Jahkari “JT” Taylor is an award-winning educator, author, researcher, and passionate speaker. JT is a 2016 Iota Phi Lambda Emerald Educator, the 2016 Teacher of the Year for Oscar F. Smith High School, and the 2017 Overall City-Wide Teacher of the Year for Chesapeake Public Schools. JT has presented at numerous K-12 schools, colleges/universities, and professional conferences across the state of Virginia and Maryland. He has been featured in a WHRO commercial titled, “The Teaching Profession,” and he was recently selected as a 2019 ASCD Emerging Leader.
As a full-time educational consultant, JT partners with district-level and building-level administrators to provide professional development from an equity-centered lens. He primarily focuses on building educator capacity in the area of minority student achievement, social emotional learning, culturally responsive teaching, and special education.
Sessions
1106 - Rebuilding a Broken Educational System: The ABCs of Equitable Practices