2025 Stoops Lecture Celebrates Centennial School
Apr. 23, 2025
Dr. Brandi Simonsen will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2025 John A. Stoops Lecture on May 6, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Iacocca Hall. Established in tribute to Lehigh’s first dean of education and founder of Centennial School, this year’s lecture marks Centennial’s sixtieth anniversary. Simonsen's remarks, titled Celebrating Centennial School and the Promise of Positive Practice, will examine the contributions of Centennial, and the use of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).
Simonsen is a professor of Special Education in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. She is also a co-director of the National Technical Assistance Center on PBIS (www.pbis.org) and co-principal investigator of the National Integrated Multi-Tiered System of Support (I-MTSS) Research Network (mtss.org). Simonsen's scholarship focuses on supporting educators' implementation of PBIS/MTSS across a continuum of settings.
Centennial is an approved private school, funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and governed by Lehigh’s College of Education (COE). The school is guided by two interrelated missions: providing a world-class educational experience for students with behavioral challenges, and training aspiring individuals pursuing careers in special education and related fields.
To learn more or to register for the event, please visit https://bit.ly/4cgXDm0 .
