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Communities of Practice, Conference Sessions, Keynotes, Webinars, & Workshops

My presentations are designed and facilitated to be collaborative conversations with participants. A community of practice allows for a topic to be studied, integrated, practiced, and reflection upon for an extended amount of time. Sessions tend to happen monthly with time in-between for integration. Conference sessions and webinars average ninty minutes to two hours in length where as a workshop averages  three hours to a day-long experience to provide an opportunity for small group discussions. 

Topics include:

- Strategies for cultivating well-being and resilience

- Designing and facilitating transformative, learner-centered professional learning

- Measuring the impact of your organization's professional learning; and

- Coaching for well-being 

- Mentoring/ Peer Learning Labs

While my vita includes presentations that span my entire career. This site highlights and focuses on current topics to facilitate for your organization. 

Community of Practices

Resilience & Well-being 

  • 2023, January - April: Cultivating resilience and well-being at Naugatuck Valley Community College (Virtual)
     

Learner-Centered Blended Teaching & Learning  

  • 2022 - 2023, August - June: Student-centered blended teaching & learning. Sheridan High School, Sheridan, WY (Hybrid)

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Mentoring

  • 2022- 2023, October - May: Year 2 mentor academy. South Bend, IN (Virtual). Learning Forward


International, National & Keynote Events

Resilience & Well-being 

 

Engaged, Learner-Centered Pedagogy 

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgh4Sd53qYg&t=1024s

  • (2010, October). Culturally responsive school libraries. TESOL-Ohio, Columbus, OH

  • (2020, February). The design and facilitation of blended professional learning; guest panelist for Denver Public School Blended Teaching Professional Development Course

  • (2019, Nov). The design and facilitation of online professional learning; guest panelist for Denver Public School Online Teaching Professional Development Course

  • (2006). Online professional development: Models for best practices. Superintendents Advisory Council (SAC), Greeley, CO

  • (2005). Online professional development: A best practices model. North Center Leadership Council (NCLC), Greeley, CO

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Measuring the Impact of Professional Learning & Development

  • Summers, L., Skrzypchak, A., & Killion, J. (2019, December). Measuring impact: Three years of professional learning. Research presented at Learning Forward. St. Louis, MO.

  • (2019, May). Measuring the impact of professional learning in equity-based mathematic practices. Learning Forward Community of Practice meeting.

  • (2019, March 6). Hearing from districts: Measuring the impact of professional learning. Learning Forward. Available to Learning Forward members at: https://learningforward.org/webinar/hearing-from-districts-measuring-the-impact-of-professional-learning/

  • Summers, L., Jackson, J., & Scogin, A. (2018, December). Teacher-led improvement science: Equity-based math practices. Research presented at Learning Forward. Dallas, TX.

  • (2016, December). Measuring the impact of professional learning in schools: Panelist for Gates Foundation presentation, Learning Forward. Vancouver, BC
     

Coaching 

  • (2021, September). The power of coaching conversations. Colorado Association of Libraries. [Virtual]

  • (2021, June 14). The essentials of coaching conversations for equity. InnEdCo. Breckenridge, CO

  • (2021, April 23). The power of coaching conversations. Colorado Library Consortium. [Virtual]

  • (2020, September) Igniting your librarian superpowers. Colorado Association of Libraries, virtual.

  • Summers, L. & Bukartek, M. (2014, February). Our writing lives: The many roles of a literacy coach. Colorado Council of International Reading Association Conference, Denver, CO
     

Grant Writing Success ​

  • (2022, May 17). Successful grant-writing. Hosted by Connecticut State Library thanks to funding by an LSTA grant.

  • (2022, March 10). Successful grant-writing. Hosted by Connecticut State Library thanks to funding by an LSTA grant.

  • (2020, October 27). Successful grant-writing. Hosted by Arizona State Library thanks to funding by an LSTA grant.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA6gM8RKqVU

 

Workshops 

Media Literacy 

  • Summers, L. & Hinson, B. (2020, July 27 – August 2). Maker literacy: A DPL 2020 online course. Digital Pedagogy Lab 2020. University of Colorado Denver. https://maker.dpl.online/ghost/#/site

  • (2020, February) Media literacy and standards – Part IV.  Workshop presented at Jefferson County School District, Golden, CO

  • (2020, January) Media literacy and standards – Part III. Workshop presented at Jefferson County School District, Golden

  • (2019, November) Media literacy and standards - Part II. Workshop presented at Jefferson County School District, Golden

  • Summers, L. (2019, October) Media literacy overview – Part I. Workshop presented at Jefferson County School District

 

Mentoring 

  • (2020, January) Mentor teacher training. Workshop presented for secondary language arts teachers through a Learning Forward partnership with the Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  • (2019, November) Mentor teacher training. Workshop presented for secondary language arts teachers through a Learning Forward partnership with the Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  • (2019, September) Transforming school libraries.  Workshop presented at Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Convention, Loveland, CO

  • (2019, June) Mentor teacher training. Workshop presented for secondary language arts teachers through a Learning Forward partnership with the Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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