2025 Institute Schedule

1:00pm - 2:00pm, Regatta
Equipping Students to Support Neurodivergent Classmates
Helen Kinnen
Elementary Educational Consultant

1:00pm - 2:00pm, Windward

Reimagining PLCs: Embedding Practice for Real School Change
Ogechi Iwuoha Njoku
Assistant Superintendent
Greenburgh CSD

2:00pm - 3:00pm, Regatta
An Elephant in the Classroom
Valarie Nierman
Health Coordinator, Mahopac Central School District

2:00pm - 3:00pm, Windward
Beyond the Bookshelf: Rethinking Your Classroom Library to Support Belonging
Catherine Graybosch
Supervisor, School Library System at SWBOCES

10:00am - 11:00am, Windward
Educational Justice: How Schools and Communities Partner for Equity
Candace Pinn
Educational Consultant

11:00am - 12:00pm, Windward
Data Driven Parent Training & Counseling
Amaris Johnson - Family of Kidz, Special Education Teacher 

12:00pm - 1pm
Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm. Regatta
Equity by Design: Using AI Across Systems to Support Every Learner
Rachael Wasilewski
Assistant Director, HVBERN

1:00pm - 2:00pm, Windward
Creative Thinking: Bringing the Arts into Everyday Instruction
Andrea M. Thomas
Principal, Denzel Washington School of the Arts

2:00pm - 3:00pm. Regatta
Tech as a Bridge: Connecting with Multilingual Learners and Families
Alana Winnick, Educational Technology Director, Pocantico Hills 
Joy Scantlebury, ENL Educator, Pocantico Hills

2:00pm - 3:00pm. Windward
Rethinking Assessment: The Power of Retesting
Xiomara Gonzalez, Mathemtics Educator & Administrator
Kristen Sessano, Mathematics Educator

12:00pm - 1pm
Lunch

1:00pm - 3:00pm. County Rooms
SEED: Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity
Wendy Dale and Imani Bolling
SEED Leaders

1:00pm - 2:00pm, Windward
Beyond Beliefs: Building Religious Literacy
Liz Burns Taormina
New York Educator

2:00pm - 3:00pm. Windward
Safe to Be Me: Creating School Spaces That Affirm Every Identity
Darby Allison-Dugue
Program Coordinator for Community Engagement, THE LOFT