Get a behind-the-scenes look into Kristin Leong's 2017 TED-Ed Innovation Project ROLL CALL. This project is putting a human face to the fact that there is a profound gap separating students from teachers in America’s public schools based on culture, race, sexual orientation, and gender. As a TED-Ed Innovative Educator, Kristin is shooting portraits of local and international teachers and students and inviting participants to respond to two questions: 1) What do you have in common with your students/teachers? 2) Does it matter that students and teachers have things in common? This talk will conclude with ways students, teachers, and community members can get involved with ROLL CALL and expand this conversation about representation in schools. Kristin Leong, M.Ed. is a TED-Ed Innovative Educator and is currently serving her third year as a Washington State Teacher Leader. Her current TED-Ed project ROLL CALL (RollCallProject.com) is humanizing the culture gaps separating students and teachers through portraits and interviews. In addition to teaching middle level Humanities, she is also a public speaker and writer focused on equity in education. She once delivered a talk at Town Hall entitled "Nightclub Bartending & Middle School Teaching: A Venn Diagram." Her project HALF on biracial identity in America was nominated for a USA Today Outstanding Academic & Intellectual Endeavor award. She was named a Graduate Already in the Drivers' Seat by the New York Times. Videos of Kristin and information about her upcoming appearances are available at kristinleong.com. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Kristin Leong's finale talk at the University of Washington with the Seattle Times' and KPLU's Why I Teach event on 25 Feb 2015. Kristin shares an inspirational story about a student and an unforgettable poem and explains why she teaches her students to be brave.

What does a portrait series on bicultural Americans, a movement to humanize the culture gaps in our schools and a nerdy supper club have in common? Kristin Leong and a fearless tackling of complex conversations is at the heart of all of them. In this keynote address, Leong will offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into some of her most creative and impactful experiments in community building. She will also share how she brings what she learned as a teacher about empathy and connecting across divides into her current work as a public radio producer.

Surprisingly, there is overlap between nightclub and classroom professional life. This talk aims to clarify some of that overlap with the speed of a bartender and the analysis of a English teacher. ** Kristin Leong is a middle school teacher, writer, and former Seattle nightclub bartender. She does not like people who drink Long Island Iced Teas. She tweets @kristinleong.

Washington State Teacher Leader Kristin Leong compares teaching activism to tweens to the four stages of falling in love. This was the opening talk for Ignite Education Lab presented by The Seattle Times. Town Hall Seattle. Follow her on Twitter @kristinleong.

Our 2017 cadre will be our largest ever, 44 teachers from across all content areas and grade levels in Washington State. We are especially interested in K-12 teachers using arts integration, teachers of English Language Learners in the general education classroom, science, STEM, social studies, math, CTE, and English language arts. Apply today at: http://corelaboratewa.org/wstl/