Partner Facilitators & Staff
Christopher Fontana, M.A. | President
Christopher Fontana (he/him) is an educator and facilitator, and serves as Founder/Executive Director of Full Circle Leadership Center. He has facilitated professional development workshops for adults and youth on democratic classroom foundations and diversity, equity and inclusion since 2006. Christopher has 34 years of experience in public school classroom teaching and experiential education including 17 years teaching Spanish and Global Leadership in public middle and high schools. Christopher created and piloted from 2003-05 the Global Leadership class which expanded to four of Seattle Public Schools. He taught a year of college level Spanish and a summer of K-5 Reading.
Christopher holds an A.B. degree from Washington University, St. Louis in Spanish Literature and Education with a minor in Art and an M.A. in Whole Systems Design from Antioch University, Seattle. He was honored in 2007 as the Antioch Alum of the year. He has been an adjunct professor at SCCC (Seattle Central Community College) and Antioch University, Seattle. Christopher received 3.5 years of executive coaching from Valeo Consulting.
In 1992 – 1995, he served as the co-adult organizer of YES, the youth-organized global Youth Environmental Summits, sponsored by the United Nations Environmental Program and the University of Peace in Costa Rica, which brought 600 high school students from 32 countries and 40 States together and was awarded the 1995 Colorado Partners in Education Award. One highlight illustrated: a rally/march, coordinated by the AFL-CIO, the Sierra Club and the YES students in Denver outside the GATT talks to push the world’s trade ministers to include social and environmental protections in their negotiations.
In 1998, Christopher co-founded and was Executive Director of One Earth Revolution, which served youth by getting them involved in environmental and social justice issues through the arts. In 1999, he began working with Global Visionaries (GV), a for-profit corporation at the time based in Colorado. He soon began integrating the work of One Earth Revolution and Global Visionaries, and in 2003, co-founded and became Executive Director of Global Visionaries, a non-profit organization based in Seattle, WA. With his leadership, Global Visionaries brought together racially and economically diverse youth to experientially consider ways to address systematic oppression and imperialism while exploring global leadership from a solidarity perspective. He designed and led multi-year leadership programs for high school youth in Guatemala and the U.S. In 2004, he initiated Guatemala based operations and programming for youth run by and for Guatemalans.
GV served over 5,000 youth in in-school and out-of-school leadership programs due to the partnerships Christopher created with scores of schools, NGOs and municipalities both in the U.S. and Guatemala. One such partnership linked Seattle Public Schools, youth in foster care, donors, Treehouse, which serves youth in foster care, and Seattle University’s Fostering Scholarships Program. Through this partnership, youth in foster care were able to secure four-year scholarships from SU due to their experience in GV.
Christopher was an honoree of The Thomas C. Wales Passionate Citizen Award in 2008 and received Seattle University’s Albers School of Business Redwinged Leadership Award in 2011 for social justice leadership and business acumen to a non-profit leader.
He has extensive cross-cultural experience having resided in Spain for one year, one cumulative year in Guatemala, and has traveled extensively in Central & South America, Europe, Asia and Egypt. He is fluent in Spanish.
Christopher grew up in a family which was rooted in Adlerian democratic parenting principals; this informed his belief that children can become global leaders at any age given the opportunity and guidance. He is the father of two with his partner, Lisa.
He is grateful to have had inspirational mentors in his life including Sadie “Tee” Dreikurs, innovator of art therapy and wife of Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs, Robert Muller, former Under-Secretary General of the U.N. and Co-Founder of the University for Peace in Costa Rica, Lenny Kohm, activist/protector of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Hazel Wolf, Seattle environmental and civil rights activist, and his mother, Mary Dalton, parent educator and author.
Christopher Fontana, M.A. | President
Christopher Fontana (he/him) is an educator and facilitator, and serves as Founder/Executive Director of Full Circle Leadership Center. He has facilitated professional development workshops for adults and youth on democratic classroom foundations and diversity, equity and inclusion since 2006. Christopher has 34 years of experience in public school classroom teaching and experiential education including 17 years teaching Spanish and Global Leadership in public middle and high schools. Christopher created and piloted from 2003-05 the Global Leadership class which expanded to four of Seattle Public Schools. He taught a year of college level Spanish and a summer of K-5 Reading.
