Katie Powell

Katie Powell began teaching in 2005 and has served as a special education teacher, Title 1 teacher, instructional coach, and classroom teacher. This focus on providing interventions for struggling students led to the development of strategies that leverage curiosity and fun to engage students while driving learning deeper. While serving as an instructional coach, Katie fine-tuned these strategies to be easily deployable in virtually any instructional setting without sacrificing teachers' already-limited time or money. Katie believes in respecting the expertise of teachers and shares her creative process so they can address engagement and depth in their classrooms within their own teaching styles and content. Katie now serves as the Director for Middle Level Programs for the Association for Middle Level Education, a nonprofit membership organization supporting middle school educators worldwide. She lives in Indiana with her sons, Tovi and Oren, and pets, cats Grayson and Bruce, and a quirky golden retriever named Alfreda. Connect with Katie on Twitter @beyond_the_desk. Let's reclaim the wonder of learning!