Meet the experts

Carrie Fruin is the former Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Reflection Sciences, a company focused specifically on Executive Function and its development in children from birth to grade 12. She is currently a science instructor in a top district in Minnesota and continues to present STEM instructional practices at conferences across the country. Carrie has developed close to 50 online courses for teachers including trauma, best practices for remote education, and instructional coaching and mentoring. She has her EdS is in Transformational Leadership with a focus on instructional technology. Her ultimate goal is to ensure the equitable education of all children through teaching, lecturing, and publishing.

Jennifer Rosenbaum is an experienced early childhood educator, school, and district leader. She was the first pre-k teacher to win the Sue Lehmann Excellence in Teaching Award, selected from a national pool of over 9,000 Teach For America corps members. Jennifer went on to lead the Instruction & Performance team for the Office of Early Childhood Education at the New York City Department of Education, where she led a team of over 100 to roll out new, Common Core-aligned pre-k standards for over 58,000 students across district schools, charter schools, and community-based organizations. She was a founding school leader at KIPP DC: Connect Academy, and has played an integral role in teacher training, curriculum, and assessment strategy across the network. Jennifer earned her BS in Human Development from Cornell University and her MEd in Curriculum and Instruction from George Mason University.

Dr. Tara Warwick is an occupational therapist and the co-owner of Blue Sparrow, a national training and consulting therapy firm, and Today’s Therapy Solutions, an Oklahoma-based pediatric therapy company. She has over 20 years of experience working with children with disabilities across all
settings. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Tara obtained her bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy in 2000, her master’s degree in Rehabilitation Sciences with an emphasis in pediatrics in 2005. In 2021, she completed a Post- Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate in from Boston University. Tara spends her days providing in-home therapy to children, conducting training and consultations for schools on challenging behavior and autism, and consulting with other therapy companies on practice management. Tara’s areas of intervention expertise include behavior
management, sensory processing, self-care training (potty training, eating/feeding, dressing, play, etc.), assistive technology, and home programming. Tara enjoys thinking outside the box and developing creative ways to help her business run more efficiently and effectively. Tara resides
in Edmond, OK, with her husband and two children.