
Ebony McKiver
CEO and Owner, ECM Consulting
Session: “Leveraging Advocacy and Policy Efforts to Tell Our History”
Ebony McKiver is currently the CEO and owner of ECM Consulting, LLC, an educational consulting service that provides guidance and social studies content expertise to organizations, school districts, and educators. Some of ECM Consulting’s current roster of clients include, OER Project, EdReports.org, and Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium. With twenty years of experience in the field of education, Ebony has served previously as the Social Studies State Specialist for the state of Nebraska and Secondary Social Studies Educator in Cleveland, Ohio, Baltimore, Maryland, and Omaha, Nebraska. The scope of Ebony’s work includes, analyzing both current and existing trends with regard to social studies curriculum and instructional materials to create optimal learning environments for both educators and student, developing and leading professional development, identifying and communicating instructional shifts, providing content and technical expertise in social studies to education professionals throughout the country, and guiding school districts through the instructional materials selection process. Ebony brings to her current role a strong commitment to uplifting underrepresented and marginalized populations, social justice, and advocacy. She is intentional in her work to select, curate, and promote high quality instructional materials in social studies that emphasizes inquiry and diversity.