Panel: Supporting LGBTQ+ Students

Name: Panel: Supporting LGBTQ+ Students
Start: 2021-07-29
End: 2021-07-29

We know that it is important to support students as they explore and affirm their identities while in our care, but how are schools most successfully accomplishing this work? Hear from panelists to learn from their experience, generate fresh ideas, and ask your tricky questions.

Speaker

Jackie O'Rourke Educational Consultant, Outermost Education Services MA

Jackie O'Rourke

Educational Consultant, Outermost Education Services MA

A veteran English teacher, dorm parent, field hockey and ice hockey coach, Jackie O’Rourke opened her consulting firm, Outermost Education Services, in 2018 after serving as the Dean of Residential Life and Leadership at Tilton School. A graduate of Cushing Academy, O’Rourke earned her BA and played ice hockey at Williams College, then added her MAT in Secondary Education from Boston University. After beginning her career at Berkshire School in Massachusetts as the Director of Student Activities, O’Rourke taught English for a semester at Boston Latin School before venturing overseas to teach English, coach soccer and serve as a dorm parent at King’s Academy in Madaba, Jordan. She later returned to Berkshire to teach, coach and advise. O’Rourke now lives and works on Cape Cod with her husband, Devon, and daughter, Finny.

Date

July 29 2021

Local Time

Timezone: America/New_York
Date: July 29 2021