Authors & Presenters
- Kimberly Almanza
Kimberly Almanza serves as a reading specialist in North Texas. With more than 15 years of experience, she has worked as an instructional literacy coach as well as a classroom dual language teacher.
- Lisa Almeida
Lisa Almeida is a recognized educator with over 20 years of experience delivering professional development and implementation support to educators. Most notably, she is known for effective leadership and teacher coaching in the areas of standards, assessment, data-driven decision-making, and professional learning communities.
- Larry Alper
Larry Alper is a former teacher and school administrator with more than 30 years of experience in leading schools and developing learning communities for students, teachers, and parents.
- Leticia Amalla
Lety Amalla currently serves as the executive director of student programs for Midland ISD in Midland, Texas. In this role, she oversees the bilingual/ESL, career and technical education, GT/advanced academics, and fine arts programs.
- Tania Amerson
Tania Amerson is executive director of exceptional education for the Bartow County School System where she cultivates a professional learning community culture. With 30 years of experience in special education, she’s served as a teacher, instructional coach, and administrator.
- Bryce Amos
Bryce Amos, EdS, is superintendent of the Carlisle Community School District in Iowa. He has been an educator for more than 20 years, also serving as executive director, principal, and teacher.
- Karen Anderson
As a founding partner of Results Coaching Global (RCG), Karen serves as a seminar instructor, mentor, and coach. She has authored numerous articles including “Coaching for High Performance” and “Leadership Coaching for Principals.” As one of the co-authors of Results Coaching: The New Essential for School Leaders she was recognized as the recipient of Learning Forward’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Heather Anderson
Heather Anderson's varied career spans K-12 and is varied and diverse. Not only is Heather a published author, but she has taught in a variety of roles with many of those years in a bilingual classroom.
- Janet Andreasen
Janet Andreasen, PhD, is a mathematics specialist at The Geneva School in Casselberry, Florida. She has also worked in higher education for more than 17 years and has experience working with both practicing and prospective mathematics teachers at all levels.
- Jason A. Andrews
Jason A. Andrews, EdD is the superintendent of Windsor Central School District and the 2019 Superintendent of the Year. Previously, he served as a high school teacher, coach, cocurricular adviser, and middle school principal.