Where Education, Technology & Ideas Come Together
Spark the Village EDU brings educators, technology, and ideas together through practical resources, K–12 IT consulting, professional learning, and real-world EdTech solutions.
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How Spark Can Help
Practical resources built with real classrooms in mind.
Practical resources built with real classrooms in mind.
Spark the Village EDU creates practical, ready-to-use resources that help educators save time, strengthen instruction, and use technology with purpose. From classroom materials and AI-supported resources to instructional technology ideas, everything is designed to be useful—not just another thing on a teacher’s plate.
Spark the Village EDU creates practical, ready-to-use resources that help educators save time, strengthen instruction, and use technology with purpose. From classroom materials and AI-supported resources to instructional technology ideas, everything is designed to be useful—not just another thing on a teacher’s plate.
Classroom Resources • AI & EdTech Tools • Instructional Support • Ready-to-Use Materials
Practical learning that people can actually use.
Practical learning that people can actually use.
Spark the Village EDU provides customized professional learning designed around the real needs of educators, technology teams, and school leaders. From AI and instructional technology to cybersecurity awareness and technology leadership, sessions focus on practical strategies participants can take back and use.
AI in Education • Instructional Technology • Cybersecurity Awareness • Technology Leadership
Technology should solve problems—not create more of them.
Technology should solve problems—not create more of them.
Spark the Village EDU provides practical K–12 technology consulting built around how schools actually work. From technology planning and cybersecurity to EdTech systems, infrastructure, device management, and support workflows, the focus is on simplifying technology and helping it work better for the people who depend on it.
Spark the Village EDU provides practical K–12 technology consulting built around how schools actually work. From technology planning and cybersecurity to EdTech systems, infrastructure, device management, and support workflows, the focus is on simplifying technology and helping it work better for the people who depend on it.
Technology Strategy • Cybersecurity • Infrastructure • EdTech Systems • Support Workflows
Ideas grow when people come together and share what works.
Ideas grow when people come together and share what works.
Spark the Village EDU brings real-world education and technology experience to conferences, webinars, podcasts, panels, and collaborative projects. Topics can include AI in education, EdTech, cybersecurity, K–12 technology leadership, instructional innovation, and the realities of making technology work in schools.
Spark the Village EDU brings real-world education and technology experience to conferences, webinars, podcasts, panels, and collaborative projects. Topics can include AI in education, EdTech, cybersecurity, K–12 technology leadership, instructional innovation, and the realities of making technology work in schools.
Conferences • Webinars • Podcasts • Panels • Partnerships
Meet Spark's Founder
J. Lacey Merrifield
J. Lacey Merrifield
Founder | Spark the Village EDU LLC
From the classroom to the technology office, my career has always centered around helping people learn, solve problems, and make technology work better for them.
I’m a K–12 Technology Director, former classroom teacher and coach, instructional leader, and college instructor with experience spanning education, curriculum, networking, cybersecurity, and technology leadership.
I created Spark the Village EDU to bring those worlds together—sharing practical resources, providing K–12 IT consulting and professional learning, and creating opportunities for educators and technology leaders to learn from one another.
Because whether we're supporting a classroom, solving an IT challenge, or preparing schools for what's next, I believe the best work happens when we grow together.
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