Strategies for Raising Equity and Activating SEL by Jorge Valenzuela
Strategies for Raising Equity and Activating SEL by Jorge Valenzuela
This is the kickoff the 2021 Educator Network Summit with education leader Jorge Valenzuela. He discusses issues educators are facing in today’s classrooms, schools, and districts in his keynote address, "Strategies for Raising Equity and Activating SEL in Lessons."
Speaker bio: Jorge Valenzuela is an education coach, author, and advocate. He has years of experience as a classroom and online teacher, a curriculum specialist, and a consultant.
His work focuses on improving teacher preparation in project-based learning (PBL), computational thinking and computer science integration, STEM education, and equity and SEL integration.
Jorge is an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University and the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined.
His book. Rev Up Robotics, and jump-start guides, Ready, Set, Robotics, and SEL in Action, are available from ISTE. His following two books, which respectively focus on PBL and Equity and SEL Integration, are forthcoming from ISTE and Solution Tree. Jorge is also the host of the SEL in Action Podcast on BAM Radio Network.