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Christina Anderson
Ben D. Haindel
Director of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction Parkview Baptist School CHRISTINA LOCKETT Anderson received her Masters in Administration and Supervision from Southern University, Educational Specialist degree from Keiser University, and is in the final stages of earning her doctoral degree from Keiser. She has over 16 years of experience in public and private education and is currently serving as the Elementary Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Parkview Baptist School. Christina believes that PBS provides a unique environment for all-around student development and growth spiritually, physically, and emotionally.
High School Division Head Parkview Baptist School BEN D. HAINDEL received his B.A. in Social Studies Education from Louisiana College and his M.Ed. in Secondary Principalship from Southeastern Louisiana University. With 20 years of educational experience, he is currently serving as High School Division Head at Parkview Baptist School, the largest independent school in the state. Ben desires for every PBS student to know Christ, feel loved and encouraged, and to be academically challenged while experiencing the best opportunities in the arts and athletics.
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Nikole Blanchard Director of Innovation and Technology The Dunham School NIKOLE BLANCHARD, the Director of Innovation and Technology at The Dunham School, is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher, a Google Certified Trainer, and the state’s only Apple Distinguished Educator. Under her leadership, Dunham has become a fivetime Apple Distinguished School, with 93 teachers recently completing the newly launched Apple Teacher Program. A leader in ISTE’s Professional Learning Network (PLN), Blanchard travels nationally to train teachers and is the creator of #LaWrites, which encourages Louisiana students to publish work in iTunes.
Stephanie Crawford Owner/Teacher Best in Class, LLC STEPHANIE CRAWFORD is an educator and owner of Best in Class, LLC, a Baton Rouge based tutoring company that assists students in all subjects, K-12 and College. In addition, she is an ACT certified instructor and travels the world helping students achieve the scores they need to get into their first choice college. Stephanie is excited to announce that she has just partnered with Edulinx, a company based out of Shanghai, China, to offer ACT prep to their students.