November 9-11, 2005
Georgia International Convention Center, College Park

 

FEATURED PRESENTER - LEADERSHIP STRAND
 

Helen Soulé, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of Cable in the Classroom, the cable telecommunication industry’s education foundation. The mission of Cable in the Classroom is to improve teaching and learning for children in schools, at home and in their communities.

Previously, Soulé served as both chief of staff and special assistant for technology to the assistant secretary for the Office of Post Secondary Education in the U.S. Department of Education. In these positions, Soulé led the day-to-day operations of the Office of Postsecondary Education and advised the Department senior staff on matters related to postsecondary education programs and policies, technology and teacher quality. In addition, Soulé led the development and production of the Secretary’s Annual Report on Teacher Quality and served on the Executive Team that developed the recently published National Education Technology Plan.
 

 

Dr. Helen Soulé
Executive Director
Cable in the Classroom

 
Soulé formerly served as director of the Mississippi Department of Education Office of Technology, which provides leadership to educators in planning, coordinating, directing, and supporting Mississippi’s education technology initiatives and programs.

Soulé is founder and past chairman of the State Education Technology Directors Association, is a member of the George Lucas Educational Foundation Advisory Board, and has served on the board of the Consortium for School Networking. She is the recipient of Converge magazine’s 30 “Shapers of the Future” award for 2001 and a recipient of the 2001 E-School News “Impact 30 Award for Excellence.”

Soulé has been involved in the integration of educational technology since 1982, when she was a classroom teacher with the Meridian, Mississippi, school district. There she held a variety of posts, including teacher, curriculum assistant, Director of Elementary Education, and Director of Technology.

Soulé holds a B.S. in Elementary Education from Mississippi State University, an M.A. in Educational Administration from Mississippi State University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern Mississippi.
 


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