Julie Stern is the best-selling author of Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary and Secondary, Visible Learning for Social Studies, and Learning That Transfers. She is the thought leader behind the global workshop series Making Sense of Learning Transfer, and is a certified trainer in Visible Learning Plus. Her passion is synthesizing the best of education research into practical tools that support educators in breaking free of the industrial model of schooling and moving toward teaching and learning that promotes sustainability, equity, and well-being. She is a James Madison Constitutional Fellow and taught social studies for many years in Washington, DC and her native Louisiana. Julie moves internationally every few years with her husband, a US diplomat, and her two young sons. Her website is www.edtosavetheworld.com.

Julia Briggs lives and works as a teacher in an international school in Bogotá, Colombia. She teaches Science and Chemistry and is the Head of IB Chemistry at Colegio Anglo Colombiano where she also works with departments and individual teachers as a coach and certified trainer of H. Lynn Erickson and Lois Lanning’s Concept Based Curriculum and Instruction. She is passionate about supporting teachers develop their practice so that students may deepen their conceptual understanding of the world to be authentically prepared for the future. Before moving to Colombia Julia worked as a science teacher in the UK. She has a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and a PGCE in science from the University of Bristol, England.