2024 Great Ideas in Education Conference

The presentation will be provided by Chris Perry, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Cultivate Education, LLC. At Cultivate Education, Chris and his team partner with schools across the country to better implement best practices.

Chris is licensed by the state of Kansas in Special Education and School Leadership, and is a former self-contained teacher of students with emotional and behavior disorders and behavior specialist. After receiving a Masters in School Leadership in 2014, Chris began working with TASN and KSDE, primarily in improving student academic, social emotional, behavioral, and mental health outcomes in partner districts implementing a Multi Tier System of Supports (MTSS). Since 2017, he has also served on the School Boards for both USD 348 Baldwin City School District where he presently serves as the Vice-President, and the East Central Kansas Cooperative in Education (ECKCE) which provides special education services to the Wellsville, Eudora, and Baldwin communities. Additionally, in 2023 Chris was nominated for and participated in the Kansas Association of School Board’s (KASB) Leadership For Tomorrow (LFT) program, in which he traveled across the state with a cohort of fellow Board Members, Administrators, and educational leaders from across Kansas.