Event Description
Please join Kappa Delta Pi for a half day conference with local stakeholders in education on the subject of teacher advocacy in public policy.
The event will begin with a panel discussion with education experts ranging from teachers to attorneys from Philadelphia. Following the panel, a series of breakout sessions will be held where attendees will discuss and learn more about advocacy and learning about local organizations.
Admission is $10. Lunch will be provided.
Conference Schedule
- 9:30 am: Registration
- 10:00 am: Opening Panel
- 11:00 am: Breakout Sessions
- 12:30 pm Lunch
- 1:00 pm Breakout Session
- 2:00 pm Wrap up
Panelists and Session Leaders include:
- Heather Weiss-Frattone, Executive Director, Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia
- Dr. Seth Jacobson, William Penn Fellow for the Wolf Administration
- Thomas Quinn, Social Studies Teacher at Central High School
Breakout Session Leads
- Dale Mezzacappa, Editor at The Philadelphia Public School Notebook
- Dr. Liza Herzog, Assistant Director of Educational Research at the Close School of Entrepreneurship at Drexel University
- Alia Ammar, PhD candidate, Drexel University's School of Education
- David Lapp, Director of Policy Research at Research for Action
- Farah Jimenez, President and CEO of the Philadelphia Education Fund
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