How to Promote Agile in Schools with Bret Thayer!

**** NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE - WE WILL MEET AT GALVANIZE - GOLDEN TRIANGLE (1062 Delaware St). There is parking on the street around Galvanize. ****

We are looking for new ways on how we could bring Agile in schools to more educators and a larger audience. This presentation will focus on how Agile is used in schools, and some ideas that we have to expand these practices and how we can all support this effort!

About Bret Thayer:

Bret Thayer has been a classroom teacher for the Colorado Public School system since 1995 and a CSM since 2015. He is excited to get the word out about how Agile can transform learning and teaching practices in our schools. He has presented Agile in the Classroom to students, teachers, and leaders in the technology field across Colorado. He has also presented at InnEdCo (2017), Mile High Agile (2018), Global Scrum Gathering in Minneapolis (2018), ISTE in Chicago (2018), and ACT Colorado College and Career Readiness Conference (2018).

Bret’s most recent training for teachers was in Omaha, NE in coordination with Farm Services Credit of America, August 2018.

Bret has also presented webinars:

Agile in the Classroom: How Agile Can Prepare Students for the Demands of the 21st Century Workplace, (Scrum Alliance, Jan. 2018)

Agile in the Classroom Webinar: https://www.scrumalliance.org/learn-about-scrum/community-webinars/webinar-replays/agile-leadership/agile-in-the-classroom

Preparing the Next Generation for the New Agile World
(SolutionsIQ/ Agile Amped, May 2018) https://bit.ly/2Nlseqp

Bret is also an Educator Voice Fellow with America Achieves as he worked on career aligned capstone projects with other Colorado teachers and administrators in developing district capstones for new 2020 Colorado graduation requirements.