Teacher Motivation

Keynote speaker. Award-winning songwriter. Emmy-nominated journalist and producer.

Dr. Michael McCain, best known as a motivational speaker, author. Y

Jim B. Golden, president and CEO of Golden Opportunity, is an experienced and dynamic award winning public.

She has starred in the television series Big Wolf .

Tonisha "MS. TONI" Pinckney, CFE, CFFA, MSCJ It was her personal experience that led Ms.

Stacey Shells is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of ReGeneration Schools.

Ronald G. Shapiro, Ph.D., a Fellow in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), the American Psychological Association (APA).

At 19-years-old, Tamir D. Harper is a non-profit executive, an outspoken advocate for public education, and a Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar.

Herman “Herm” Edwards is the current head football coach at Arizona State University entering his fifth season in Tempe. A strong leader in the ASU community.

Professor John H. Bracey, Jr., has taught in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University.

From education to activism, Liz Dozier has spent her career working tirelessly to disrupt the culture of inequity.

Rodney Robinson has over 20 years experience as an educator with Richmond Public Schools.

Montague’s work particularly focuses on computational neuroscience – the connection between physical mechanisms present in real neural tissue.

Dr. Robyn R. Jackson is passionate about building better schools. As the CEO of Mindsteps Inc.

Michelle Duster is author, public historian, professor, and champion of racial and gender.

Zaretta Hammond, M.A. is a national consultant and author of “Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

Dr. Sharroky Hollie is a national educator who provides professional development to thousands of educators.

Dr. Adolph Brown, III works with schools and corporations around the world to implement best practices that support.

Marley Dias, the precocious and purpose-driven founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks.

Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University and founding president of the Learning Policy Institute.

Trevor is a teacher, author, international speaker, and project based learning expert. He is the author of The Epic Classroom.  

Teaching phenom and educational activist, Dwayne Reed, has been crisscrossing the globe, promoting his message of love and equity in education.  

DR. WATSON SCOTT SWAIL brings a quarter century of life in education to his speaking appearances. From his earliest teaching experiences in Winnipeg, Canada, to his leadership at the Washington, DC-based…

Based on what transpired in a few short moments in early 2006, Coach Jim Johnson is now an authority on the subject of realizing your dreams. In his many public-speaking…

Dr. Neila A. Connors is presently the founder and president of N.A.C. (Networking And Client), CONNECTIONS INC., a corporation dedicated to the implementation of POSITIVE ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS in people.…

In 1998, Stacey founded Atlanta-based Connect with Kids to support her passion for helping children. Stacey is a former child advocate with the juvenile justice system, an attorney, and a…

Kenneth Wesson is a former higher education faculty member and administrator. He delivers keynote addresses on the neuroscience of learning for educational organizations and institutions throughout the United States and…

Nicholas Ferroni is a nationally recognized educator and activist who educates, mentors and inspires students to reach their goals while driving a national dialogue about education reform. Named "Upstander of…

Bill Daggett, Ed.D., is the founder of both the Successful Practices Network and the International Center for Leadership in Education. He is recognized worldwide for his proven ability to move…

Known to many as "America's Educator," Ron Clark is the 2000 Disney American Teacher of the Year, a two-time New York Times Bestselling author, the subject of a television movie…