Bridget Barbara Byrne talks about her More Thank series on Diversity & Inclusion. Bridgette Barbera-Byrne hopes that through telling her story of what she overcame, it becomes someone else’s survival guide. WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORLD OF DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCEPTANCE, WE CAN ALWAYS BE DOING MORE THAN WE ARE. This concept is what drives the vision behind the More Than training.  Owner and creator, Bridgette Barbera-Byrne states: “I imagine a world where someone’s dimensions of diversity do not interfere with the successes they achieve in life.  Where it does not dictate the privileges they are fortunate to encounter.  A world where the struggles one encounters are not predetermined by the dimensions of diversity that they were born into.  I imagine a world where people view each other’s differences as an open door to a world of new perspectives.“

More Than trainings focuses on topics in the diversity and inclusion realm.  They will provide participants with tools to assist them in navigating and leading others through these fragile and potentially controversial topics.

More Than trainings are customizable to every organization's needs and are suitable training tools for every industry.  Doesn’t every leader want a team that is mindfully inclusive and can do More Than exceed the expectations of their customer?

Dr. Jennifer Campbell is entering her fourth year as Coordinator and an Assistant Professor of Music Education at The College of Saint Rose, where she facilitates the growth of preservice music educators at every level. She is proud to serve as the advisor of the Collegiate NAfME chapter and was proud to support her advisees’ in hosting the 2020 Collegiate-NYSSMA Advocacy and Professional Development Conference in February. She teaches preschool and pre-K music and facilitating preservice music educator observation and field experience at the St. Rose Nursery School. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Baldwin Wallace Conservatory and earned her MM and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Mississippi. Before seeking full-time graduate work,

Jennifer was a successful music educator in Hockessin, Delaware. Over her five-year tenure, she taught courses in general and vocal music to students in grades Pre-K through Eighth, directed two choirs, and served as technical and assistant director for many theatrical productions. She continued to actively teach preschool and pre-K music at the Willie-Price laboratory school during her graduate studies at Ole Miss. As an elementary music specialist, she has completed three levels in the Orff-Schulwerk approach and holds a level II certificate in Kodály pedagogy. She was honored to participate and present at the 2019 Southwest Region Collegiate Summit, sponsored by the NAfME. She has presented for Albany City Music Educators in 2018, the Diocese of Albany Catholic Music Educators in 2019, and at the NYSSMA Winter Conference in 2018.

She serves as a College Liaison for the Berkshire-Hudson Valley Chapter of the America Orff-Schulwerk Association, hosting professional developments on-campus for in-service and preservice music educators each year. Jennifer has presented her research on female music educators of the nineteenth century at the 2017 Oklahoma Symposium on the History of Music Education and her research on early childhood singing at the 2016 NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. She is a member of the National Association for Music Educators, the Organization for Kodaly Educators, and the American Orff-Schulwerk Association.