Margaret Dunlap, MA, is the Senior School Design Partner for Challenge Success, a research-based organization affiliated with the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Margaret has held roles in education leadership and program management for over 30 years, serving as a past classroom teacher and coach for Challenge Success.  She provides professional development and parent education to school communities nationwide. Margaret and her husband live in the Bay Area - now empty nesters of three adult children. 

CHALLENGE SUCCESS is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Stanford University Graduate School of Education that provides schools and families with information and research-based strategies to create more balanced and academically fulfilling lives for their students. Challenge Success strives to change society’s over-emphasis on high school grades, test scores, and performance by helping teenagers develop the necessary skills to become resilient, ethical, and motivated learners. 

Our Q&A following the presentation will be moderated by Julie Beck, LCSW, school counselor, Jewish Community High School of the Bay.

JULIE BECK is a School Counselor, Director of Advising and member of the Student Support Team at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay. Prior to joining JCHS in 2006, Julie worked for a number of years at an inpatient mental health rehabilitation center in San Leandro, CA. She is passionate about fitness and music and in her free time she enjoys taking long walks on Ocean Beach, doing yoga, teaching dance classes, and seeing live bands whenever possible.