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Chelsea is currently in her 12th year of teaching at Jackson Middle School in Jackson, Missouri. She has taught language arts for several years and developed a knack for cross-curricular instruction. She enjoys developing practical classroom strategies that save teachers time and energy, while still increasing student achievement. Her first book, an instructional strategies book about the use of word sorts to improve vocabulary instruction in the content areas, is being published by Scholastic in January 2018.

Sumant Bhat became head of the middle school at St. Anne’s Episcopal School—a PS-8 school in Denver, Colorado—in 2014. In addition to his work on curriculum and programming, he leads diversity training and growth for all faculty and staff and the school’s Multiculturalism and Inclusion Committee. Prior to St. Anne’s, Sumant worked at three other independent schools as a teacher, advisor, coach, department chair, dean of middle school, international trip coordinator and admissions staff member. Sumant holds a B.A. in economics and psychology from Williams College and an M.A. in educational