dr. laura lee summers

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
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2023, April: Resilience & Well-being in Today's Educational Landscape, Course Hero
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2023, January - April: Cultivating Resilience and Well-being, Naugatuck Valley Community College (Virtual)
Learner-Centered Blended Teaching & Learning
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2022 - 2023, August - June: Student-Centered Blended Teaching & Learning. Sheridan High School, Sheridan, WY (Hybrid)
Mentoring
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2022- 2023, October - May: Year 2 Mentor Academy. South Bend, IN (Virtual). Learning Forward
International, National & Keynote Events
Resilience & Well-being
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(2022, December 6). Cultivating the 8 dimensions of wellness for educators. Learning Forward 2022. Nashville, TN
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(2022, September 8). Eight dimensions of wellness for librarians. CALCon22. Colorado Association of Libraries, Westminster,
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(2022, Aug 3). Keynote - Educator wellness. Grow with Green Hills: From Surviving to Thriving. AEA. Council Bluffs, IA.
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(2022, July 28). Building wellness strategies into your class. Course Hero Education Summit
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2022. https://events.coursehero.com/summit-2022/agenda/speakers/1658574
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(2022, June 13). Eight dimensions of educator wellness. InnEdCO, Breckenridge, CO
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(2020, August 27). Attending to the health and well-being of educators as the school year starts. Learning Forward.https://learningforward.org/webinar/attending-to-the-health-and-wellness-of-educators-as-the-school-year-starts/
Engaged, Learner-Centered Pedagogy
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Summers, L. L., Schroeder, K., Howard, A., & Choquette, R. (2022, April 13). What does authentic assessment look like in a digital classrooms? [webinar panelist]. Rising Together: Effective Assessment for Students and Teachers. Course Hero. Replay: https://events.coursehero.com/rising-together/agenda/session/831139
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Morris, S. M., Summers, L. L., & Rai, L. (2021, December 15). Hybrid pedagogical selves. University of Eastern Finland. https://www.uef.fi/en/event/pedagogical-selves-webinar. Replay: https://bit.ly/HybridSelves
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(2020, November 19). Virtual professional learning structures and strategies. Learning Forward. https://learningforward.org/webinar/virtual-professional-learning-structures-and-strategies/
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(2020, Sept 17). Media literacy: Navigating the digital media landscape in the disinformation age.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgh4Sd53qYg&t=1024s
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(2010, October). Culturally responsive school libraries. TESOL-Ohio, Columbus, OH
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(2020, February). The design and facilitation of blended professional learning; guest panelist for Denver Public School Blended Teaching Professional Development Course
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(2019, Nov). The design and facilitation of online professional learning; guest panelist for Denver Public School Online Teaching Professional Development Course
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(2006). Online professional development: Models for best practices. Superintendents Advisory Council (SAC), Greeley, CO
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(2005). Online professional development: A best practices model. North Center Leadership Council (NCLC), Greeley, CO
Measuring the Impact of Professional Learning & Development
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Summers, L., Skrzypchak, A., & Killion, J. (2019, December). Measuring impact: Three years of professional learning. Research presented at Learning Forward. St. Louis, MO.
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(2019, May). Measuring the impact of professional learning in equity-based mathematic practices. Learning Forward Community of Practice meeting.
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(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/
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Summers, L., Jackson, J., & Scogin, A. (2018, December). Teacher-led improvement science: Equity-based math practices. Research presented at Learning Forward. Dallas, TX.
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(2016, December). Measuring the impact of professional learning in schools: Panelist for Gates Foundation presentation, Learning Forward. Vancouver, BC
Coaching
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(2021, September). The power of coaching conversations. Colorado Association of Libraries. [Virtual]
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(2021, June 14). The essentials of coaching conversations for equity. InnEdCo. Breckenridge, CO
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(2021, April 23). The power of coaching conversations. Colorado Library Consortium. [Virtual]
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(2020, September) Igniting your librarian superpowers. Colorado Association of Libraries, virtual.
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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
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(2022, May 17). Successful grant-writing. Hosted by Connecticut State Library thanks to funding by an LSTA grant.
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(2022, March 10). Successful grant-writing. Hosted by Connecticut State Library thanks to funding by an LSTA grant.
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(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
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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
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(2020, February) Media literacy and standards – Part IV. Workshop presented at Jefferson County School District, Golden, CO
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(2020, January) Media literacy and standards – Part III. Workshop presented at Jefferson County School District, Golden
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(2019, November) Media literacy and standards - Part II. Workshop presented at Jefferson County School District, Golden
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Summers, L. (2019, October) Media literacy overview – Part I. Workshop presented at Jefferson County School District
Mentoring
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(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
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(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
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(2019, September) Transforming school libraries. Workshop presented at Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Convention, Loveland, CO
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(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