Chad Ostrowski is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Teach Better Team. “I have dedicated my professional career to helping schools be better. While I’m not an administrator I work closely with administrators, teachers and stakeholders across the country to help them improve schools. This is possible from building trust, relationships and providing solutions to their needs that produce results. … Read More
Together We Learn, Lead, and Serve – Craig Smith
Craig Smith is the Principal of Lake Norman Charter High School in Huntersville, North Carolina. He joined LNC in July of 2015. Lake Norman Charter HS has received a grade of “A” from the state of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for the past four years. LNC was designated as a 2017, 2018, 2019, & 2020 “Gold Medal” school … Read More
Everything & Everyone Matters – With Special Guest James Ryan
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