Data and Continuous Improvement Vista Position at the Nyc Department of Education

Certified Data Wise Coaches

Certified Data Wise coaches are qualified to teach educators the Data Wise Improvement Process and coach teams as they launch and work their way through a cycle of inquiry, answering questions and providing targeted feedback. For more information visit the Data Wise Coach Certification program website.

Belinda-Kisiwaa Adefope is currently a Senior Director of Instruction, AP for All Initiative with the New York City Department of Education. Belinda-Kisiwaa has worked in the field of education for over a decade as a classroom teacher, an instructional coach, regional professional development specialist, adjunct instructor, and full time administrator.... Read more about Belinda-Kisiwaa Adefope
Hello! My name is Narelle Albert and I am currently a teacher and Learning Specialist at Dandenong Primary School in Melbourne, Australia. In 2011 I completed my final teaching rounds in South Africa and in 2012 I returned to volunteer as a teacher to work in a disadvantaged school.... Read more about Narelle Albert
Anu Anand serves as a Regional Lead : K-12 LEA/School Continuous Improvement with the statewide system for school improvement in PA. She partners with districts designated for comprehensive support and improvement by building capacity and sustainability through the continuous improvement process.... Read more about Anu Anand
Karen Archambault is the Assistant Principal at Holliston High School in Holliston, Massachusetts. In addition to her Assistant Principal responsibilities, Karen has provided district-wide professional development to educators in the areas of equity, diversity, and inclusion using the tenets of Intentional Collaboration and Assessment Literacy.... Read more about Karen Archambault
David Baiz is a doctoral student at Harvard Graduate School of Education's Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) program. Prior to this, David was a founding teacher and eventual principal of Global Tech Prep Middle School in East Harlem, NY.... Read more about David Baiz
Nik Barkauskas's life and career to this point have allowed him to serve many roles at all levels of education. He was a part of the maintenance staff at a K-12 school, worked in K-12 behavioral health and alternative education, and has...

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Dr. Johanna Barmore is a School Improvement Facilitator at WestEd. She is responsible for providing coaching and consulting to schools, districts, and state departments of education around school improvement, mathematics instruction, standards-based curriculum, data-driven inquiry, professional learning communities (PLCs), professional learning standards and curriculum adoption processes. ... Read more about Johanna Barmore
I am working as a high school mathematics teacher in a rural community on the southern border of Arizona in Nogales. I have my master's in STEM leadership and a bachelor's in Science. I have been in the teaching field for the past 20 years teaching in various parts of...

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Brad Beach has over twenty-six years experience as a classroom teacher, coach, and educational leader. He graduated from Nogales High School in 1984, and served in the United States Marine Corps from 1985 to 1989.... Read more about Brad Beach
Caitlin Bexley is currently working as an instructional coach for Hartford Public Schools, promoting adult and student learning around literacy. She began her work in education in the classroom as English teacher who loved working with her middle school students in the North end of Hartford.... Read more about Caitlin Bexley
Kevin is an assistant superintendent with Pittsburgh Public Schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He currently works with 21 schools K-8 elementary schools.... Read more about Kevin Bivins
Candice Bocala, Ed.D., is the Director of Data Wise Research, co-chair of the Data Wise Summer Institute, and a Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. ... Read more about Candice Bocala
Cherina Booker is currently an Assistant Principal of Instructional Support Services at Flushing High School in Queens, NY. Cherina has a commitment to equity and access for all learners and believes that when equipped with the correct tools and support all students can achieve high levels of success.... Read more about Cherina Booker
Alicia Borofsky has been working for Hartford Public Schools for 17 years. Her journey started as a classroom teacher in a neighborhood school in the city's north end. After 12 years in the classroom she sought to impact student achievement on a larger scale outside of her classroom. For three...

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Barbara Bottoms is an elementary school principal with a passion for educating children. That passion has propelled her through a career with Prince George's County Public School System for the past 29 years.... Read more about Barbara T. Bottoms
Dia Bryant is a Doctoral Candidate in the Ed.LD program. Dia is deeply focused on strengthening outcomes for students of color in urban communities similar to her hometown - Detroit, MI.... Read more about Dia N. Bryant
Mary studies how teachers experience and participate with literacy reform efforts. She is particularly interested in the relationship between teachers' implementation experiences with literacy reform efforts and the scalability of these reforms.... Read more about Mary Burkhauser
Shelly Burr, Ed.D. is a Training and Consultation Coordinator at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. In this role, she focuses on supporting school districts with the implementation of Multi-Tiered System of Supports, specifically in mathematics....

