Maria Dyslin born in Spain, moved to the United States at the age of 8 as an emerging bilingual. Maria has been in education since 1997. She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science, and her teaching license and Master’s degree in curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in the Teach for Diversity program. She taught for 11 years in grades 2-4 and then served as an instructional coach for 9 years—coaching teachers and teams around instructional practices and effective collaboration.
Maria was inspired to expand her work to impact more students and staff and is currently an elementary principal. Maria is committed to creating a collaborative environment where staff can reflect, inspect, and adjust instruction and environments that meet the needs of all students. Maria has also served as an adjunct literacy instructor at Concordia University in both the teacher certification program as well as the graduate reading program. Her passion and enthusiasm for inspiring students and staff in order to create a more just educational system drives all she does.
Maria has led the implementation of professional learning communities, universal instruction in social emotional learning ( including PBIS, Responsive Classroom, Second Step, Restorative Practices) multi-tiered systems of support and equity. Maria facilitates powerful professional learning around literacy, standards-aligned instruction and assessment, rigorous teaching, data analysis, and professional learning communities. She presented sessions for Elena Aguilar focused on the Art of Coaching Teams and is currently a building administrator who prides herself in leading with compassion and supporting staff growth by taking a coaching stance.
