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THE SCHOOL WELLNESS WHEEL
Libby holds a bachelor of arts degree in elementary and special education from Carroll College and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Montana State University. Nancy Dome, EdD, has been supporting children to overcome institutional and systemic barriers and developing educators for over twenty years. Starting her career as a childcare worker, she has worked through the ranks as a classroom teacher, teacher leader, college professor, and cofounder of Epoch Education. Nancy provides current, accessible, and transformational professional development for educators and students on the topics of equity, critical race theory, and culturally relevant teaching and learning to support the development of the necessary cultural competencies needed to effectively respond to our ever-diversifying world. She also cocreated the RIR protocol, which provides concrete steps to practice interrupting dysfunctional systems and negative behavior through compassionate dialogue using the steps of recognize it, interrupt it, and repair it. Nancy earned her bachelor of arts degree in psychology and master of arts in curriculum and instruction at United States International University, and her doctoral degree in technology and learning at Alliant International University. Awaachiáookaate’ (Jason Cummins, EdD), is an enrolled member of the Apsaalooke Nation and an Indigenous scholar who views education as a means of preserving the story, identity, and culture of communities. As an authority in the area of historical trauma and culturally responsive teaching, Jason has served as an educator and mentor for educational leaders in Native American schools for over a decade. He is a recognized leader in shifting how schools think about Indigenous culture and language and has worked toward the promotion and continuation of the Crow (Apsáalooke) language revival in the Rocky Mountain region.
