Jeanie Phillips currently serves as Professional Development Coordinator at the University of Vermont’s Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education (TIIE). She is the host & executive producer of the #vted Reads podcast and is a doctoral student in the UVM’s Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program. In 2014, Jeanie received a Rowland Foundation Fellowship to focus on play, passion & purpose for all learners. Jeanie has served as Lead Facilitator at the School Reform Initiative (SRI) Annual Meeting and as an adjunct professor for UVM, Castleton University & Southern New Hampshire University. Her work focuses on educational equity, student engagement, and culturally responsive pedagogies.