Every Teacher A Leader Summit 2026: Full Schedule

11:00am EDT

Thursday July 30, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT

This session teaches AI literacy using the HUMAN framework and classroom-ready EduProtocols. Explore low-prep, high-engagement strategies that help students use AI safely, ethically, and effectively. You’ll leave with practical, adaptable ideas to make AI literacy approachable and empowering across all content areas, plus fresh, student-centered ways to spark critical thinking, ethical reflection, and real classroom engagement.

Speakers

Kate Meyer

Instructional Innovation Specialist, Mount Desert Island High School

Kate Meyer is an instructional innovation specialist and high school English teacher in Bar Harbor, Maine, where she has taught for 25 years. From 2021 to 2023, she served as a Distinguished Educator with the Maine Department of Education. This position allowed her to travel throughout... Read More →

Thursday July 30, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT
Alfond 209

Innovation, General

9:00am EDT

From Page to Performance: Readers Theater and AI for Every Classroom

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT

This interactive session explores how readers theater can be used to build reading fluency, comprehension, and student confidence across grade levels. Participants will learn practical strategies for implementing readers theater in their classrooms and see how it can support collaboration and engagement for a wide range of learners. Designed for teachers just beginning to explore artificial intelligence, this session will also introduce simple, accessible ways to use AI to create engaging, leveled scripts tailored to students’ needs. Participants will have time to experiment with these tools, so please bring a device and be ready to try it out in real time.

Speakers

Joshua Chard

Arts Integration Teacher Leader Fellow, Maine Department of Education Office of Teaching and Learning

Joshua Chard is a second-grade teacher at East End Community School in Portland, Maine, and the 2024 Maine Teacher of the Year. With more than 30 years in education, he creates culturally responsive, arts-integrated learning experiences that center joyful relationships, student voice... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT

Innovation, General

10:30am EDT

The Compass and the Canvas: Leading Innovation Inside and Out

Friday July 31, 2026 10:30am - 11:45am EDT

Ayotte 104

How might we apply principles of human-centered, empathy-fueled design thinking to develop a more symbiotic relationship between outdoor education and educational technology? During this interactive sprint, participants will use a 5-phase design process to transform the indoor/outdoor dynamic of learning spaces by engaging the Compass Mindset (mentorship and self regulation) and the Canvas Mindset (creativity and multi-modal expression).

Speakers

Selina Greene Warren

Outdoor Learning Facilitator & School Garden Coordinator, Community Regional Charter School

Selina Greene Warren is a dedicated Outdoor Learning Facilitator and School Garden Coordinator at Community Regional Charter School. She was named the 2023 Maine Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year and received the 2024 National Excellence in Teaching Agriculture Award... Read More →

Dan Ryder

Director of Design & Innovation, Community Regional Charter School

Dan Ryder is a veteran classroom educator and Director of Design & Innovation at Community Regional Charter School. He formerly served as Co-Founder and Education Director of the SUCCESS & INNOVATION CENTER at MT BLUE CAMPUS ), an empathy-fueled makerspace + mentoring space for... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 10:30am - 11:45am EDT
Ayotte 104

Innovation, General

Every Teacher A Leader Summit 2026

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Every Teacher A Leader Summit 2026

11:00am EDT

Kate Meyer

9:00am EDT

Joshua Chard

10:30am EDT

Selina Greene Warren

Dan Ryder

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