Past Speaking Gigs

Educators Rising Massachusetts State Conference - Boston, MA - March 2026

Educators Rising Western Regional Leadership Summit - Elms College - Chicopee, MA - November 2025

FullScale Symposium - New Orleans, LA - October 2025

Every Student Can - MassCue - Boston, MA - October 2025

Applied Sciences University in Estonia - Reflection in the STEM Classroom - September 2025

Educators Rising National Conference - How to be an Edu-Influencer - Orlando, FL - June 2025

Learning and the Brain - Hacking Assessment & From Teacher to Leader - NY, NY - April 2025

Miss Porter's School Conference Day - Keynote and Session - Farmington, CT - March 2025

Massachusetts State Educators Rising Conference - February 2025

Innovative Schools Summit: Teaching Reflection - NY, NY - February 2025

FETC - Using Tech to Support Student-Led Assessment - Orlando, FL - January 2025

IICE Conference - Student-Led Assessment - Honolulu, HI - January 2025

CBExchange - Co-Construction of Success Criteria - Colorado Springs, CO - November 2024

Aurora Institute Symposium - Grading Panel - New Orleans, LA - November 2024

ECE2024 - Student-Led Assessment - Virtual - London, England -July 2024 

SREB - Success Criteria - Nashville, TN - July 2024

ISTE Live - Student-led Assessment: Promoting Agency and Achievement Through Portfolio and Conferences - Denver, CO- June 2024

ASCD Annual Conference - Student-Led Assessment and Career Pathways Panel - Washington DC - March 2024

World Education Summit - Make All Assessment Student-Led - March 2024

ISTE Winter Symposium - Student-Led Assessment - December 2023

Learning Forward - Portfolios aren't just folders, they are a mindset shift - Washington, DC - December 2023

NJEA - Hacking Assessment - online - November 2023

Aurora Institute Symposium - Hacking Assessment - Palm Springs, CA - October 2023 

ASCD Leadership Summit - Success Criteria - Grapevine, Tx - October 2023

4th Barcelona Conference on Education - Barcelona, Spain - September 2023 

ASCD Emerging Leaders Panel - ISTE Live - Philadelphia, PA - June 2023

Put Students in the Driver's Seat of Assessment - Paris Conference for Education with IAFOR - Paris, France - June 2023

Brainstorm Conference Keynote - Alternative Student-Centered Assessment - Online - April 2023

ASCD Annual Conference - So You Want to Write a Book - Denver, CO - March 2023

ISTE Aspire - Panel discussion - online - Feb 22, 2023

MindFuelED - Use the MasteryBook to Empower Students - Palm Springs, CA - Feb 2023

Toddle Keynote - Authentic Assessment - Online - January 14, 2023

Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Conference - Tools for Assessment - Orlando, FL - December 2022

Teacher-Powered Conference - Use the MasteryBook to Empower Student-Driven Assessment - Minneapolis, MN- November 2022

ASCD Leadership Summit - From Teacher to COO - Washington DC - Oct 2022

SREB Conference - Student-centered Assessment - Grapevine, Tx - July 19, 2022 

NNSTOY Conference - Hacking Learning Centers - Online - July 13, 2022

ISTE Live 2022 - 2 poster sessions on Student-Centered Assessment - New Orleans, LA - June 27, 2022

Challenge Success - Assessing with Respect with Student-Led Conferences - Bentley University, MA - April 2022

ASCD Annual Conference - Assess with Respect with Student-Led Conferences - Chicago, IL - March 2022

WA ASCD -  Assessing with Respect requires the Right Tools - virtual - March 2022

Assessing with Respect Book Study - NH ASCD - January 2022

Ungrading Edcamp - Hacking Assessment - November 2021

West Ada Summer Conference - Assessing with Respect - West Ada, ID - August 2021

PowerSchool Edge - virtual - Assessing with Respect - July 2021

NNSTOY - Assessing with Respect - virtual - July 2021

ASCD Empower 2021 Virtual with Connie Hamilton & Solo - June 2021

Tedx San Antonio Red Dot Cafe - Virtual - Homework - May 2021

GBS Educator Ambassador Monthly - Assessment - May 2021

DBC Live Thursday Night- From Teacher to Leader - March 2021

Build Back Wiser Panel- Discussion of Clarity - March 2021

Hacking Assessment Web series with NHASCD - January 2021

Assessing Grading in Remote Learning Webinar - Keynote - November 2020

Teacher Success School - November 2020

How to De-Emphasize Grades and Create Meaningful Feedback in any Space webinar - April 2020

