Speaking & Events

Inspire Your Educators

Engaging, practical presentations for conferences, PD days, and educational events. Lakie brings 20+ years of experience and a passion for making things better to every audience.

Speaker presenting at a professional education conference

What to Expect

Every presentation is designed to leave your audience feeling inspired, cared for, and equipped with strategies they can use immediately.

Practical & Actionable

No theoretical lectures disconnected from reality. Every session offers strategies educators can implement the next morning.

Warm & Relational

Lakie creates an atmosphere where educators feel seen, valued, and supported — as people and as professionals.

Customized for You

Each presentation is tailored to your audience, your context, and your goals. No one-size-fits-all talks.

Speaking Topics

Popular topics drawn from Lakie's 20+ years in Jewish education. Each can be adapted as a keynote, workshop, or multi-session series.

Neurodiversity in the Jewish Classroom

Practical strategies for embracing cognitive differences and creating inclusive learning environments. Explore differentiated instruction through a Jewish lens, with tools educators can implement immediately.

NeurodiversityDifferentiationInclusion

Instructional Coaching That Transforms

What makes coaching actually work — and what doesn't. Learn the difference between coaching that checks a box and coaching that changes how teachers think about teaching. Based on real-world experience at Lomdei.

CoachingTeacher GrowthLeadership

When Montessori Meets Jewish Education

Discover the profound overlap between Montessori principles and Jewish pedagogy. From 'chanoch l'naar al pi darko' to the prepared environment — practical ways to bring Montessori thinking into any Jewish classroom.

MontessoriPedagogyJewish Education

Blended & Personalized Learning

How blended learning models empower students to learn at their own pace while deepening their connection to Jewish studies. Station rotations, adaptive tools, and student agency in practice.

Blended LearningPersonalizationEdTech

Women in Jewish Educational Leadership

Reflections on the growing role of women leaders in Jewish education and what it means for our schools. Drawing from the Prizmah Orthodox Women's Leadership Cohort and the Women's Leadership Institute.

LeadershipWomen in EducationCommunity

Technology Integration Done Right

Why technology should enhance — not replace — the human connections at the heart of Jewish learning. Principles for meaningful integration that preserves the rebbe-talmid dynamic.

TechnologyInnovationDigital Strategy

Addressing Teacher Burnout

Why caring for educators is the most important investment a school can make. Practical steps for building peer support networks, protecting teacher wellbeing, and creating cultures of care.

WellbeingRetentionSchool Culture

Curriculum Innovation: Color-Based Learning

The story behind the color-coded Chumash curriculum and how visual systems help students connect with Torah text. A case study in creative curriculum design that leverages cognitive science.

Curriculum DesignVisual LearningChumash

Event Types

Lakie is available for a range of educational events, both in-person and virtual.

Conferences & Summits

Keynote addresses and breakout sessions for educational conferences, leadership summits, and community gatherings.

Professional Development Days

Full-day or half-day workshops for school faculty, designed to leave educators with practical strategies they can use the next morning.

School In-Service Training

Targeted sessions for individual schools on specific topics — from neurodiversity to technology integration to coaching frameworks.

Webinars & Virtual Events

Engaging virtual presentations for organizations, networks, and communities that bring educators together across geographic boundaries.

Bring Lakie to Your Next Event

Whether it's a conference keynote, a PD day workshop, or a school in-service — Lakie will tailor her presentation to inspire and equip your educators.