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Charell G. Coleman is a Graduate of The Alabama A&M University with a Bachelors and Masters degree in Education. She also holds an Education Specialist degree in Information Technology from the University of West Georgia. As a lifelong learner, she acquired the New and Aspiring School Leader Certification from Harvard University, Department of Graduate Studies. Coleman is a a Kahoot Marketplace Creator, Brainpop Verified Teacher, Canva Creator for Education, Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® Trauma Resiliency Institute Certified Teacher, and CBCT® -Cognitively-Based Compassion Training trained through Emory University as well as Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning (SEE Learning®) trained through Emory University.
She has served as an educator for 24 years. Her experience includes Christian based schooling, public and independent. She has served in the Independent sector for 15 years. She serves Primary, Elementary and most currently Middle School Students with Mild Learning Disabilities such as Language Processing, Dyslexia, ADHD and other Reading Disabilities.
She believes in educating the whole child. Her areas of intention are Student Engagement, Executive Functioning and Social Emotional Learning. Her core passions are healing trauma and creating a more literate world!
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Afrika Afeni Mills is an Education Consultant and the author of Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students. She works with teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators to develop and sustain student-centered learning experiences that are diverse, inclusive, and equitable. Afrika has been featured on podcasts, blogs, delivered keynote addresses and facilitated sessions at conferences across the United States. Afrika believes that all educators can be motivated, engaged, dynamic practitioners and leaders when provided with the support needed to create student-centered, anti-bias, anti-racist, culturally responsive learning environments that inspire wonder and creativity and nurture diversity, belonging, equity, and inclusion.
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Dr. Megan Olivia Hall, NBCT, is the 2013 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Megan teaches science and agriculture classes, coaches LEGO League and Robotics, and leads the social-emotional learning program at Open World Learning Community in St. Paul Public Schools. A Leading Educator Ambassador for Equity Fellow with the Education Civil Rights Alliance, Megan holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Instruction, and Innovation from Walden University. Her books include Awesome Kitchen Science Experiments and Adventure Girls! STEM Crafts.
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Jed Dearybury began his education career in 2001. During his 13 year early childhood classroom tenure, Jed received numerous awards. He was featured in GQ Magazine as Male Leader of the Year, met President Obama as the South Carolina honoree of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, and was named as a top 5 finalist for South Carolina Teacher of the Year. He was also the first ever Milken Fellow for the state of South Carolina in 2016. Since leaving the 2nd grade classroom in 2015 he has been leading professional development across the country, as well as training the next generation of educators through his work and teaching in Higher Ed, teaching children’s lit, creativity and play for Early Childhood, and Fine Arts in the Elementary Classroom. He joins Mount Holyoke College with his course Arts and SEL.
In August 2019, he started his own education consulting business, mrdearybury.com LLC, where he is the Director of Creativity and Innovation. He published his first book, The Playful Classroom: The Power of Play for All Ages, co-written with Dr. Julie P. Jones, in June of 2020, thus adding author and illustrator to his list of educational credits. His second book, Courageous Classroom, released in July 2021. Book number three, The Playful Life: The Power of Play in Our Everyday, will be released in the fall of 2022.
