Can we create a school environment without adjusting the budget, lowering teachers' pay, and coming together as a community? Michelle Love-Day thinks it is possible and thinks now is the time. Watch and listen as she details her ideas about restructuring the school day to focus on the students, but still work for parents. Michelle Love-Day has been an educator for 20 years. She received her Bachelors in Education (K-8, Minor in Spanish), and Masters in Reading (K-12) from Bowling Green State University, and a Masters in Education, Leadership, and Policy from the University of Utah. Her second language is Spanish and she studied abroad in Alcala, Spain. She taught in North Carolina for 3 years until relocating to Utah in 2005. Michelle has been a 2nd grade teacher, Literacy Coach, Principal, and Associate Director of Educational Equity. In March 2020, she began as Consultant for Jordan School District in the Language & Cultures Services, Teaching and Learning Department.

Michelle is passionate about schools being student focused, equitable, and a place where all students feel they are welcome and have an adult they can believe in and who believes in them. In 2019, she ran as a candidate for Bluffdale City Council and is the proud mother to 5 children and wife to a supportive husband. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx