"Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we are supposed to be and embracing who we are.
Choosing authenticity means cultivating the courage to be imperfect."  ~ Brene Brown

 

Hello and welcome.

I understand that you may want to know more about me when deciding if you would like to work with me as a coach, mentor, professional learning experience designer or facilitator.  I've been learning and serving in the area of coaching, mentoring, and professional learning design for over twenty years. What makes me happiest about doing this type of service is getting to know and work with people across the world.  
 

What I do well?

• DESIGN & FACILATATE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES

  • Best practices in mentoring ​new employees

  • Best practices in design and faciliation of online, remote, or blended professional learning

  • Best practices in coaching for equity 

Some of my facilitations of workshops, seminars, and ongoing cohorts  are available to view as replays. You may request to see examples of my work. 
 

• MENTOR & COACH​

  • Coaching for equity

  • Communicating as a transparent leader

  • Onboarding new employees

  • Designing engaging and transformative professional learning 

  • Navigating change within an organization 

  • Thriving in wellbeing and resilience​ 

  • Writing about lived experiences

  • Qualitative research methods 
     

• SPEAK

  • ​I have presented at over 90 events worldwide. Some of my live Zoom presentations are available to review.
     

• WRITE 

  • I have ​authored over 40 publications. Jump to my vita for academic and educational articles focused on teaching and learning; or subscribe to my https://www.laurasummers.com/ blog in the above navigation bar to read more about my lived experiences.

Join me on Linkedin to learn more about my career experiences. In summary, I have worked at the University of Colorado Denver for 19 years where I have served as an associate clinical professor of professional adult learning, instructional design, digital teacher librarianship, and coaching. I also spent several years as a P-12 district leader of professional learning and coaching where I made a continuous effort to measure the impact of professional learning on students’ success across the district.
 

In my newest chapter of post-professorship, I travel more and am writng more about my lived experiences. I discovered crossfit just over a year ago and have made that a daily activity; (once again because of the great community of caring people). When I am not consulting, I am learning more about the craft of creative non-fiction, and spending quality time with my husband, family., and friends.   

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