Christopher holds an A.B. degree from Washington University, St. Louis in Spanish Literature and Education with a minor in Art and an M.A. in Whole Systems Design from Antioch University, Seattle. He was honored in 2007 as the Antioch Alum of the year. He has been an adjunct professor at SCCC (Seattle Central Community College) and Antioch University, Seattle. Christopher received 3.5 years of executive coaching from Valeo Consulting.
In 1992 – 1995, he served as the co-adult organizer of YES, the youth-organized global Youth Environmental Summits, sponsored by the United Nations Environmental Program and the University of Peace in Costa Rica, which brought 600 high school students from 32 countries and 40 States together and was awarded the 1995 Colorado Partners in Education Award. One highlight illustrated: a rally/march, coordinated by the AFL-CIO, the Sierra Club and the YES students in Denver outside the GATT talks to push the world’s trade ministers to include social and environmental protections in their negotiations.
In 1998, Christopher co-founded and was Executive Director of One Earth Revolution, which served youth by getting them involved in environmental and social justice issues through the arts. In 1999, he began working with Global Visionaries (GV), a for-profit corporation at the time based in Colorado. He soon began integrating the work of One Earth Revolution and Global Visionaries, and in 2003, co-founded and became Executive Director of Global Visionaries, a non-profit organization based in Seattle, WA. With his leadership, Global Visionaries brought together racially and economically diverse youth to experientially consider ways to address systematic oppression and imperialism while exploring global leadership from a solidarity perspective. He designed and led multi-year leadership programs for high school youth in Guatemala and the U.S. In 2004, he initiated Guatemala based operations and programming for youth run by and for Guatemalans.
GV served over 5,000 youth in in-school and out-of-school leadership programs due to the partnerships Chris created with scores of schools, NGOs and municipalities both in the U.S. and Guatemala. One such partnership linked Seattle Public Schools, youth in foster care, donors, Treehouse, which serves youth in foster care, and Seattle University’s Fostering Scholarships Program. Through this partnership, youth in foster care were able to secure four-year scholarships from SU due to their experience in GV.
Christopher was an honoree of The Thomas C. Wales Passionate Citizen Award in 2008 and received Seattle University’s Albers School of Business Redwinged Leadership Award in 2011 for social justice leadership and business acumen to a non-profit leader.
He has extensive cross-cultural experience having resided in Spain for one year, one cumulative year in Guatemala, and has traveled extensively in Central & South America, Europe, Asia and Egypt. He is fluent in Spanish.
Christopher grew up in a family which was rooted in Adlerian democratic parenting principals; this informed his belief that children can become global leaders at any age given the opportunity and guidance. He is the father of two with his partner, Lisa.
He is grateful to have had inspirational mentors in his life including Sadie “Tee” Dreikurs, innovator of art therapy and wife of Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs, Robert Muller, former Under-Secretary General of the U.N. and Co-Founder of the University for Peace in Costa Rica, Lenny Kohm, activist/protector of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Hazel Wolf, Seattle environmental and civil rights activist, and his mother, Mary Dalton, parent educator and author.
Corrie Wallace, M.A. | Anti-Oppression Educator & Consultant
Corrie Wallace (she/her) is a multilingual anti-oppression educator and consultant dedicated to building collaborative partnerships that enrich the lives of marginalized people through community outreach locally and internationally. She taught Spanish at ETHS (Evanston Township High School) and UWCSEA (United World College of South East Asia) as well as English at Kogai Shogako, a Japanese public school in Tokyo. Corrie is an Adjunct Lecturer at Northwestern University and was the founding director of the Niles Township Schools’ ELL (English Language Learner) Parent Center helping adults learn how to navigate U.S. schools and the township’s first Equity Director. Corrie was the Chicagoland Coordinator for the National SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) Project and is a founding member of the Illinois Coalition of Educational Equity Leaders.
As a member of the Seattle-Limbe Sister City Association’s 3rd delegation, she delivered sustainable feminine hygiene kits that enabled girls in Cameroon, Africa to stay in school while menstruating, as well as teaching about reproductive health and African-American history. She co-facilitated MSAN’s Intersectional Social Justice Collaborative for Middle and High Schoolers and is a Senior Toolkit Trainer for Western States Center.
Corrie has a BA in Women’s Studies and Spanish from the University of Michigan and an MA in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University. She loves to travel, read and enjoy good food.
