Drew Smith will speak to Penn Charter faculty and staff during a scheduled professional development morning.
He will speak about community and Quaker education in his friendly, humorous style.
Smith is the executive director of Friends Council on Education, the Quaker education umbrella organization based in Philadelphia celebrating 328 years of Quaker education in the United States, including some of the country’s first schools. Penn Charter is the oldest Quaker school in the world.
Drew Smith has been a member of the Religious Society of Friends for 41 years and is currently a member of Haddonfield Quaker Meeting (NJ). Drew attended Earlham College, and the University of Pennsylvania. His 25 years of professional experience in Quaker education includes being Head of School at Mullica Hill Friends School (NJ), former trustee at Westtown School and Moorestown Friends School, a member of the Committee on Friends Education and as a board member of the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools.