Building Communities of Practice that Lead to Lasting Instructional Change
When educators learn together, systems move forward. Discover how to build Communities of Practice that break down silos and drive lasting instructional change. In this interactive session, leaders will explore strategies for engaging adult learners, fostering cross-role collaboration, and using evidence and feedback to sustain momentum. Leave with practical tools to transform collaboration into coherent systems that elevate teaching, learning, and leadership impact.
Stephanie Green
Stephanie’s professional focus is working with school leaders to develop evidence-based practices and systems of instruction that grow and support educators and student agency. She is passionate about helping leaders create a collaborative instructional culture based in equity and rigor. The power of learning through collaboration in her own education transferred to her practice in the classroom and leadership roles and has been her emphasis in supporting leaders building leaders.
She retired after 27 years in Missouri in both private and public education as a teacher, tennis coach, instructional technology coordinator, curriculum director, and principal where she worked in a turnaround middle school and made gains in student achievement growth. After being named the Missouri Journalism Teacher of the Year she also spent ten years working with the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism to provide support and programming opportunities for scholastic journalists and teachers with a focus on equity and inclusion.
Stephanie’s academic accomplishments include:
Adams State University – Alamosa, Colorado
BA – English and Secondary Education
Minors: Spanish and psychology
University of Missouri – Columbia
M.Ed – Curriculum and Instruction – English/Journalism Education
Education Specialist – [ELPA] PK-12 Educational Leadership and Administration – Secondary Principal and Superintendency
Kimberly Alexander
Kimberly Alexander is a School Leadership Coach with Instructional Empowerment. In this role, she works with school leaders to advance the social mission of the company which is to end generational poverty and eliminate racial achievement gaps through transformed Tier 1 core instruction.
For over 25 years, Kimberly has worked as a classroom teacher, Assistant Principal, and Principal in both traditional and charter schools. During this time, she was also the Founding Principal of a charter school. Throughout her career she has been able to put systems in place to support her core belief that all students can learn with the right resources and support in an environment conducive to learning. As a result of her combined experiences and desire to help underserved communities, Kimberly has set her life’s mission to see ALL children thrive through education.
Kimberly is a North Carolina native and graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University with a Bachelor and Masters in Elementary Education. She has also earned a Masters in School Administration with a focus on Curriculum and Instruction from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Session Details
Audience: Instructional Coach;School Leader;
Difficulty Level: Novice