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Michael Calvert is the principal at Pittsburgh Morrow PreK-8, part of Pittsburgh Public Schools (PA). Michael has worked as a teacher, coach, and school administrator in North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania over a twenty-three year career.... Read more about Michael Calvert
Kimo Carter is the Assistant Superintendent for Teaching & Learning for the Weston (MA) Public Schools. For over thirty years, Kimo has worked as a teacher, principal, and central office administrator.... Read more about J. Kimo Carter
Mario Carullo has served as an instructional leader in the Hartford Public Schools district since 2014 with experience as Resident Principal and Director of Mathematics.... Read more about Mario Carullo
Steven A. Chambers is a candidate in the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.LD) program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has over a decade of experience as a classroom teacher, college advising counselor, school district administrator, and religious/community leader.... Read more about Steven A. Chambers
Dr. Adriana Chavarín-López is the daughter of Mexican immigrant parents that always stressed to her the value of an education. Inspired by her teachers and principal at Harborside Elementary School (Chula Vista, CA), Adriana knew from an early age that she wanted to be an educator.... Read more about Adriana Chavarín-López
Katie Clarke has been serving in education for over 20 years. Her educational career includes working in Maryland, Colorado and Pennsylvania in the capacities of classroom teacher, reading coach, instructional coordinator, consultant as well as supporting higher education at Cornell University.... Read more about Katie Clark
Kristofer Comeforo has spent his career as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal in Washington, DC Public Schools. In the classroom, Comeforo was a standout teacher, recognized as a Teacher of the Year and a recipient of the Rubenstein Award for Highly Effective...

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I attended the Data Wise Institute as a participant with the Windermere Primary School (WPS) leadership team from Hobart, Tasmania in January 2019. Our key objective was to develop a deeper understanding of the Data Wise Improvement Process so that I could lead this important work with the school Principal, Duncan Groves who'd studied the Data Wise Improvement Process in 2015.... Read more about Angela Crane
Curd currently serves as the Director, Teaching & Learning and School Improvement at Pittsburgh Public Schools. With over 17 years of experience in the field of education, Sharae has served as a classroom teacher, after-school program coordinator, instructional coach, facilitator, curriculum writer, and a Human Capital...

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Monique Whittington Davis is a wife, mother, and educator. Monique has been married to her husband Dereck for over 20 years and they have two beautiful children, Dereck Jr., 20, and Nyla, 14.... Read more about Monique Whittington Davis
Tricia Dominique Delauney has been the Principal of Elijah Stroud Middle School 353 in Brooklyn, NY since October 2012. Over the span of eighteen years, Ms. Delauney has also served as a Teacher and Assistant Principal to the students and families of District 17, Brooklyn, NY. Ms. Delauney is a passionate champion for all learners. She is committed to ensuring that relationships fostered in her school community are nurturing, caring, compassionate and meaningful.... Read more about Tricia Delauney
Sue Demko is a physical education teacher at the San Diego School District. During her first years she taught as an elementary teacher in kindergarten and fifth grade, and has since transitioned into teaching middle school PE. The school...

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Felice DeSouza is a Systemic Improvement Specialist for Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) in Maryland. A key role of this position is to facilitate the implementation of the Data Wise Improvement Process.... Read more about Felice DeSouza
Anastasia is the Assistant Director of Professional Learning for Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut. She recently earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership at UConn, with a research focus on collaboration between coaches, teachers, and teacher leaders through the lens of micropolitics during data team meetings.... Read more about Anastasia DiFedele-Dutton
Mary Dillman is the Chief of Staff for the Boston Public Schools. Previously, Mary served as the BPS Executive Director of Data and Accountability, leading district-wide implementation related to analytics, assessment, collaborative inquiry, performance management, and research.... Read more about Mary Dillman
Maria is from Portugal and began her career in education and research focusing on ecology and animal behavior. Her passion for education, data collection methods and data analysis led her to accept the role of the Assessment Coordinator at an American school in Southeast China, Nansha College Preparatory Academy (NCPA).... Read more about Maria Domingues
Erin is currently Leading Teacher of Instruction at a Melbourne Primary School. She completed the Data Wise Summer Institute at Harvard in 2015. Since completing the institute, Erin's focus has been to develop teachers' capacity to use data to inform their instruction, as well as developing Peer Observation and...

