Today’s classroom is more diverse and multicultural than ever. While diversity provides opportunities, it can also come with some challenges. Improving your cultural intelligence not only empowers you to move in and among cultures, it enables you to respond with empathy and authenticity to differences from a place of compassion and understanding. Cultural intelligence enables you to be successful in a wide range of settings and with a wide range of students. Come expand your world to the world of refugees, immigrants and new arrivals and learn how to expand their world too.

About the Speaker

Pamela Broussard is a passionate keynote speaker, presenter, and Emergent Bilingual Specialist from Houston, Texas. She has more than 35 years of teaching experience ranging from elementary to master's degree prep courses. She has taught Regular Ed., Special Ed., ESL/EL/ML, SLIFE, and New Arrivals and is a 5x Teacher of the Year recipient. She has taught in the USA and abroad. 
She has traveled to more than 35 countries including working in Afghanistan for seven years. She has spent time in: refugee camps, war zones, orphanages, trash heaps, and human trafficking zones. These experiences and training have given her a wealth of experience with Social Emotional Learning, Cultural Responsive Teaching, and Trauma-Informed Teaching. She strongly believes and advocates for student agency, voice and leadership in their schools and their communities.She is the founder of Leading ELLs and Pamela Broussard LLC.