Heather Lageman is a certified life and engagement coach, administrator, and English teacher (grades 7-12) dedicated to fostering inspired and empowered students, educators, and leaders. A connector and community builder, she believes in nurturing all generations of educators and leaders and is committed to ensuring they have the support, professional learning, and resources they need to thrive. She finds joy in creating spaces for everyone to engage in coaching opportunities, core values exploration, cultivation of curiosity, and customized learning experiences. Heather brings to this work her whole self, her core values and her focus to live with an open heart and brave spirit that uplifts all. She has co-authored School Seasons xSELeratED: A Year of Community and Collective Growth for Educators (xSELeratED Schools) and xSELeratED Schools Framework: Social-Emotional Learning at the Speed of Life and her articles can be found in Maryland Family Magazine, Spectrum Education's Teachers Matter Magazine, and in the Learning Forward Journal, the Learning Professional.

Janice Bradley, Ph.D. is a professional educator and author who is currently serving as an educational and leadership consultant. Her expertise is in leadership development, instructional coaching, K-12 mathematics education, professional learning, systems and school change, facilitation, communication, co-designing cultures for continuous, ongoing, adult learning, and developing communities of practice where every adult is uplifted, supported, matters, and belongs. Her research can be found in two books, Designing Schools for Meaningful Professional Learning (2014), Corwin, Give Me Five: Five Coach Teacher Principal Collaborations that Promote Mathematics Success, and has written numerous articles in the Learning Forward Journal, the Learning Professional.