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Terryl Dozier is the Director of Data and Inquiry on the School Improvement Team, New York City Department of Education. In his current role, Terryl helped bring the Data Wise School Improvement Process to the Renewal School Program.... Read more about Terryl Dozier
Donna Lyons Drakeford currently serves as a Systemic Improvement Specialist in Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland. Facilitating the implementation of the Data Wise Improvement Process for school leaders and leadership teams and division/department leaders and leadership teams.... Read more about Donna Lyons Drakeford
Matt's passion for education began as an undergraduate and continued through his career with the Marine Corps, first training young men and women to become moral and effective naval officers at the University of Rochester, and as a military professor at the U.S. Naval War College.... Read more about Matt Dreier
Danielle is passionate about supporting students' academic success, college and career readiness, and social-emotional development while using data to show the impact of school counseling and other support services. She is currently a second-year doctoral student in the Education Leadership Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and has co-authored two books on elementary and secondary school counseling.... Read more about Danielle Duarte
Faculty and Improvement advisor for the Institute of Healthcare Improvement in their Latin-American projects since 2016. Faculty in the Center for Educational Transformation, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.... Read more about Francis Durán
I have a Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood and a Master of Education in Inclusive Practice. For the past 24 years I have worked as an educator internationally and across Tasmania. My experiences have been vast and diverse. I first held senior position in 2009 and became Principal in 2013. Currently, I am Principal of Kingston Primary School. In 2020, I will commence my third year.... Read more about Kelly Dyer
Elizabeth is currently a doctoral student in the U.K. and conducting research on the process of teacher collaboration in U.S. schools. She has worked in education in both the U.S. and U.K. In England, Elizabeth served as a senior leader in an education charity responsible for the delivery of secondary teacher training and school leadership programs across London.... Read more about Elizabeth Fennell
Michael is a system-level strategist committed to transforming public education, especially for the most marginalized student populations. In his first job after college, Michael co-directed the opening of 25 after-school programs in four public school districts.... Read more about Michael Figueroa
Robin Finn has spent nearly 30 years working in Lawrence, MA beginning in a Community Program in the summers and then after college graduation working for Lawrence Public Schools; as a teacher, an assistant principal and for the last 9 years as the Principal of Arlington Middle School.... Read more about Robin Finn
Katie Fleming is a Senior Inquiry Facilitator for the Boston Public Schools. In this role, she works directly with school and teacher leaders to build the capacity of teacher teams across the district to improve their practice and accelerate student learning through the implementation of data-driven cycles of inquiry using the Data Wise Improvement Process.... Read more about Katie Fleming
Proud principal at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Beltsville, MD, Rotunda is a recent graduate of the Doctoral Educational Leadership Program at the University of Maryland-College Park. Her research was focused on indicators influencing private school choice among middle class and upper middle class African American families.... Read more about Rotunda Floyd-Cooper
Stefanie Fox-Manno currently serves as the Chief Academic Officer for the Pittsgrove Township School District. She leads a team of instructional supervisors, coaches, and principals.... Read more about Stefanie Fox-Manno
Carrie Frohnapfel, Ed.D., is an IDEA Training and Consultation Coordinator for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. Her areas of concentration include supporting schools and districts as a School-wide Facilitator in the PA PBS Network,...

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Kim Frumin is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she earned her doctorate in Education Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice. Her research interests include teacher professional learning, design-based research-practice partnerships, and collaborative curriculum development.... Read more about Kim Frumin
Amy Grab has worked in urban education her entire career. Throughout her 22 years in the Harrisburg School District, Amy has served as a classroom teacher for both 5th and 6th grades, a reading specialist, and a mentor. Recently Amy accepted the position...

