a History teacher and Dreyfuss Family Director of the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL) at St. Andrew's Episcopal School (MD). Glenn is the co-author of Neuroteach: Brain Science and the Future of Education, the co-designer of Neuroteach Global and Neuroteach Global Student and co-editor of Think Differently and Deeply, the international publication of the CTTL. Glenn earned his MALS from Dartmouth College and a BA from Dickinson College and has shared the work of the CTTL through publications such as Independent School, Edutopia, Journal of Mind, Brain, and Education, ASCD Express, “Impact” from Charted College, and EdSurge and presented around the world at public, charter, private, and international school conferences including: Learning Forward, ISTE, NAIS, ASCD, New Teacher Center, Learning & the Brain, Festival of Education, and SXSWedu.
Lorraine Martinez Hanley, Center of Teaching and Learning, St. Andrew's Episcopal School
Lorraine has been an educator and diversity practitioner for over 30 years. She is the Director of Professional Growth and Studies at St. Andrew's Episcopal School (MD), where she teaches Language and History. Lorraine is the Diversity, Equity, and Belonging Research Lead at the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL). Her work is focused on integrating the strategies and principles of Mind, Brain, and Education and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Belonging. She is a think tank member of the Turnaround Arts-Kennedy Center on integrating Belonging in arts programming. Lorraine is a certified All Kinds of Minds (AKOM) trainer and an 18-year veteran faculty member of the National Association of Independent School's Student Diversity Leadership Conference. Born in Los Angeles, California, she attended the University of Southern California and the University of Maryland University College and has a B.A. in Humanities.
