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Matt’s Previous Presentations, Workshops, and Keynotes
The following is an abridged list of organizations and schools that Matt has supported in the past ten years. Although he often gets asked to facilitate similar activities in different locations, he prefers to customize keynotes, presentations and workshops for the needs and audiences of each group.
2024
- North Fayette Valley Community School District [West Union, IA]
- Shenandoah Community School District [Shenandoah, IA]
- Fargo Public Schools [Fargo, ND]
- Jamestown Public Schools [Jamestown, ND]
- Central Lee Community School District [Donnellson, IA]
- Al Khaleej International School [Dubai, UAE]
2023
- Wichita Public Schools [Wichita, KS]
- North Scott Community School District [Eldridge, IA]
- Central Rivers AEA [Cedar Falls, IA]
- Choice Charter School [IA]
- Howard-Winneshiek CSD [Cresco, IA]
- Ipswich Public Schools [Ipswich, MA]
- Urbandale Community School District [Urbandale, IA]
- West Bend-Mallard CSD [West Bend, IA]
2022
- North Polk CSD [Alleman, IA]
- St. Ansgar CSD [St. Ansgar, IA]
- Decorah Community School District [Decorah, IA]
- Waterloo Community Schools [Waterloo, IA]
- Union Community School District [LaPorte City, IA]
- Santa Fe Public Schools [Santa Fe, NM]
- Marblehead Public Schools [Marblehead, MA]
- Nansha College Preparatory Academy [Nansha, Guangzhou, China]
- Exira-EHK Community School District [Exira, IA]
- IKM-Manning CSD [Manning, IA]
- American School of Quito [Quito, Ecuador]
- Geneseo Community Unit School District #228 [Geneseo, IL]
- Center for Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children in Poverty Summer Institute [Florence, SC]
- Burlington Community School District [Burlington, IA]
- Maricopa Unified School District #20 [Maricopa, AZ]
- Waverly Shell Rock Community School District [Waverly, IA]
- Waterloo Community Schools [Waterloo, IA]
- Iowa City Community School District [Iowa City, IA]
- Fayette County Public Schools [Lexington, KY]
- Garden City Public Schools [Garden City, KS]
- East Aurora School District 131 [Aurora, IL]
- Camanche Community School District [Camanche, IA]
- Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schools [Doniphan, NE]
2021
- AC/GC Schools [Guthrie Center, IA]
- Mediapolis Schools [Mediapolis, IA]
- Big Sky High School [Missoula, MT]
- NCPA EARCOS Workshop [Nansha, Guangzhou, China]
- Alabama Conference on Grading and Assessment for Learning [keynote speaker; Birmingham, AL]
- Buchanan Community Schools [Buchanan, MI]
- Centerville Community School District [Centerville, IA]
- Gilbert Community School District [Gilbert, IA]
- Owego Apalachin Central School District [Owego, NY]
- Wautoma Area School District [Wautoma, WI]
- Northeast Community Schools [Goose Lake, IA]
- Mastery Grading Conference [featured speaker, virtual]
- Educational Service Unit #13 [Scottsbluff, NE]
- Glidden-Ralston Community School District [Glidden, IA]
- Kern High School District [Bakersfield, CA]
- Heartland Area Education Agency [Johnston, IA]
2020
- Iowa Falls-Alden Community Schools [Iowa Falls, IA]
- USD 363 [Holcomb, KS]
- Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) Annual Conference
- Williams Intermediate School [Davenport, IA]
- West Marshall Schools [State Center, IA]
- Interstate 35 Schools [Truro, IA]
- East Union Community Schools [Afton, IA]
- Iowa Association of Agricultural Educators
- Educational Service Unit #7 [Columbus, NE]
- Cedar Valley Catholic Schools [Waterloo, IA]
- Westside Union School District [Quartz Hill, CA]
2019
- Heartland Area Education Agency [Johnston, IA]
- Park City Schools – PDF [Park City, UT]
- Osage Community Schools [Osage, IA]
- Chariton Community School District [Chariton, IA]
- Newell-Fonda Schools [Newell, IA]
- Grant Wood AEA Standards-Based Grading Conference 2019
- Crooked Billet-Hallowell Learning Community [Horsham, PA]
- Southwest Valley High School [Corning, IA]
- Paton-Churdan Schools [Churdan, IA]
- Storm Lake Elementary [Storm Lake, IA]
- AASA National Conference on Education [Los Angeles, CA]
2018
- Hammondsport Central Schools [Hammondsport, NY]
- Region One Schools [Cornwall, CT]
- Holy Family Schools [Cedar Rapids, IA]
- St. Pius X Elementary [Cedar Rapids, IA]
- Nevada Middle School [Nevada, IA]
- DMPS-Drake Univ. Conference: Transforming Systems through SBL [Keynote, Des Moines, IA]
- Prairie Lakes AEA: Next Steps with Standards-Based Grading [Pocahontas, IA]
2017
- University of Iowa (RAPIL)
- Mount Mercy University pre-service educators [Cedar Rapids, IA]
- Transforming Systems through SBL Conference [Des Moines, IA]
- Iowa ASCD Curriculum Leadership Academy (Keynote)
- Grant Wood AEA Standards-Based Grading Conference 2017
- Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency [Pocahontas, IA]
2016
- AEA267 Standards-Based Grading Conference [Cedar Falls, IA]
- Drake University Educational Leadership Symposium [Des Moines, IA]
- Iowa Association of Career & Technical Education
- Grant Wood AEA Standards-Based Grading Conference 2016
2015
- Learning Forward Conference [Washington, D.C.]
- Prairie Lakes AEA Superintendents
- Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Schools
- ITEC 2015
- ISTS/ICTM Conference
- School Administrators of Iowa Annual Conference [Des Moines, IA]
- Prairie Lakes AEA Secondary
- Iowa ASCD Summer Institute [Des Moines, IA]
- Summit for Transformative Learning [St. Louis, MO]
- Iowa ASCD Curriculum Academy (Keynote)
- Iowa Statewide Teaching & Learning Conference [Waterloo, IA]
2014
- Keystone (AEA1) Landscape of Grading [Elkader, IA]
- Iowa ASCD Competency-Based Education Conference [Des Moines, IA]
- Manson-Northwest Webster Schools [Manson, IA]
- Grant Wood AEA Secondary SBG Workshop [Cedar Rapids, IA]
- Wartburg College pre-service educators [Waverly, IA]
- Rock Island / Milan School District [Rock Island, IL]