Corrie Wallace, M.A. | Anti-Oppression Educator & Consultant
Corrie Wallace (she/her) is a multilingual anti-oppression educator and consultant dedicated to building collaborative partnerships that enrich the lives of marginalized people through community outreach locally and internationally. She taught Spanish at ETHS (Evanston Township High School) and UWCSEA (United World College of South East Asia) as well as English at Kogai Shogako, a Japanese public school in Tokyo. Corrie is an Adjunct Lecturer at Northwestern University and was the founding director of the Niles Township Schools’ ELL (English Language Learner) Parent Center helping adults learn how to navigate U.S. schools and the township’s first Equity Director. Corrie was the Chicagoland Coordinator for the National SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) Project and is a founding member of the Illinois Coalition of Educational Equity Leaders.
As a member of the Seattle-Limbe Sister City Association’s 3rd delegation, she delivered sustainable feminine hygiene kits that enabled girls in Cameroon, Africa to stay in school while menstruating, as well as teaching about reproductive health and African-American history. She co-facilitated MSAN’s Intersectional Social Justice Collaborative for Middle and High Schoolers and is a Senior Toolkit Trainer for Western States Center.
Corrie has a BA in Women’s Studies and Spanish from the University of Michigan and an MA in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University. She loves to travel, read and enjoy good food.
Mary Dalton, M.A. | Parent Educator
Mary Dalton (she/her) holds a BA in Education and Counseling from Governors State University, Illinois, an MA in Counseling and Psychology from Vermont College and a Certificate in Child Development from the Alfred Adler Institute of Chicago. She served as Dean of Students at Kendall College in Evanston, and taught pre-teachers and teacher professionals as adjunct professor at DePaul University, Columbia College and Western Washington University. She founded the Family Education Center of the North Shore. However, the seminal event in her education came from being counseled by Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs, MD. This series of counseling sessions changed the trajectory of her life and the lives of her six children.
Mary Dalton is the author of It’s Not in the Genes, the story of how meeting Dreikurs changed her life and the lives of her six children. Mary is an activist, lecturer and educator who has worked for over 40 years with thousands of parents, grandparents, teachers and teens concerning the struggles and challenges of raising our children. She has 13 grandchildren.
Mary Dalton, M.A. | Parent Educator
Mary Dalton (she/her) holds a BA in Education and Counseling from Governors State University, Illinois, an MA in Counseling and Psychology from Vermont College and a Certificate in Child Development from the Alfred Adler Institute of Chicago. She served as Dean of Students at Kendall College in Evanston, and taught pre-teachers and teacher professionals as adjunct professor at DePaul University, Columbia College and Western Washington University. She founded the Family Education Center of the North Shore. However, the seminal event in her education came from being counseled by Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs, MD. This series of counseling sessions changed the trajectory of her life and the lives of her six children.
Mary Dalton is the author of It’s Not in the Genes, the story of how meeting Dreikurs changed her life and the lives of her six children. Mary is an activist, lecturer and educator who has worked for over 40 years with thousands of parents, grandparents, teachers and teens concerning the struggles and challenges of raising our children. She has 13 grandchildren.
Ganae McAlpin, M.A. | Facilitator
Ganae McAlpin (she/her) is a mother of 2, educator, coach and facilitator dedicated to fostering relationships among people of different races, socio-economic status, and sexuality. Ganae is the Director of Equity for Evanston Township High School District. In addition, she is also the History department Instructional Coach and the facilitator for the second year induction program.
Ganae grew up in Chicago where she attended Lane Technical High School where she was the recipient of the Golden Apple teaching scholarship. After high school, she attended the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where she studied History and Secondary Education. She then pursued her first Masters degree from Eastern Illinois University in Educational Administration and her second Masters from Concordia University in Curriculum. Ganae is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Curriculum from DePaul University.
Ganae McAlpin, M.A. | Facilitator
Ganae McAlpin (she/her) is a mother of 2, educator, coach and facilitator dedicated to fostering relationships among people of different races, socio-economic status, and sexuality. Ganae is the Director of Equity for Evanston Township High School District. In addition, she is also the History department Instructional Coach and the facilitator for the second year induction program.
Ganae grew up in Chicago where she attended Lane Technical High School where she was the recipient of the Golden Apple teaching scholarship. After high school, she attended the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where she studied History and Secondary Education. She then pursued her first Masters degree from Eastern Illinois University in Educational Administration and her second Masters from Concordia University in Curriculum. Ganae is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Curriculum from DePaul University.