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A proud African American woman who became an educator after realizing my passion was about interacting with people. As a graduate of the Rochester City School District, it was an honor to begin my teaching career in a district I had grown up in.... Read more about Shirley JA Green
Tasheka L. Green is a transformational servant leader who leads with the heart of a servant but the mind of a leader. She views leadership, not as a position but a calling with a greater purpose. Tasheka Green is a transformational coach, influential educator, inspirational speaker, best-selling author, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.... Read more about Tasheka L. Green
Steven Greene is the Assistant Director of Data Reporting at Pittsburgh Public Schools where he oversees the delivery of data reports and data dashboards to school-based staff, central administrators, external district partners, and the public. He has worked with K-12 public education data for more than 8 years in...

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Duncan is currently Principal of Ogilvie High School (OHS) in Hobart, Tasmania. He started his Data Wise Journey in 2016 after winning a Hardie Fellowship which enabled him to study at Harvard to complete the Data Wise Leadership Institute.... Read more about Duncan Groves
Crystel Harris has an entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to student success that has been demonstrated throughout her career. She served as a founding middle school teacher in the Bronx, developed the NYCDOE's first and only teacher residency program, and lead the city's first effort to recruit and retain male teachers of color.... Read more about Crystel Harris
Bec is a Learning Specialist at Dandenong Primary School, located in the most culturally diverse community in Australia, Greater City of Dandenong. She is very excited to be beginning the 2020 school year with a Foundation (Kindergarten) class of students from many cultural and language backgrounds.... Read more about Rebecca Harris
Dr. Rhonda Hawkins is an Accountability Specialist in Prince George's County Public Schools, one of the largest urban school districts situated in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Over the course of the last two decades, her career as an educator has provided invaluable opportunities culminating in her current role as a coach leading districts through school improvement processes.... Read more about Rhonda Hawkins
Trina Hayes has served over 25 years as an educator in Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland. Her current position is an Accountability Specialist in the office of Monitoring and Accountability. Previously, Trina served as an Assistant Principal at Bladensburg High School.... Read more about Trina Hayes
Karen is a Pennsylvania-born and based educator with a diverse background in teaching and learning. She holds degrees in Elementary Education, Curriculum & Instruction, and Educational Leadership.... Read more about Karen Henrichs
Lance Huffman is a current doctoral student in the Education Leadership program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He spent nineteen years in the classroom as a high school teacher and a teacher mentor before leading middle schools in the Phoenix, Arizona area.... Read more about Lance Huffman
Growing up in a family of Rochester City School District educators, the talk around the table was always focused on instruction and the latest professional development that had been offered. Without hesitation, I began my first teaching assignment in one of the classrooms that my father had taught in two decades before.... Read more about Dan Hurley
Michael is currently the Director of School Improvement Performance Management at Berks County Intermediate Unit working primarily with schools designated as Comprehensive Support and Improvement. In his role he works with various stakeholders to build data and reporting systems to measure the progress and impact of school improvement efforts across 94 schools in Pennsylvania.... Read more about Michael Imburgia
Trish Irving is currently a Humanities Instructional Specialist in Farmington, CT. Prior to her work in Farmington, she served as an Applied Data Strategist for the CT RISE Network and as a Data Inquiry Facilitator with Boston Public Schools.... Read more about Trisha J. Irving
The son of Japanese immigrants, Kentaro knew from a young age that he aspired to become a teacher. As a student growing up in Southern California, he experienced first-hand the deep and dissonant disparity between public and private schools which inspired him to provide high-quality education to students furthest from the center of opportunity.... Read more about Kentaro Iwasaki
Decardra Jackson serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Richmond for the School of Professional and Continuing Studies (Education). She instructs a graduate course for aspiring school leaders Data for Decision Making.... Read more about Decardra L. Jackson
Sarah Jay is a Data Inquiry Facilitator in the Boston Public Schools. She works with school and teacher leaders to build the capacity of teacher teams across the district in using the Data Wise Improvement Process to adjust teaching practice and enrich student learning.... Read more about Sarah Jay
Penny Jayne is a passionate educator from Victoria, Australia. Her experience in state education spans seventeen years and includes time as an elementary teacher, a district instructional practice coach and a school vice principal. Penny's knowledge of assessment tools and practices is well-known across Victorian state schools, and she is regularly invited by the state Education Department (DET) to address state-wide coaching conferences in the area of Mathematics assessments.... Read more about Penny Jayne
Deirdra Joyner is the Deputy Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer in the Christina School District located in Wilmington, DE. Deirdra first learned of the Data Wise Improvement Process during the summer of 2010, when she brought her leadership team from Leasure Elementary School to Cambridge for the week long institute.... Read more about Deirdra Joyner
Mark Kabban founded Yalla SD, an NGO whose mission is to strengthen the social cohesion of refugee youth in the US. Yalla is the only STEM and college preparatory program in California that combines the promise of education and the passion of soccer to inspire refugee youth to achieve their higher education goals.... Read more about Mark Kabban
Anthony currently serves as the Director of Strategic Leadership and Inclusion at Education First Consulting to assist in ensuring that the vision of equity within the firm is realized within the firm and with outward-facing clients.... Read more about Anthony King
Dr. Ben Klompus currently serves school and system leaders as the Dean of System Level Leadership Programs at Relay Graduate School of Education.... Read more about Ben Klompus
Dr. Erica Kolat serves as Superintendent of Schools for McGuffey School District in Claysville, PA. Wanting to create an improvement process that empowered all educators to enact change based on multiple sources of data, her Data Wise Journey began in 2017 with a small team of district administrators.... Read more about Erica Kolat
Rafael is PhD in Education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil (PUCRS) with a sandwich doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His dissertation was about the impact of Data Wise in the work of teachers.... Read more about Rafael F. Korman
Gus Jacobson is a principal of Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School, a preK3 - grade 8 school in Hartford, CT. He helped lead his school for the past two years as they embarked on the Data Wise Process.... Read more about Gus Jacobson
Jaein Lee is a Ph.D. student in Education, with Cultures, Institutions & Society concentration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research interests focus on institutional supports for undocumented immigrant students.... Read more about Jaein Josefina Lee
Katherine Leonard is the Executive Director of Literacy and English Language Arts in Hartford, Ct. She has worked for Hartford Public Schools for 17 years. In her previous role as the principal of Breakthrough Magnet School-North, she worked diligently with her instructional team to ensure that the Data Wise continuous improvement process permeated the Breakthrough North community.... Read more about Katherine Leonard
Kristen Lewald, Ed.D. has worked in public education for over 30 years now serving in a variety of roles. She works as a Statewide Projects Director for the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) at one of Pennsylvania's regional...

