Ed Farm - FOLS 2025 Agenda

Location:

Boutwell Auditorium | DJD Theater Lobby

9:00 am

9:05 pm

Other

Welcome - Educator Story Spotlight

Tambra Clark

Media Specialist

Birmingham City Schools

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

9:05 am

9:15 am

Other

Set the Tone

Brittany Hollis

Senior Manager of Community Engagement

Ed Farm

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

9:21 am

9:51 am

Keynote

Ed Farm

Waymond Jackson

President

Ed Farm

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

10:00 am

10:30 am

Panel

Community Partners: Transformation through Digital Education

Waymond Jackson

President

Ed Farm

Mayor Randall Woodfin

Birmingham, AL

Mayor Steven Reed

Montgomery, AL

Mayor LaRhonda Patrick

Warner Robbins, GA

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

10:30 am

10:35 am

Other

Spaces

Daniel Whitt

Head of Learning Spaces

Ed Farm

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

10:35 am

10:45 pm

Other

Break | Transition

Location:

10:45 am

Digital Playground

Digital Playground Opens

Location:

Boutwell Auditorium - Bottom Floor

10:45 am

11:45 am

Breakout Session

Breakout Sessions - Rotation 1

Location:

10:45 am

1:45 pm

Other

Yes to Yoga

Location:

Birmingham Museum of Art - Soul Space

11:45 am

1:45 pm

Other

Lunch - Food Trucks

Location:

City Walk

12:45 pm

1:45 pm

Breakout Session

Breakout Sessions - Rotation 2

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

1:15 pm

1:30 pm

Flash Talks

Kaylen Simms

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Teacher

Montgomery Public Schools

KaRita Sullen

Technology Instructor/EdTech Coach

Birmingham City Schools

Location:

Birmingham Museum of Art - Cultivate Stage

1:30 pm

1:45 pm

Panel

ADE x ADE - One Apple, Two Educators, Endless Impact at the Future of Learning Summit 2025

Burgess Jeffries

Learning Innovation Specialist

Ed Farm

Dr. Marcus J.W. Borders

Learning Innovation Coach

Ed Farm

Portrice L. Warren

STEM/CS Middle School Facilitator

Birmingham City Schools

Tambra Clark

Media Specialist

Birmingham City Schools

Location:

Birmingham Museum of Art - Cultivate Stage

1:45 pm

2:15 pm

Panel

Analog in a Digital World

Candyce Monroe

Director of Learning

Ed Farm

Dr. Mark Sullivan

Superintendent

Birmingham City Schools

Dr. Marica Smiley

Superintendent

Perry County School System

Martin Nalls

Head of Schools

i3 Academy

Dr. Walter Gousolin

Superintendent

Jefferson County Schools

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

2:15 pm

2:30 pm

Other

Break | Transition

Location:

2:30 pm

3:30 pm

Breakout Session

Breakout Sessions - Rotation 3

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

3:30 pm

3:40 pm

Other

Break | Transition

Location:

3:40 pm

4:00 pm

Other

Day 1 Wrap Up

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

6:00 pm

10:00 pm

Other

Premiere Party

Location:

Iron City

8:30 am

9:00 am

Other

Check In + Breakfast

Location:

Boutwell Auditorium | DJD Theater Lobby

9:00 am

9:10 pm

Other

Set the Tone

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

9:10 am

10:00 am

Keynote

Ed Farm Learn

Beth Sanders

Vice President of Learning

Propel Education Ventures

Sarah Jones

Director of Product and Innovation

Ed Farm

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

10:00 am

10:30 am

Panel

The Future of Work - Education and Economic Vitality

Waymond Jackson

President

Ed Farm

Ben Wallerstein

CEO & Co-Founder

Whiteboard Advisors

Kristina Francis

CEO

Kin and Commons

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

10:30 am

Digital Playground Opens

Location:

Boutwell Auditorium - Bottom Floor

10:30 am

11:00 am

Student Takeover

Emma Rose Courington

Learning Innovation Manager

Ed Farm

Khari Pope

Derrell Bryant

Saniyah (Horn) Prudhomme

Javian Kenneybrew

Location:

Boutwell Auditorium - Innovation Stage

10:30 am

11:30 am

Breakout Session

Breakout Sessions - Rotation 4

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

10:30 am

11:30 am

Yes to Yoga

Location:

Birmingham Museum of Art - Soul Space

11:30 am

11:45 am

Break | Transition

Location:

11:30 am

1:00 pm

Lunch - Food Trucks

Location:

City Walk

11:45 am

12:00 pm

Flash Talks

El’Lagenay Sellers

Secondary Science Teacher

Perry County School System

Devin Lewis Hudson

6th Grade Social Studies Teacher

i3 Middle School

Location:

Boutwell Auditorium - Innovation Stage

12:00 pm

12:30 pm

Panel

Boots on the Ground

Katrina Dada

Program Operations Lead

Ed Farm

Raushanah Adams-Smith

Learning Innovation Manager

Ed Farm

Dr. Marcus J.W. Borders

Learning Innovation Coach

Ed Farm

Burgess Jeffries

Learning Innovation Specialist

Ed Farm

Emma Rose Courington

Learning Innovation Manager

Ed Farm

Location:

YouTube Live - Ed Farm

1:00 pm

2:00 pm

Breakout Session

Breakout Sessions - Rotation 5

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

2:00 pm

2:15 pm

Break | Transition

Location:

2:15 pm

3:15 pm

Keynote

Beyond Confidence: What We Make of It

Kenan Bishop

Co-Founder and K12 Lead

Kenan Bishop Coaches

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage

3:15 pm

3:30 pm

Break | Transition

Location:

3:30 pm

4:00 pm

Closing - Thank You!

Location:

DJD Theater - Empower Stage