Speakers

OPENING KEYNOTE
Thursday, October 17, 2024 | 1:00 pm

Trevor Muir

Trevor is a teacher, author, creator, and founder of Epic PBL. His books The Epic Classroom, The Collaborative Classroom, and New Teacher Mindset have helped teachers worldwide to create purposeful and dynamic learning experiences. Trevor has taught in middle, high school, and college classrooms, and currently teaches pre-services teachers at Grand Valley State University. He was a national faculty member for the Buck Institute for Education, and is one of the Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation speakers. His work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Edutopia, EdWeek, and We Are Teachers. Trevor's inspiring and informative videos have been viewed over 35 million times. At the heart of Trevor’s work is the conviction that every student has the potential for greatness, and that every teacher can be equipped to unlock that potential.

Teacher. Author. Speaker.
trevormuir.com

SUPERINTENDENT PANEL
Sunday, October 19, 2024 | 12:30 pm

Dr. Mark Foust

Northwest ISD Board of Trustees unanimously named Dr. Mark Foust as superintendent of schools on Monday, January 9, 2023, bringing a leader with experience maintaining high academic and extracurricular standards while managing fast growth. In May of 2023 Northwest ISD passed a historic $2B in Bond propositions to meet the needs of the next 8,400 students in projected enrollment.

Dr. Foust spent the first 21 years of his professional career in Fort Bend ISD, a fast-growth school district in the Houston area. He began his journey in education as a high school English teacher and coach in 1995 before becoming a high school associate principal and principal.

Prior to joining Northwest ISD, Dr. Foust served as superintendent of Kerrville ISD in central Texas, where he earned a reputation as a strong instructional leader who places student needs first. Dr. Foust is in his 30th year serving students in public education in Texas. He and his wife Shannon are empty nesters with a Yorkie named Reveille and two lovely daughters in their 20’s.

Venue

Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Portland, OR 97232

Dates

October 16-19, 2024

Contact

Email: donna@a4le.org
+1 480.391.0840