Dr. Stephen Oliverson is principal of a National Title I Distinguished School located in Provo Utah. He will share insights as to how his school broke through many barriers and overcame challenges to turn his Title I school into a National Distinguished Title I School and a renown school for the arts — emphasizing music education — while at the same time increasing literacy and numeracy scores. Dr. Oliverson has been a successful school administrator on every level K-12. His training includes a B.A. and M.A. in Special Education and Emotional Disorders (Utah State University), and an MPA (Master of Public Administration) and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Utah. He has been a district Principal-of-the-Year, recognized as Innovator-of-the-Year for the state of Utah, is a UAESP District National Distinguished Principal, and the 2016 Huntsman Award Of Excellence Winner for the State of Utah as the top educational administrator. Dr. Oliverson is also an accomplished musician, producer, and performer, having won numerous musical awards and recognition, including Best-of-State. He and his talented family have performed from Seattle to New York, and have given their motivational musical message of hard-work and perseverance in over a hundred schools in the inter-mountain west. His wife Jill has been a successful teacher in a Title I school in Salt Lake City, and his three children are all talented musicians by virtue of hard work. Besides Stephen’s many musical endeavors he was an all-state and collegiate athlete, and a distinquished military officer. Stephen and his family's acclaimed music have been featured on stage and radio, and they have performed in hundreds of venues from Seattle to Washington D.C. Under the stage name "Moon Light" they have several beautifully produced music videos on their YouTube channel (Moonlightperformers), three having reached the top ten on video music charts.