BreAnna Jones | Co-Facilitator
BreAnna Jones (she/her) has been an educator for nearly ten years, serving as a teacher, dean of academics, literacy coach, assistant principal, leadership coach, and academic program manager for public schools, nationally recognized charter schools, and nonprofit organizations. After working in high-need schools as a teacher and instructional leader, BreAnna developed a deep knowledge of primary and secondary literacy instruction & intervention, curriculum design, staff development, educational equity, and implementation science.
BreAnna kicked off her career in education as a Teach for America corps member in Memphis, Tennessee, as a second and third-grade teacher. A year after completing Teach For America, she joined TFA staff as a Manager of Teacher Leadership Development, where she supported first- and second-year teachers in Memphis, Tennessee, and Washington state.
In 2016, BreAnna joined Memphis’ Freedom Preparatory Academy leadership team as the Upper Elementary Dean of Academics. At Freedom Preparatory Academy (Westwood campus), she led improvement efforts to collectively raise student performance by promoting a more equitable model of teaching and learning. Within two years, her leadership transformed this campus, moving it from a level one rating in student growth to a level 3. For comparison, the state-run district overall scored as a level one, the lowest level in Tennessee state’s rating system of a 1-5 scale. More recently, BreAnna served as the Academic Program Manager at KIPP, designing and leading the literacy improvement efforts for KIPP Memphis Collegiate School’s seven sitting schools. During the pandemic, she provided intensive virtual and on-site support to Memphis Scholars – South Campus Elementary and Middle school educators.
She holds a BA in Political Science and Communications from Western Washington University and her MEd from Christian Brothers University. She also passionately serves on the Board of Full Circle Leadership Center, which provides educators with 20 hours or more of coaching and mentoring within a professional learning community supporting their Democratic Classroom Leadership. Plus, she volunteers as a Professional Learning Community facilitator to contribute to the development of educators across the world.
When she is not working, she can be found wandering Memphis with her friends and family on an unceasing adventure to find the best BBQ in the south!
BreAnna Jones | Co-Facilitator
BreAnna Jones (she/her) has been an educator for nearly ten years, serving as a teacher, dean of academics, literacy coach, assistant principal, leadership coach, and academic program manager for public schools, nationally recognized charter schools, and nonprofit organizations. After working in high-need schools as a teacher and instructional leader, BreAnna developed a deep knowledge of primary and secondary literacy instruction & intervention, curriculum design, staff development, educational equity, and implementation science.
BreAnna kicked off her career in education as a Teach for America corps member in Memphis, Tennessee, as a second and third-grade teacher. A year after completing Teach For America, she joined TFA staff as a Manager of Teacher Leadership Development, where she supported first- and second-year teachers in Memphis, Tennessee, and Washington state.
In 2016, BreAnna joined Memphis’ Freedom Preparatory Academy leadership team as the Upper Elementary Dean of Academics. At Freedom Preparatory Academy (Westwood campus), she led improvement efforts to collectively raise student performance by promoting a more equitable model of teaching and learning. Within two years, her leadership transformed this campus, moving it from a level one rating in student growth to a level 3. For comparison, the state-run district overall scored as a level one, the lowest level in Tennessee state’s rating system of a 1-5 scale. More recently, BreAnna served as the Academic Program Manager at KIPP, designing and leading the literacy improvement efforts for KIPP Memphis Collegiate School’s seven sitting schools. During the pandemic, she provided intensive virtual and on-site support to Memphis Scholars – South Campus Elementary and Middle school educators.
She holds a BA in Political Science and Communications from Western Washington University and her MEd from Christian Brothers University. She also passionately serves on the Board of Full Circle Leadership Center, which provides educators with 20 hours or more of coaching and mentoring within a professional learning community supporting their Democratic Classroom Leadership. Plus, she volunteers as a Professional Learning Community facilitator to contribute to the development of educators across the world.
When she is not working, she can be found wandering Memphis with her friends and family on an unceasing adventure to find the best BBQ in the south!
Liesa Klyn | Co-Facilitator
Liesa Klyn (she/her) has been teaching for 13 years, seven of those years teaching high school math in Columbus, Ohio, four teaching high school math in Evanston, Illinois, and two teaching middle school STEAM in Duluth, Minnesota.
Liesa grew up in Minnesota where she studied math and Spanish at Concordia College in Moorhead. She holds a Masters in Education from Hamline University and has been working to reimagine education through the development of STEAM and Design Thinking programs at both the middle school and high school levels.
Living in Duluth, Minnesota with her husband and three kids allows her to play hockey and run long distances in the woods.
