Overview
Innovation in Action
Team

Stephanie DeLuca

Assistant to the Superintendent of Elementary Education

Career Highlights
Since 2015, Stephanie DeLuca has worked at South Fayette as a STEAM teacher, Curriculum Coordinator and Assistant to the Superintendent for Elementary Education.
Fun Fact
I was a member of the Penn State Blue Band.
SUPPORTING RESOURCES
Stephanie creates opportunities for teachers to learn about and apply innovative instructional methods towards deeper learning outcomes in many different contexts.

Jeff Evancho

Assistant to the Superintendent for Secondary Education

Career Highlights
Jeff Evancho is the Assistant to the Superintendent for Secondary Education at South Fayette Township School District and active educational leader. Jeff champions “remaking learning” for all children throughout his career in public education.
Fun Fact
I have a green thumb and passion for canning
SUPPORTING RESOURCES
Leads learning community Agency by Design Pittsburgh

Kenneth Lockette

Superintendent

Career Highlights
Ken has championed & developed arts, global, and STEAM programming and is a proud member of the RemakeLearning.org network.
Fun Fact
Although left "on the cutting room floor," Ken was an extra and played an athletic trainer for the Gotham Knights Football Team in the Batman film "Dark Knight Rises."
SUPPORTING RESOURCES
Avonworth Galleries Project

Aileen Owens

Director of Technology & Innovation

Career Highlights
Since 2010, Aileen has focused on building a vertically aligned computational thinking initiative K-12. Supported by the Grable Foundation to make innovation happen in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and to support equity in education, Aileen directs the STEA
Fun Fact
I once sold used cars as a way to earn money for college. (I was surprisingly good at it.)
SUPPORTING RESOURCES
"Computational Thinking and Participatory Teaching as Pathways to Personalized Learning, co-authored with Dr. Eric Hamilton, Pepperdine University and published in the book Digital Technologies and Instructional Design for Personalized Learning"
ASSOCIATIONS
Collaboratives
Collaboratives
  • Real-World Learning Challenge Collaborative
  • OER Challenge Collaborative
  • Computational Thinking Pathways Challenge Collaborative
Cohorts
Cohorts
  • Data Interoperability Cohort
  • Assessment Cohort
Digital Promise Programs
Digital Promise Programs
  • Maker Promise
  • League of Innovative Schools
  • Socratic Scale Up
  • Inclusive Cybersecurity Pathways
  • Networks & Programs' Implementation Cohorts (ICs)
  • MC Subscription Agreements: Active
  • Google Ed Leadership Program - Principal Learning Community
  • Steven's Initiative Virtual Exchange