Friday March 14, 2025 9:15am - 10:00am PDT
Speakers
Co-founder, BrainZones
Marcey Aronson is a highly qualified and experienced educator with over three decades of experience working with at-risk students in inner-city environments. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education and Elementary Education and has been awarded the prestigious Ohio...
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Marlon Wayne has spent his career exploring the intersection of new technologies and market application. From phil&teds to Google, where data management and attention to metric integrity was a cornerstone; Marlon has established a reputation for thinking beyond innovation to integration...
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Friday March 14, 2025 9:15am - 10:00am PDT
Room 219
Session 1
- Subject Classroom & School-Wide SEL
- about Debbie Leonard, M.Ed., Certified Ohio Master Teacher, brings over 30 years of experience in education, specializing in supporting at-risk and struggling students in urban settings. From her early work in a boys reformatory to teaching middle school students with severe behavioral challenges, Debbie has consistently implemented neuroscience-inspired strategies such as mindfulness and brain breaks to transform classrooms. As the co-founder of BrainZones, she pioneered the integration of affective neuroscience, positive psychology, and social-emotional learning (SEL), developing a comprehensive model that has significantly improved student behavior and academic performance. Additionally, Debbie has played a key role in creating the BrainZones app, a scalable tool that facilitates SEL implementation across various grade levels and disciplines. Passionate about empowering educators, Debbie continues to provide research-backed strategies and innovative solutions to foster resilience, empathy, and positive student-staff relationships nationwide.