Liesa Klyn | Co-Facilitator
Liesa Klyn (she/her) has been teaching for 13 years, seven of those years teaching high school math in Columbus, Ohio, four teaching high school math in Evanston, Illinois, and two teaching middle school STEAM in Duluth, Minnesota.
Liesa grew up in Minnesota where she studied math and Spanish at Concordia College in Moorhead. She holds a Masters in Education from Hamline University and has been working to reimagine education through the development of STEAM and Design Thinking programs at both the middle school and high school levels.
Living in Duluth, Minnesota with her husband and three kids allows her to play hockey and run long distances in the woods.
MIchelle Lyle-Berry | Co-Facilitator
Michelle Lyle-Berry (she/her) has worked as a classroom teacher, Title 1 Reading Teacher, Reading Specialist/Coach, and Literacy Coordinator. Her goal is to create academically engaging learning experiences through an environment that fosters creativity, curiosity, and kindness. Committed to sharing her passion for literacy and learning, Michelle feels very grateful to be working in such an amazing district with great students, families, and staff. Michelle is committed to emphasizing growth in the area of independence including the consideration of reducing direct 1:1 adult support when appropriate. She is excited to create a universal approach to assisting all students in their ability to show their independence.
Her summer has been spent working with struggling readers to improve their skills in the Summer LIFT Program. She enjoys spending quality time with her family, and enjoying the sunshine and fresh air with her 3 children.
Michelle Lyle-Berry | Co-Facilitator
Michelle Lyle-Berry (she/her) has worked as a classroom teacher, Title 1 Reading Teacher, Reading Specialist/Coach, and Literacy Coordinator. Her goal is to create academically engaging learning experiences through an environment that fosters creativity, curiosity, and kindness. Committed to sharing her passion for literacy and learning, Michelle feels very grateful to be working in such an amazing district with great students, families, and staff. Michelle is committed to emphasizing growth in the area of independence including the consideration of reducing direct 1:1 adult support when appropriate. She is excited to create a universal approach to assisting all students in their ability to show their independence.
Her summer has been spent working with struggling readers to improve their skills in the Summer LIFT Program. She enjoys spending quality time with her family, and enjoying the sunshine and fresh air with her 3 children.
Abdel Shakur | Co-Facilitator
Abdel Shakur (he/him) is a writer and teacher working to craft loving communities centered in justice and democracy. Whether that’s in the classroom, in his school, or in his own home, Abdel believes that creating empowering spaces for sharing stories and taking action is essential to saving our world.
For the past 15 years he’s worked in a range of instructional contexts, from Indiana University to the Westside of Chicago to Evanston, IL, helping students recognize their agency and collective power. As a professional development facilitator, Abdel believes that educators have the same needs as their students when it comes to learning: they need creative interaction with the content, they need continuous reflection in a safe space, they need to feel empowered to act, and they need to have some fun.
His commitment to telling and sharing stories helped Abdel win the Catalyst Chicago Classroom Story Slam and fuels his podcast about the powerful legacy of Black teachers, Black Teacher Matters.
He, and his amazing wife, Candice, have three spectacular kids, Lucy, Benjamin, and Sunny.
Abdel Shakur | Co-Facilitator
Abdel Shakur (he/him) is a writer and teacher working to craft loving communities centered in justice and democracy. Whether that’s in the classroom, in his school, or in his own home, Abdel believes that creating empowering spaces for sharing stories and taking action is essential to saving our world.
For the past 15 years he’s worked in a range of instructional contexts, from Indiana University to the Westside of Chicago to Evanston, IL, helping students recognize their agency and collective power. As a professional development facilitator, Abdel believes that educators have the same needs as their students when it comes to learning: they need creative interaction with the content, they need continuous reflection in a safe space, they need to feel empowered to act, and they need to have some fun.
His commitment to telling and sharing stories helped Abdel win the Catalyst Chicago Classroom Story Slam and fuels his podcast about the powerful legacy of Black teachers, Black Teacher Matters.
He, and his amazing wife, Candice, have three spectacular kids, Lucy, Benjamin, and Sunny.
Chirona Rose Silverstein | Corporate Engagement Specialist
Chirona Rose Silverstein, they/them, is a white Ashkenazi Jew who was born and raised in the managerial/upper class on Lenape land currently referred to as New York. After seven years working as an engineer, they shifted their career to diversity, equity, and inclusion, DEI, spending four years managing global inclusion programs at Intel. They are committed to the life-long work of dismantling white supremacy culture and collective liberation through education, spiritual practices, and wealth redistribution that is guided by people of the global majority.
