The Closing the Achievement Gap Consortium (CAGC) hosted an Administrators Institute Feb. 15, 2023 featuring keynote speaker Demetri Beekman, Executive Director for Equity and Inclusion for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Held at Concordia University's Center for Environmental Stewardship building with Lake Michigan as the backdrop, the institute focused on learning how to lead for educational equity. Beekman's presentation was titled "Re-imagining the System, Removing the Boomerang" adding "it's time to be bold and try something new."
With 25 years in education, Beekman previously was Co-Director of CESA 6's Center 4All focusing on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. He has served as a physical education teacher, a classroom teacher for grades 4-6, an assistant principal at the elementary level, the first principal of an alternative K-12 school in Milwaukee, a directing principal at the elementary and middle school level, and Director of Equity and Educator Development for the Racine Unified School District, the 7th largest district in Wisconsin.
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