Wednesday, 6 December 2023
1:00 – 2:00 PM ESTÂ
I​​​​​n today’s K-12 educational landscape, it is essential to deliver a standards-aligned curriculum. However, teachers are also looking for more personalized, culturally responsive, and timely content to better reflect the experiences of a diverse student population.
Educators, administrators, and curriculum directors, as well as professionals of EdTech and curriculum development companies, are invited to join CCC for a virtual panel discussion on 6 December, exploring the current state of literacy in K-12, and the value of using high-quality, authentic content from leading books, magazines, newspapers and publisher websites to deepen engagement with students and build literacy.
This session will also look at the challenges of using synthetic text, teacher-created materials and freely available resources on the web, as well as copyright and licensing considerations for the use of copyrighted content in curriculum and instruction.Â
Moderated by CCC’s Senior Director of Content Marketing Christopher Kenneally, this engaging session will feature:
Kimberly Andersen
Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Twin Valley School District (PA)
Kimberly Andersen has taught in education for over 30 years at the elementary and college level. She earned her Educational Doctorate with a focus on Curriculum and Instruction. Kimberly has served in school district administration for about 10 years as a principal and is currently serving as a Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Twin Valley School District in PA.
Ellen Brooks
K-12 School Improvement Coach and Educator
Monroe Public Schools (MI)
Ellen Brooks is a Michigan educator with classroom experience as a teacher in both lower and upper elementary classrooms. Now a School Improvement Coach for Monroe Public Schools she specializes in professional development within her district as well as through her work with the Teacher Quality department of the National Education Association (NEA). As first a digital learning expert and then as a webinar coordinator with the NEA she helped to create, schedule, and develop educator-led sessions across the country to support over 35,000 school educators live during the tumultuous time of remote and hybrid learning during the pandemic. She received her Bachelors in Liberal Arts in Education with a major in Literacy from Eastern Michigan University, and her masters in Reading from Michigan State University.
Marjorie McKeown
Founder and CEO
Alexandria Learning Ecosystem for Educators (ALEE)
Marjorie McKeown has not only worked in education for over a decade as a teacher, principal, and school leader, she’s also served as president of Matterlab Enrollment, where she effectively built strategies to successfully work with over 100 schools and districts to achieve their enrollment goals. Marjorie has a deep understanding of the K-12 education landscape and understands the complexities behind teacher retention, training, and support. Marjorie took her expertise to MIT Sloan and graduated with her MBA and an even deeper passion for teacher support.
Roy Kaufman
Managing Director, Business Development and Government Relations
CCC
Prior to CCC, Kaufman served as Legal Director, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. He is a member of the Bar of the State of New York, the Author’s Guild, and the editorial board of UKSG Insights. He is a Chef in the Scholarly Kitchen and has written and lectured extensively on the subjects of copyright, licensing, open access, artificial intelligence, metadata, text/data mining, new media, artists’ rights, and art law.
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