We’re passionate about helping our community grow and making an impact.

The mission.

At AIE Connect, our mission is to revolutionize schools to be equitable and inclusive environments for educators and students. We are committed to dismantling systemic barriers that hinder equal access to education, ensuring that every student has an opportunity to thrive and succeed.

Our goal is to transform organizations into vibrant hubs of innovation, where every educator is valued and respected as their authentic selves, provided with opportunities for collaboration and professional growth.



The work.

As educators, we understand that learning environments and curricula need to awaken curiosity and determination, creating conditions that allow students to make their own discoveries. AIE Connect equips educators and leadership teams with frameworks, practices, and tools that will assist them in

  • Diagnosing how their institutions are structured to uphold the status quo.

  • Adopting strategies aimed at practices that result in an equitable institutional culture and practices.

What we know.

 

Advocacy

Using the vast knowledge and expertise of educators to impact transformative to ensure that educational policies are inclusive and equitable for all students, teachers, leaders and the community.

Inclusivity

Engaging each and every employee, and to create environments to sustain transformational change allowing people to bring their full humanity to learning spaces.

Education

Developing a critical consciousness by reading, studying, practicing humility, and engaging with others to continually examine and re-examine ideas and beliefs.

Meet the Team.

  • Dr. Brug is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology with an M.S. in Medical Education and Leadership. She serves as the Vice President of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Westfield. Dr. Brug is a passionate educator and activist, always putting her family and her community first.

  • Hollie has an M.S.Ed. in both Education Entrepreneurship and Elementary Education with a certification in middle school mathematics. She has 12 years classroom experience and 10 years as a instructional coach and equity leader. She is a passionate educator and mother of three.

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