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Crystal Lindsay has been an educator for 23 years and has served in an Administrative Leadership role for the last years 17 years. She is currently the Director of School District Improvement Initiatives for the Office of State Federal Education Policy at the New York City Department of Education.... Read more about Crystal Lindsay
Pei Pei Liu is a Research Associate in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education at Michigan State University. She works with middle school, secondary, and postsecondary educators to support student motivation, engagement, and social-emotional outcomes through well-designed instruction.... Read more about Pei Pei Liu
Dr. Bonnie Lo's journey in education leadership includes: elementary teacher in a Spanish bilingual district through a partnership focused on social justice with University of California, Los Angeles; school teacher turned principal in Bogotá, Colombia in a PK...

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Meghan Lockwood is a Data Wise coach based in the Boston area, where she works at Harvard College. A graduate of HGSE's doctoral program in Education Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice, Meg has taught middle school social studies and English in Boston and Reading, MA, and English as a Foreign Language in Santiago, Chile.... Read more about Meghan Lockwood
Director of College and Career Readiness/College and Career Coordinator-Bristol-warren Regional School District-11/20-present. Supervisor of Academic Curriculum and Instruction-Wm. Davies Career and Technical High School-8/16-11/20.... Read more about Nicole Lyons
As VP Strategic Impact for Koru Strategy Group, Dr. Marroquin leads and facilitates impactful professional learning engagements that achieve a shared vision for success. He recently earned a doctor of education leadership at HGSE and has extensive experience facilitating professional learning for school...

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Carletta Marrow is an Instructional Director (ID) in the Prince George's County Public School System. In this position, Dr. Marrow serves as a principal supervisor, coach and supporter. As an Instructional Director, it her role to build the capacity of the 12 principal's she serves on the K-12 level instructionally as well as enhance their leadership behaviors to impact the instructional core.... Read more about Carletta Marrow
Dr. Melissa Glee McGuire is currently an Associate Superintendent in Prince George's County Public Schools. She is responsible for 70 early childhood centers, elementary, middle, and high schools. Under her leadership she supervises 5 Instructional Directors (Principal Supervisors), performance specialist, athletics departments and special projects office.... Read more about Melissa McGuire
As a first generation college student from an immigrant family residing in the low income community of South El Monte, Jesús Mendoza defied the odds of young Chicanos accessing and graduating from a 4 year institution. He earned a Bachelor of Science...

