EDTalksMN

Hanane Kachman serves as Workforce Development Consultant at Fairview Health Services, where she provides expertise in specialty recruitment, workforce planning, pipeline creation, diversity and inclusion, and building partnership with educators and public officials. Hanane is currently focused on creating career pathway programs that begin in high school and continue through a variety of post-secondary opportunities, including community and four-year college, training programs for working adults, internships and fellowships.

Her talk was part of the EDTalk on the role of career and technical education in the 21st century.

This EDTalk was recorded in front of a live audience at Icehouse in Minneapolis on Jan. 14, 2019, by Jeff Achen (https://www.callsign51.com/).

EDTalks is presented by AchieveMpls and The Citizens League in partnership with Indigo Education and Pollen.

Thanks to our generous sponsors, the Bush Foundation and the Verne C. Johnson Family Foundation.

Learn more about EDTalks at https://www.achievempls.org/edtalks.

Sara Etzel is Director of Career & Technical Education for Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and a national America Achieves Fellow. At MPS, Sara is leading an innovative team of educators in a systems-change effort to expand access to co-curricular STEM experiences, develop career exploration opportunities that align with Minnesota’s World’s Best Workforce legislation, and create experiential learning that better equips students to succeed in a wide range of disciplines.

Her talk was part of the EDTalk on the role of career and technical education in the 21st century.

This EDTalk was recorded in front of a live audience at Icehouse in Minneapolis on Jan 14, 2019, by Jeff Achen (https://www.callsign51.com/).

EDTalks is presented by AchieveMpls and The Citizens League in partnership with Indigo Education and Pollen.

Thanks to our generous sponsors, the Bush Foundation and the Verne C. Johnson Family Foundation.

Learn more about EDTalks at https://www.achievempls.org/edtalks.

Beth Hawkins was a founding reporter at MinnPost, where she wrote Learning Curve, an education news and analysis blog. She is currently national correspondent for The 74 Million, a nonprofit news site focused on education policy, where she writes about promising policies and practices in schools throughout the country.

Her talk was part of the EDTalk on Media and Public Education, where speakers discussed media coverage of public education and how it shapes attitudes towards (and engagement with) schools.

This EDTalk was recorded in front of a live audience at Icehouse in Minneapolis on Oct. 15, 2018, by Jeff Achen (https://www.callsign51.com/).

EDTalks is presented by AchieveMpls and The Citizens League in partnership with Indego Education and Pollen.

Thanks to our generous sponsors, the Bush Foundation and the Verne C. Johnson Family Foundation.

Learn more about EDTalks at https://www.achievempls.org/edtalks.

Mauri Chantel Melander Friestleben is the principal of Lucy Craft Laney at Cleveland Park Community School in North Minneapolis. Her school was featured in KARE 11’s year-long profile, “Lessons from Lucy Laney,” where she got an insider’s view of working with the media. Her talk was part of the EDTalk on Media and Public Education, where speakers discussed media coverage of public education and how it shapes attitudes towards (and engagement with) schools.

This EDTalk was recorded in front of a live audience at Icehouse in Minneapolis on Oct. 15, 2018, by Jeff Achen (https://www.callsign51.com/).

EDTalks is presented by AchieveMpls and The Citizens League in partnership with Indego Education and Pollen.

Thanks to our generous sponsors, the Bush Foundation and the Verne C. Johnson Family Foundation.

Learn more about EDTalks at https://www.achievempls.org/edtalks.

Dr. Daryl Parks is Associate Professor of English Education at Metropolitan State University, where he prepares pre-service teachers for urban teaching success. A former high school teacher, Parks works closely with urban high schools to support their effectiveness with students, teachers and administrators.

Alexei Moon Casselle, aka Crescent Moon, has been actively involved in the Twin Cities hip hop scene since 1995, penning over 20 albums with various groups and touring the world as a fearless rap and spoken word artist. He is currently working towards his secondary English Language Arts licensure so he can continue inspiring young people in his community.

This event was filmed on April 23, 2018 at Icehouse Mpls by Jeff Achen of https://www.callsign51.com/. Learn more about EDTalks at https://www.achievempls.org/edtalks.

Nate Eklund holds fast to the notion that life is too precious to spend it not liking your job. After spending 15 years as a high school English teacher, he authored a book on workplace cultures in schools and founded Eklund Consulting. Today he works in a variety of industries to develop thoughtful leaders, engaged employees and workplace cultures that are vibrant and fulfilling places for all. He summarizes his work as "bringing people and organizations into their uncomfortable truths and realities and then getting us out alive together.” This event was filmed on April 23, 2018 at Icehouse Mpls by Jeff Achen of https://www.callsign51.com/. Learn more about EDTalks at https://www.achievempls.org/edtalks.

Jamie Williams is a restorative practices consultant, trainer, teacher and peacemaking circle-keeper. She has worked as a Restorative Justice Coordinator in Wisconsin, supported Project Launch at the Red Cliff Reservation Early Childhood Center and the Amicus Radius Program (a Restorative Justice Program for juvenile girls) and served as a Minnesota Department of Corrections circle-keeper. Jamie is a graduate of Minneapolis Public Schools and earned her master's degree in restorative justice, restorative practices and peacemaking circles.

Maren Henderson is an Evaluation Specialist for Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), where she coordinates the Youth Participatory Evaluation program for the district. Maren uses evaluation to empower underrepresented communities and inform equity-driven decision making. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs with a concentration in youth and education policy and program evaluation.

Maren is joined by Mayra Rendon, a Minneapolis Public Schools student who has participated in the Youth Participatory Evaluation program for three years. She is passionate about ensuring students have a voice in school policies that affect them.

Dr. Clay Cook is the John and Nancy Peyton Faculty Fellow in Child and Adolescent Wellbeing at the University of Minnesota and Associate Professor in the School Psychology Program. Clay co-founded the School Mental Health Assessment, Research and Training (SMART) Center at the University of Washington and is a core faculty member within the Institute of Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health at the University of Minnesota. In addition to his research, he consults with several school and community systems throughout the US to improve practices and outcomes for students to meet the demands of civic, work, and home life.

Dr. Candace Burckhardt is a Special Education and English Learner Coordinator at Indigo Education, where she supports special education programs in over 70 charter schools in Minnesota. Candace recently finished a pilot research program on mindfulness-based interventions within special education programs in Minnesota. In 2016 she served as a Research Fellow with the Mind & Life European Summer Research Institute. You can learn more about Candace at www.candaceburckhardt.com or follow her on Twitter at @ateachingnomad.