They strive towards Tikkun Olam, repairing/healing the world, through offering Life Transition Coaching, ritual creation, hair sparkling, mindfulness, and DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) facilitation. They helped form the PDX Housing Solidarity Project, a grassroots organization that supports Black and Indigenous families to become first time homeowners through wealth redistribution.
Today, they reside on the land of the Cayuse, Cowlitz, Clackamas, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and many other peoples referred to as Portland, Oregon where they spend time community building, singing, and communing with nature with their partner Rae (he/they), and their large and sweet dog, Ozymandias (he/him). You can connect with them on LinkedIn, Instagram @mychironarose, or at mychironarose.com.
Chirona Rose Silverstein | Corporate Engagement Specialist
Chirona Rose Silverstein, they/them, is a white Ashkenazi Jew who was born and raised in the managerial/upper class on Lenape land currently referred to as New York. After seven years working as an engineer, they shifted their career to diversity, equity, and inclusion, DEI, spending four years managing global inclusion programs at Intel. They are committed to the life-long work of dismantling white supremacy culture and collective liberation through education, spiritual practices, and wealth redistribution that is guided by people of the global majority.
They strive towards Tikkun Olam, repairing/healing the world, through offering Life Transition Coaching, ritual creation, hair sparkling, mindfulness, and DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) facilitation. They helped form the PDX Housing Solidarity Project, a grassroots organization that supports Black and Indigenous families to become first time homeowners through wealth redistribution.
Today, they reside on the land of the Cayuse, Cowlitz, Clackamas, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and many other peoples referred to as Portland, Oregon where they spend time community building, singing, and communing with nature with their partner Rae (he/they), and their large and sweet dog, Ozymandias (he/him). You can connect with them on LinkedIn, Instagram @mychironarose, or at mychironarose.com.
Steven Speight | Co-Facilitator
Steven Speight (he/him) was born and raised in rural western Pennsylvania. He attended Hampton University in Hampton, VA, earning a BA in Chemistry. After graduation, Steven returned to western Pennsylvania to begin a career in education at Farrell Area High School in 1993. He earned a Master’s degree in Secondary School Administration from Youngstown State University. He spent nine years at Farrell High School as a teacher, coach, and department chair.
Steven moved to Evanston, IL, and joined the faculty of Evanston Township High School (ETHS) as a Chemistry Teacher in 2003. As a member of the ETHS staff, he has been a science department standards leader, staff developer, and district-wide technology staff developer. He served as chair of the ETHS Systems of Support (SOS) committee. This committee developed and guided systemic reform to better support academic achievement for all students. In 2003 the Evanston community recognized him as the “Most Inspiring Teacher.” He was the ETHS teacher of the year in 2011.
He is the father of two, an avid traveler, a sports fan, and a reader. He continues to teach Chemistry at ETHS. His passion for equity and empowerment is evident as he helps facilitate the Evanston Educator Academy (EEA), which serves as the district’s multi-year induction program. Steven is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Educational Technology from Walden University.
Steven Speight | Co-Facilitator
Steven Speight (he/him) was born and raised in rural western Pennsylvania. He attended Hampton University in Hampton, VA, earning a BA in Chemistry. After graduation, Steven returned to western Pennsylvania to begin a career in education at Farrell Area High School in 1993. He earned a Master’s degree in Secondary School Administration from Youngstown State University. He spent nine years at Farrell High School as a teacher, coach, and department chair.
Steven moved to Evanston, IL, and joined the faculty of Evanston Township High School (ETHS) as a Chemistry Teacher in 2003. As a member of the ETHS staff, he has been a science department standards leader, staff developer, and district-wide technology staff developer. He served as chair of the ETHS Systems of Support (SOS) committee. This committee developed and guided systemic reform to better support academic achievement for all students. In 2003 the Evanston community recognized him as the “Most Inspiring Teacher.” He was the ETHS teacher of the year in 2011.
He is the father of two, an avid traveler, a sports fan, and a reader. He continues to teach Chemistry at ETHS. His passion for equity and empowerment is evident as he helps facilitate the Evanston Educator Academy (EEA), which serves as the district’s multi-year induction program. Steven is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Educational Technology from Walden University.
Partners of Full Circle Leadership
