James Ryan is the proud building Principal of Maplemere Elementary School in the Sweet Home Central School District (Amherst, New York). James started his career as a social studies teacher at Sweet Home High School in 2007, worked as a Dean of Students at Sweet Home Middle School, and has most recently transitioned into his current role. The theme … Read More
Ready For A New Challenge – Deanna Moore White
Deanna Moore White is a Gulf War Veteran who trained as a Hospital Corpsman, Medical Technologist, Autopsy Technician and Histotechnologist in the United States Navy before pursing her B.S.degreee in Biology. During her junior year in college , she started substituting and found her passion for education. She severed as a middle and high school science teacher before moving into … Read More
Mistakes Allow Thinking to Happen – Kelly Delong
Kelly DeLong is a passionate K-12 mathematics educator with a long history of curriculum innovation. Engaging mathematics professional development is a hallmark of Kelly’s administrative career. She loves watching teachers have “Ah-Ha” moments around mathematics content. Kelly is the Executive Director of the Kentucky Center for Mathematics and former Director of K-12 Math and Science with Richmond County Schools (NC). … Read More
Leading Excellence – Michael Horton
Michael Horton began his career as a physics teacher and then became an administrator at two county offices where he coached principals to turn around underperforming schools and trained science teachers. He then coached AVID schools to prepare underrepresented students for college. Now, he’s the assistant principal of a highly acclaimed STEM charter school in Southern California. He’s written 3 … Read More
Building Bridges – Stephen Gay
Stephen Gay is a 30+ year education lifer! He is a proud father of three and has been married to his wife for 28 years, who is also an educator. He grew up in Rocky Mount, NC where both grandparents were sharecroppers and his dad worked for the same company for 35 years. He graduated from NC State with Math Ed Degree, taught … Read More