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Lindsay is a Senior Research Analyst at the Office of Renewal Schools, New York City Department of Education. During the 2016-17 school year, she managed an initiative that brought the Data Wise Improvement Process into 21 struggling New York City schools through supportive coaching visits and targeted professional development sessions and there are plans to expand the program for the 2017-18 school year.... Read more about Lindsay Messina
Marina is the principal of a small rural school in the Western District of Victoria - Koroit and District Primary School. Marina is passionate about school improvement and her focus is on building her capacity in coaching skills to embed the Data Wise process at KDPS and other schools teams embarking on the Data Wise...

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Douglas Miller has been in education for the past 15 years and was a software engineer previous to that. He taught middle and high school math, was a Math Coach at the elementary level, and was a high school administrator. He is currently the Director of Curriculum and...

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My name is PJ Miller. I have worked with teachers and students of the Harrisburg School District for over six year. In that time, I have been a 3rd grade classroom teacher, elementary math interventionist, and elementary instruction coach. I...

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Born in Albania, she immigrated to US in 2000. Elvis started her teaching career in Hartford as a classroom teacher,at Law & Government Academy, Hartford Public School, before taking on a new role 7 years ago as an English Learner(EL) District coach.... Read more about Elvis Minga
Dr. Afie Mirshah-Nayar has worked in the field of education for nearly 20 years. During her professional career her focus has been on the education of high school students. Her professional experiences include both school based and central office based positions.... Read more about Afie Mirshah-Nayar
Sejin Mong is the Head of Strategic Engagements at Panorama Education. Panorama Education is an education technology company that works with schools and districts across the nation to engage student, family, and educator feedback.... Read more about Sejin Mong
Prior to joining the Data Inquiry Facilitator team in Boston Public Schools (BPS), Carlos taught Math and Science for ten years to high school students who were English Language Learners at the Jeremiah E Burke High school in Boston.... Read more about Carlos Monteiro
Andi Morency, founder and now Executive Director of the Honors Academy of Literature, located in downtown Reno, has been passionate about education and the community throughout her career.... Read more about Andi Morency
Newly Hired NTN Chief Schools Officer, starting 7/26/2021. Alexis has extensive administrative leadership and teaching experience in the field of special education. She is currently the Assistant Superintendent for Student Services for Cambridge Public Schools.... Read more about Alexis Morgan
Tim Moriarty is currently a candidate in the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) program at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Over the last two years, Tim has helped facilitate four Programs in Professional Education at HGSE (two of which being Data Wise Institutes), served as a Teaching Fellow in three graduate courses, and engaged in a summer fellowship at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) under the supervision of the Senior Associate Commissioner for Education Options.... Read more about Tim Moriarty
Tanya leads professional staff developers supporting schools in the areas of assistive technology, autism, inclusive practices, MTSS academics and behavior, and secondary transition. She is also the regional Level 2 School Climate Coach and a...

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A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Jose "J.J." Muñoz has worked in the education sector in Arizona, Florida, and Massachusetts. After pursuing his master's degree in School Leadership at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, he led two different schools as a principal in Massachusetts...

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Dr. Newman-Brown has spent 17 years in public education. She began her work in education as a classroom teacher in Prince George's County Public Schools. She has remained in the school district moving through various positions such as an Elementary Education Teacher, Assistant Principal, Resident Principal, and Principal.... Read more about Nikī' Newman-Brown
Carissa Noel is an educational consultant who provides support to school district leaders and educators across Berks County, Pennsylvania. She specializes in facilitating school climate improvement processes as well as providing mentoring support...

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Maren Oberman is clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Education. Oberman's areas of expertise include: anti-oppressive pedagogy; anti-racism in education; cross-racial communication; understanding identity; leadership growth & development, teaching & teacher policy issues; and coaching, mentoring, & instructional leadership.... Read more about Maren Oberman
Aaron Orzech is a School-Based Teacher Leader with the School District of Philadelphia, and previously served the district as a Senior Associate for School Improvement Planning and Evidence-Based Supports. ... Read more about Aaron Orzech
Benjamin DeLanoy Parad was raised in a family of mental health professionals who have worked in the Boston area for three generations. It may be no surprise, then, that he began his career as a teacher and clinical social worker in Boston. He earned his Master of Social Work...

