Reviews Write New Review
Location
Booking Fee
Fee: $##,###Get Pricing
Virtual Fee: $##,###Get Pricing
[email protected]
Kayla Dornfeld
2019 North Dakota Teacher of the Year, 2020 Top USA Educator of the Year & CEO of Top Dog Teaching, Inc
Kayla Dornfeld is the 2020 Top Educator of the Year, and the 2019 North Dakota Teacher of the Year. Kayla is a two-time (2017 and 2018) Global Hundred honoree, recognizing her as 1 of the top 100 innovative educators in the world. The New York Times named her "one of the tech-savviest teachers in the United States."
She has 15 years of teaching experience in second grade, third grade, and kindergarten. Kayla holds her master’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of North Dakota. In September 2018, she received the University of North Dakota Sioux Award, the highest honor of achievement offered by her University.
In 2021, she was named the "Youth Volunteer of the Year" by St. Jude Hospital and in 2022, she was named Empowered Woman of the Year.
She has been recognized as both an "ISTE Influencer" and "HarperCollins Publishing Influencer". Additionally, in March 2018, she was named 1 of just 30 "All-Star Digital Innovators" in the United States by PBS. Who's Who in America has also awarded Kayla for her contributions to education by publishing her biography.
Kayla frequently travels around the United States and other countries as a featured and keynote speaker. She has delivered hundreds of keynotes, one of note being at Twitter Headquarters. On July 23, 2015 she delivered her first TEDx Talk, Reimagining Classrooms: Students as Leaders and Teachers as Learners. Her work with classroom redesign and flexible seating has become the standard worldwide.
She is a co-author of the best-selling book “Education Write Now,” published in December 2017, and “10 Perspectives on Learning in Education,” available now on Amazon.
Videos
Speech Topics
Self-Care for Educators
Teaching is hard work, there's no doubt about it. Each and every day, we pour our whole selves into the children in our classrooms, the staff we work alongside, the families we serve, and the schools we work in. Kayla presents multiple strategies to employ in order for educators to thrive and not simply survive. The most important relationship we have is the one we have with ourselves. We must take care of our own hearts before we can care for so many others.
Related Speakers View all
Jon Bergmann
Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling ...
|
|
Gerry Brooks
Principal; Motivational Speaker on Education and Exc...
|
|
Doug Lemov
Managing Director of Uncommon Schools & Author of "T...
|
|
Mitch Resnick
Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning...
|
|
Read Montague
Neuroscientist & Popular Science Author
|
|
Kenneth Shelton
Speaker, Consultant, Photographer, Instructional Des...
|
|
Gever Tulley
Founder of the Tinkering School & Brightworks School...
|
|
Juliana Urtubey
2021 National Teacher of the Year
|
|
Jessica Ochoa Hendrix
Education Activist & Entrepreneur
|
|
Jaime Casap
Former Chief Education Evangelist at Google
|
|
Dr. Sharroky Hollie
Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Resp...
|
|
Emily Diehl
Former Director of Professional Learning & Curriculu...
|
|
Tom Vander Ark
Author & CEO of Getting Smart
|
|
George Couros
Author & Educator; Innovative Teaching, Learning and...
|
|
Donalyn Miller
Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Readi...
|
|
Katherine Kuchenbecker
Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering an...
|
|
Heather Staker
Senior Research Fellow on Education at the Clayton C...
|
|
Mina Bissell
Iranian-American Biologist; Known for her Research o...
|
|
Ali Carr-Chellman
Former Teacher; Now An Instructional Designer and Au...
|
|
Elyn Saks
Author of "The Center Cannot Hold;" Associate Dean o...
|