MO Learning Forward - From Teacher to Leader - Ozarks, MO - March 2020

NYS TESOL Conference - PBL & ENL Strategies with Faith Tripp - White Plains, NY - November 2019

National Social Studies Conference - Teaching Writing Instruction Across Content - Austin, TX - November 2019

Impact Teams Riverside Collaborative - The Power of Reflection - Riverside, CA - November 2019

ASCD Educational Leadership - Beyond Effective: Making Great Teachers Awesome with Connie Hamilton - MD - Nov. 2019

What Great Educators Do Differently - Using Tech to Enhance Student Achievement and Alternative Assessment for Better Student Learning - Manassas Park, VA - August 2019

National School Transformation Conference - Workshop speaker - Thinking Routines and Alternative Assessment - Palm Springs, CA - July 2019

NNSTOY - Keynote Speaker - A Recovering Perfectionist's Journey to Give Up Grades -Orlando, FL - July 2019

ASCD Empower 19 - Workshop speaker - Teaching Students to Self-Assess and more - Chicago, IL - March 2019

ECET2 Metro - Workshop speaker - Could you teach without grades? - New Jersey - February 2019

Teacher-Powered Schools - Panel Session Facilitator - Boston, MA - December 2018

PKETA Conference - Keynote - Using Technology for Language Learning - South Korea - November 2018

MENA Teacher Summit - Teaching Students to Self-Assess and Peer Feedback in the classroom - Dubai, United Arabs Emirates - October 2018

ASCD Empower 18 - Teaching Students to Self-Assess, Boston, MA - March 2018

Learning and the Brain - Could you Give up Grades? Boston, MA - Nov. 2017

Peel School District - Going Gradeless - Ontario, Canada  - October 2017

Charlotte Schools, North Carolina - Keynote - July 2017

ASCD Empower 17 - Hacking Homework with Connie Hamilton - Anaheim, CA - March 2017

MASSCUE - Keynote - March 2017 

BLC16 –  Putting Students in the Front and Eliminate Grade -Boston, MA -July 20-22, 2016 –

EDxED, Hudson High School of Learning – Getting Rid of Grades, NY, NY - June 9, 2016

TEDxYouth@BHS – Burlington, NH - April 30, 2016

Connected Educators Long Island, Farmingdale, NY -April 9, 2016

Keynote for the Long Island National Board Summit, Adelphi University – bringing teacher leadership outside the classroom -Feb. 4, 2016

NYSASCD – Getting Rid of Grades for Optimal Student Learning -November 3, 2015

Edscape – Woodbridge High School, Woodbridge NJ – Oct 17, 2015 – Connected Educator Panel

EdcampLI -Jericho, NY – October 3, 2015 – How to Throw Out Grades with Don Gately

ISTE in Philadelphia, PA  – Poster Session on Digital Storytelling & Corwin Connected Educators Authors’ panel – Blogging for Educators – June 2015

Bronx Ed Conference at Lehman College – Teachers Throwing Out Grades -June 4, 2015

Datacation Expo – Rethinking traditional grading -May 14, 2015

Long Island Connected Educators Summit– presented with Donald Gately on Teachers Throwing Out Grades -March 28, 2015

NBTC  Teacher Leadership Conference at Adelphi University – Use Social Media to Tell Your Story -January 30, 2015

Baruch’s High School Journalism Collaborative – December 2014

JEA/NSPA Fall Conference – November 2014 -Twitter for Collaboration and photojournalism for CJE Certification

Edscape – Brad Currie and I - Ed Perspectives, our On-Air Google Show about teacher and administrator perspectives on issues like testing, teacher evaluations and achievement. October 18, 2014

Speaking engagement at the Edison Township Schools with Dave Burgess in NJ – October 11, 2014

#COLchat Call to Action – July 29, 2014

Connected Educators Long Island #CELI14 – April 5, 2014

Building Learning Communities 2013 – Boston – July 2013

JEA/NSPA Spring Conference – San Francisco – April 2013

JEA/NSPA Fall Convention – Minneapolis – November 2011

Long Island University’s “Our Mutual Estate” conference – May 2011

JEA/NSPA Spring Convention – Anaheim – April 2011

JEA/NSPA Fall Convention – Kansas City – November 2010

JEA/NSPA Spring Convention – Portland – April 2010

JEA/NSPA Fall Conference – Washington DC – November 2009

NCTE Convention – Indianapolis – November 2004

NCTE Convention -San Francisco – November 2003