NOTE: Now accepting educational leadership and consulting opportunities for 2025-2026. Contact me for more information.

MY UPCOMING LEADERSHIP EVENTS:

• Conference review of the 2025 Lutheran Education Association Convocation, St. Louis, MO, November 7th.
• Collaborator with the Thoughtful AI for School Leaders one day administrators conference for LEA.

PAST LEADERSHIP EVENTS (since 2013):

• 2025 Rocky Mountain District Professional Church Workers Conference, Breckenridge, CO. Led sessions both for administrators and general conference attendees.
• Session leader at the 2025 Lutheran Education Association Convocation, St. Louis, MO, October 2-4, 2025.
• Ongoing planning consultant for the 2025 Lutheran Education Association Convocation, St. Louis, MO, October 2-4, 2025.
• Pacific Southwest District Lutheran Educators Conference, Phoenix, AZ, November 2024
• Northern Illinois District Educators Conference, River Forest, IL, October 2024
• 2024 Rocky Mountain District Professional Church Workers Conference, Breckenridge, CO, October 2024
• Pacific Southwest District Administrators Conference, Indian Wells, CA, July 2024
• GOSPEL conference of LCMS district education executives, Greenville, SC, July 2024
• Ongoing planning consultant for the 2025 Lutheran Education Convocation in St. Louis, MO
• Podacst interview, February 2024: Dave Black Talks AI — LEA “What Works for Me”
• Webinar for the Association of Lutheran Secondary Schools (ALSS), December 2023
• 2023 Rocky Mountain District Professional Church Workers Conference
• Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Convention, Milwaukee, WI, August 2023
• 2019 Right to Life March, Washington, DC
• 2018 Rocky Mountain District Professional Church Workers Conference
• Project-based learning professional development with the staff of Astoria Lutheran School, Queens, NY — Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
• Professional development day at Long Island Lutheran High School and Middle School. Brookville, NY — Thursday, October 18th, 2018
• Lutheran Schools Association Educators Conference, Brookville, NY — October 19th 2018
• Consulting with Strategic Minds Innovating Lutheran Education (S.M.I.L.E)
• Consulting with St. Timothy’s Christian Academy, San Jose, CA
• Consulting with Astoria Lutheran School, Queens, NY
• Sept 28-29, 2017 — Indiana District Conference, Ft. Wayne, IN
• Oct. 2-3, 2017 — Blue Ribbon Committee for Lutheran Schools, St. Louis, MO
• Oct. 18-20, 2017 — Northwest District Conference, Kennewick, WA
• 2017 Right to Life March, Washington, DC
• LSA Conference at Long Island Lutheran High School, November 4, 2016 — sectional facilitation
• Lutheran Education Association Convocation, October 13-15, 2016, Grand Rapids, MI — sectional facilitation
• St. Timothy Lutheran School, San Jose, CA, August 16, 2016 — Second step for Project Based Learning training
• Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Convention, Milwaukee, WI, July 9-14, 2016
• ISTE Conference in Denver, June 26-29, 2016.
• Martin Luther High School, Holt, MI — training and support with Project Based Learning (PBL)
• 2016 Blended Learning Leadership Training — Chicago, IL — leadership training for Lutheran schools with blended learning initiatives.
• 2016 Right to Life March, Washington DC
• Lutheran School Association Future Leaders Academy — ongoing through the 2015-2016 school year.
• 2015 Blended Learning Leadership Training — Mequon, WI
• St. Timothy Lutheran School, San Jose, CA — Project Based Learning staff development
• 2015 Rocky Mountain District Professional Church Workers Conference
• 2015 LSA Conference, Brookville, NY — sectional facilitation
• Ongoing consulting with Holy Cross Lutheran School, Indianapolis, IN
• 2015 Right to Life March, Washington DC
• 2014 Blended Learning Symposium, Mequon, WI
• Holy Cross Lutheran, Indianapolis, IN, August 2014 — professional development training focusing on appropriate technology usage in the educational process
• Holy Ghost Lutheran, Monroe, MI, iPad implementation staff development.
• 2014 Michigan District Conference, Dearborn, MI — sectional facilitation
• 2014 Lutheran Schools Association Conference, Brookville, NY — sectional facilitation
• 2014 Pacific Southwest Conference, Palm Desert, CA — sectional facilitation

PAST AND POTENTIAL EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP SESSIONS:

Contact me for information on facilitating sessions with these sample topics (and more):

• AI and Education
• Godly Device Management
• Supporting Curious Learners
• Formative Assessment Strategies
• Personalized Learning
• Learning By Design: Implementing Project Based Learning
• Literacies of Digital Age Learning
• Helping Students Ask Good Questions to Get Good Answers
• Stepping Up With SAMR
• Technology Trends Teachers Need to Know
• Technology Trends Pastors Need to Know
• Technology Trends DCEs Need to Know
• Digital Resources for Teaching Social Studies
• Digital Age Learning Skills and Education
• Building a Professional Development Network
• Digital Literacy Skills
• Preparing the 21st Century Student
• Sustaining Digital Age Learning Environments
• Mobile Devices in Education
• Issues For Lutheran Schools: How YOU Can Make a Difference

and many others…..