Joy Stephens (in hat and blue tank) is completing a dissertation on family engagement in a Belize school community and is a Learning Specialist at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, TN. She has over 20 years of classroom, coaching, and consulting experience across grades K-12. Her passions are Belize and bringing rich literacy experiences to all learners.
Kathleen Kryza (in hat and black tank) is an educational consultant/coach and Chief Inspirational Officer of her company Infinite Horizons. She has over 30 years in classrooms and she travels across the nation and around the world. Her expertise is bountiful and her excitement for classrooms and learners is contagious.
Together, Joy and Kathleen, along with fellow educator Alicia Duncan, have co-authored three books with Corwin Press, Inspiring Middle and Secondary Learners (2007), Inspiring Elementary Learners (2008), and Differentiation for Real Classrooms (2009) and self-published one book, Developing Growth Mindsets in the Inspiring Classroom (2012).
Our philosophies of rich, meaningful learning strategies are the basis of the "Edu" portion of the trip. Our love of travel and adventure (40+ trips to Belize) is the basis of the "Venture".
Kathleen Kryza (in hat and black tank) is an educational consultant/coach and Chief Inspirational Officer of her company Infinite Horizons. She has over 30 years in classrooms and she travels across the nation and around the world. Her expertise is bountiful and her excitement for classrooms and learners is contagious.
Together, Joy and Kathleen, along with fellow educator Alicia Duncan, have co-authored three books with Corwin Press, Inspiring Middle and Secondary Learners (2007), Inspiring Elementary Learners (2008), and Differentiation for Real Classrooms (2009) and self-published one book, Developing Growth Mindsets in the Inspiring Classroom (2012).
Our philosophies of rich, meaningful learning strategies are the basis of the "Edu" portion of the trip. Our love of travel and adventure (40+ trips to Belize) is the basis of the "Venture".