Leslie Knight on Clubhouse

Bio

⁉️Society has changed in the last 100 years — Why haven’t schools???

💡I believe we need to rethink how we “do school” to prepare ALL students to be productive members of society

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😄 About Me 😄
❣️ Public schools lover
⚖️ Equity champion
🧠 Coach: curriculum, instruction & assessment
✏️ Former HS asst. principal
✏️ Former central office math & science curriculum director
🌎 Former HS science teacher (earth, environmental, chem)
👀 looking for my next career move

💪 Expertise in 💪
👣Leading professional development
🔬Writing and implementing STEM curriculum with a focus on students’
😁 Grassroots organizing
📝 Classroom teaching
👩‍🏫 School administration
🤝 Managing change initiatives

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🗣 An organizer at heart, I believe we are better when we stand together

👥 Looking to connect with ed policy folks, educators and education leaders, organizers, people who want to redefine our country’s funding priorities, and people who make me think

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👀 seeking a job in the ed management or ed policy sectors

📚 17 years of experience in public education gives me in-depth knowledge of what works, and what doesn’t, in our schools

🔎 I want to use my experience to change our education system

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❣️ Hit me up for convos on❣️
Professional:
👩‍🏫 Teacher professional development
🔬Science education
🌎 Climate justice
🛠 Project-based learning
🧠 Learning and the brain
🎓 Competency-based education
⚖️ Education policy & it’s impact on districts
💰Intersection of housing policy and education
✏️ All things education!

Personal:
🏃‍♀️ Running
📖 Reading (especially biographies and historical fiction)
🏔 Hiking, gardening, skiing, and all outdoor activities
✡️ Modern Judaism

Find me:
LinkedIn.com/in/leslie-knight