Debra LaneDebra Lane has been an educator for over 30 years as a teacher and administrator in the U.S. and abroad. She has led several schools as principal, including most recently at one of the world's leading international schools, Shanghai American School. he taught grades from pre-K through middle school and ESOL, Literacy, and Gifted and Talented classes in Fairfax County Public Schools and the Dominican Republic. She holds a BS from Baylor University, master's degrees from Virginia Tech and George Mason University, and an Ed.D. from the University of Virginia. Her dissertation on bullying prevention has led to her advising government agencies, associations, and school boards on effective bullying prevention strategies locally and internationally. She has taught undergraduate and graduate classes at George Mason University and the University of Virginia. As part of her work with the National Staff Development Council (Learning Forward), she applied current research in adult learning to her work on staff development, focusing on professional learning communities. She presented at numerous international conferences, including the Near East South Asia Association, Tri-State Educators, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and her work with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at the National Science Foundation. For the past five years, she has worked on federal government grants focusing on transformative leadership and increasing teachers' leadership and instructional roles across the U.S. and Central and South America. Another role she led was leading the accreditation process across Virginia; before this position, she was Director of Talent Development at Alexandria City Public Schools for four years. In addition to being a state accreditation officer, Dr. Lane has also participated in accreditation teams in China and Hong Kong with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). She was nominated as Virginia Principal of the Year and won the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Educator Award in 2009. Recently, Dr. Lane was an educational consultant at Lane Leadership Group, LLC, and her work led her to build leadership development programs for the US Federal Government. She serves as Chair of the Fall for the Book Literacy Festival at George Mason University and a board member of IDEA (Inclusive Development Education for Adolescences’) and WABA (Washington Area Bicycle Board Association). Read More Read Less