37: Co-Parents, Teachers, and Your Child’s Education

Allison Weatter

Allison Signaigo Weatter is an elementary school counselor in the Little Rock School District. She is nationally board certified and has been working alongside teachers, families, and students for over 12 years. She is passionate about bringing people together to help students flourish. Allison is an active member at her church, loves being outside, and spends most of her free time with her husband, Cory, and 2 year old son, Noah.

Gayla Grace

Gayla Grace serves on staff with FamilyLife Blended, a division of FamilyLife, and is passionate about equipping blended families as a writer and a speaker. She is author of Stepparenting with Grace: A Devotional for Blended Families and co-author of Quiet Moments for the Stepmom Soul. Gayla holds a master’s degree in Psychology and Counseling. She and her husband, Randy, have been married since 1995 in a “his, hers, and ours” family. She is the mom to three and stepmom t...more

Nan Deal

Nan Deal is the co-founder of Connor's Song, a non-profit organization that she and her husband founded in honor of their son Connor Lee Deal who died at the age of 12 in 2009. In cooperation with the Touch A Life Foundation, Connor's Song run Connor Creative Art Center in Ghana, West Africa, a facility that provides hope and healing through art therapy for almost 100 trafficked children rescued from the fishing industry in Ghana. Nan, a school teacher, and her husband, Ron, live in Little Rock,...more

Steven Helmick

Steven is the principal at Roberts Elementary in the Little Rock School District. As an educator, Steven has taught 4th and 5th grade, was named the 2015 Arkansas’ History teacher of the year, the 2014 Little Rock School District Teacher of the Year, as well as a Regional finalist for The 2014 Arkansas Teacher of the Year. In his free time he loves to run and enjoy the outdoors with his wife Keri and four kids.