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title: "Speaker profile: Djeneba Cherif"
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# Speaker profile: Djeneba Cherif

 Posted: Nov 12. 2019

| Speaker content area: [Cultivating Innovative Ed](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/topic/cultivating-innovative-ed)

 author: [MAPSA](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/author/mapsa)

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### Senior Director of Math K-5

#### UPrep Schools / Detroit 90/90

[**Session: The power of questioning in mathematics**](https://www.charterschools.org/micss-sessions/the-power-of-questioning-in-mathematics)

Djeneba Cherif is the Senior Director of Curriculum and Instruction for K-5 Mathematics at University Prep Schools | Detroit 9090. She is responsible for developing the instructional vision, priorities, and performance metrics for elementary mathematics. She is committed to providing our students both access and opportunity through rigorous math instruction.

 

 

 

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### Speaker content areas

- [K-12 Access & Equality (9)](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/tag/k-12-access-equality)
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- [Elevating MI's Educators (4)](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/tag/elevating-mis-educators)
- [General Session (2)](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/tag/general-session)

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