GSE Shines Conference
3 Times Square, New York NY 10036
Join us for Graduate School of Education SHINES 2025, our annual education conference highlighting excellence and innovation in the GSE family & beyond!
About the conference
Our theme this year is “Dialogue with the Present & the Future: Shifting Strategies & Practice in Uncertain Times."
This dynamic on-site conference offers a unique platform for an exchange of ideas on emerging trends, transformative teaching practices, and the future of learning in an era of rapid change. Through insightful discussions and collaborative sessions, we will explore the challenges and opportunities shaping education's next frontier. Be part of the conversation that envisions tomorrow’s classrooms and redefines educational paradigms for future generations.
GSE SHINES 2025 will present engaging, interactive presentations in which GSE faculty, GSE candidates, and school partners, share the following:
- Effective learning/teaching strategies
- Research activities
- Current trends in education
- Forward-looking innovations
Interactive and poster sessions will explore transformative practices, technologies, and mindsets that make space for proactive agility in meeting the challenges of an ever-changing world. We envision a space for networking and the free and respectful exchange of ideas.
By creating a lived space where all voices are valued, the GSE Shines Conference embodies GSE's mission to prepare a diverse cadre of highly qualified teachers, leaders, knowledge developers, and disseminators, in keeping with the Judaic commitment to service and intellectual pursuit.
Keynote Speaker: Eric Sheninger
Eric Sheninger is a prominent voice in modern education, known for his work in digital leadership, school transformation, and instructional innovation.
With a career that began in the science classroom, Sheninger rose to national prominence as the principal of New Milford High School in New Jersey, where he led a comprehensive digital transformation that turned the school into a model for 21st-century learning.
Under his leadership, New Milford High School implemented sustainable change initiatives that redefined its learning culture. These efforts included the integration of technology to support personalized learning, the adoption of a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy, and a shift toward student-centered instructional practices.
CTLE hours are available.
