Ina Pannell-Saint Surin is a special education teacher with over 27 years of experience teaching elementary and preschool aged children in New York City public and nonpublic schools. Passionate about sharing the impactful, positive benefits of Responsive Classroom with fellow educators across the country, Ina is also a part-time consulting teacher for Center for Responsive Schools. Her dedication to Responsive Classroom began over 10 years ago when she attended her first Responsive Classroom workshop. Ever since, Ina has been thrilled each year to embrace and incorporate the Responsive Classroom approach and practices in her own classroom and believes deeply in the transformative power that this approach has on students, teachers, and families. She recently received the honor of being nominated and accepted into the Academy of Teachers. When not teaching and presenting, Ina enjoys spending time with her family and friends, dancing, and deepening her commitment to and work with Culturally Responsive Teaching and anti-racist education.