EdTech Connect with Carrie Conover

Patrick went from teacher to VP of Sales at Acadeum. 

Patrick’s career path helped him uncover his common thread: helping people realize their own potential. He majored in engineering but pursued being a high school math and science teacher. After 7 years of teaching Algebra I and II, geometry, statistics, and physics, Patrick did the unthinkable and quit his job as department chair two weeks into the fall semester. He took a job as an entry-level salesperson at a midsize tech start-up that worked with universities and colleges. It was the scariest thing he could have done but it was the right decision. 

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Hear the story of how Katie (Daugird) House went from teacher to working for multiple successful ed-tech companies such as Encyclopaedia Britannica, SMART Technologies, Amplify Education,  Discovery Education, Clever, and Dreambox.

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Heather Hoeppner went from high school teacher to client success leader at Affirm. Heather sits down with us to chat about how her love for data drove her to make various twists and turns in her career.

In this episode, Carrie and Heather talk about their time together working in ed-tech at eSpark Learning and what Heather has been up to since that time.

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Heather's Bio:

Heather leads big box retail initiatives for Affirm, a San Francisco-based Financial Tech firm offering honest financial products. Prior to Affirm, she oversaw enterprise key accounts at Narrative Science, a Chicago-based AI company focused on language capabilities in advanced analytics. Heather spent the first 10 years of her career with Teach For America, first as a high school English teacher in West Baltimore followed by seven years supporting and managing teams of teachers and district leader relationships. Heather holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University and a BA from Kenyon College. She is also the co-founder and advisor of Tilly, an online landscape design company. 

Tomer Yogev specializes in helping people identify and understand their strengths. This process helps his clients find the ultimate joy in both their personal and professional life. During this interview, Tomer and Carrie sit down to discuss the process we used during our coaching sessions to identify and maximize Carrie's strengths as she began her work as an entrepreneur. 

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Dr. Jax ML Black and Tomer Yogev, a married couple, have become two of Chicago’s most sought-after executive coaches thanks to their genuine, contagious passion and radiant energy. Their journey to The Big Joy Theory was set in motion after a skydiving trip, where they both had a revelation. As they hurtled through the air, snugly tied to a trusted expert, they realized what all leaders should embody: security, trust, and confidence. 

Following their realization, Dr. Jax and Tomer founded TandemSpring: a coaching center that empowered leaders to break free from the corporate mindset and work as their authentic selves. The couple spent the next decade teaching others how to find and own their strengths so that they could become the skydiving instructors of their own lives. 

As they watched more and more leaders elevate into their fully-expressed and authentic selves, Jax and Tomer realized there was one more component that came out of their life-changing skydiving trip: joy. Now, TandemSpring has become The Big Joy Theory, where they teach and encourage leaders to become their whole selves so they can jump into joy —  and land in their own authentic leadership presence. 

Jax and Tomer invite you to connect with them on LinkedIn or schedule a time to connect with them in-person here.

Rachel Van Aken turned her passion for helping her students grow into a passion for helping entire school districts meet their goals. In this episode, hear how Rachel found a fulfilling career as an education sales leader and in her role as a Board Member in her local school district.

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Kristen Harris always knew she wanted to have a positive impact on children and she made that dream come true by teaching pre-K to 3rd grade for many years. She is now a Professional Learning and Support Coordinator and helps other teachers use best-practice to implement new technology in their classroom. 

In this episode, learn how Kristen used the power of social media and the tools provided to her in Classroom to Boardroom to make her career dreams come true.

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What jobs can teachers do outside of teaching? Lauren Benefico tells her career story from going to classroom teacher to implementation and customer success manager at an education company to her role today as Program Delivery Manager at Habits at Work. 

Lauren talks about letting go of the guilt (hello, she impacted thousands of teachers and students in her work at Discovery Education) and how she carved a career to job satisfaction outside the classroom. 

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Taylor Daugherty went from teacher to customer success intern, to sales associate to senior iOS Engineer. She reached her career sweet spot by taking risks and truly understanding her strengths and the type of work that brought her joy. Hear her story and the fun Taylor and host Carrie Conover had together during their time working at eSpark learning on this episode of Classroom to Boardroom.

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Anya Dudek went from high school Writing Teacher to Senior Customer Success Manager by using her ability to backward plan to reach large goals within the classroom, large school district, and fortune 500 companies. 

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Welcome to this brand new show from educators 2 educators, Classroom to Boardroom, hosted by Carrie Conover.

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