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At the core, Adam believes the most important work to do in service of kids is to co-create systems and structures that unleash the potential of all. Environments of joyful and collaborative ways of being are the fuel this work requires.... Read more about Adam Parrott-Sheffer
Jorge Peña is the Andrew Greeley Endowed Research Fellow at the School of Education and the Director of Faculty Development and Engagement in the Office of the Provost at Loyola University Chicago.... Read more about Jorge Peña
Matt Presser is a doctoral student in educational leadership at Harvard Graduate School of Education, completing his residency at College for America at Southern New Hampshire University. His past work experience has taken him from a classroom in New Haven Public Schools to the Iowa Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education.... Read more about Matt Presser
Sara Quay is Dean of the School of Education at Endicott College and the Director of the Endicott Scholars Honors Program. Dr. Quay received her Ph.D.from Brandeis University, her M.A. from Simmons College, and her B.A.from Boston College. She holds an initial license in English (8-12) from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.... Read more about Sara Quay
Abby Olinger Quint serves as Senior Director of Data and Accountability for the Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut. In her current role, she co-leads the district's strategy for effective data teams.... Read more about Abby Olinger Quint
Growing up as a public school student in the rural South, Keri saw glaring inequities, but also the potential power of public schools to create pathways to upward economic mobility. She has worked in K-12 public schools and teacher education and held leadership roles in an education nonprofit and school district.... Read more about Keri Randolph
Dr. Jennifer Reinhart is currently a School Improvement Facilitator with the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 Statewide Team for PDE. She guides federally designated schools through the cycle of improvement.... Read more about Jennifer Reinhart
Isabella Robertson is the Assistant Principal of English Language Arts, ENL and the Arts at the High school for Health Professions and Human Services in NYC. Previous to joining Health Professions, she was the Assistant Principal of a small CTE high School, the Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce, in East Harlem, NYC.... Read more about Isabella Robertson
With experience as a principal, as well as her assignment as an Arizona Turnaround Coach with the Arizona Department of Education and her overall more than 20 years in education, Mrs. Rodriguez has had numerous opportunities to develop the caliber of leadership skills that will contribute strongly to her success in meeting the objectives of leadership positions.... Read more about Berenice Rodriguez
A results-oriented executive with a strong background serving at all levels in social services, Jocelyn Rodriguez is recognized for a keen ability to effectively translate complex systems into tangible concepts and action plans.... Read more about Jocelyn Rodriguez
Robert Rosenheim currently serves as the Data and Assessment Supervisor for the Kingsway Regional and South Harrison Township School Districts. He oversees elementary instruction and curriculum, is responsible for state and district testing programs, and coaches district stakeholders in their analysis and interpretation of data in order to improve school and student performance.... Read more about Robert Rosenheim
Since 2007, Jennifer has served as an Educational Specialist and PVAAS Statewide Team member with Lancaster-Lebanon IU13 whose role is to provide professional learning, resource development, and technical assistance for the statewide...

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Christine Rumley is a classroom teacher with the Department of Education in Tasmania, Australia. She is currently teaching Grade 3/4 at Kingston Primary School.... Read more about Christine Rumley
Kamilah Ruddock currently works as a District Mathematics Coach in the Hartford Public School district supporting Kindergarten through fifth grade teachers.... Read more about Kamilah Ruddock
Dr. Nina M. Sacco is an Assistant Superintendent with the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education. In her twenty-three years with the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education she has taught high school English, worked as a literacy coach, assistant principal, high school principal, and as an elementary school principal. ...

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Leah Sadykov currently works as a School Improvement Coach in Queens, NY within the NYC Department of Education. Prior to that, Sadykov worked within the NYCDOE's Office of Renewal Schools as Instructional Coach and Inquiry Lead. Sadykov began her...

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Elizabeth Saunders is an Improvement Specialist in Prince George's County Public Schools' Office of Continuous Systemic Improvement. An essential role in this position is to facilitate the implementation of the Data Wise Improvement Process. She is also a facilitator for Central Office School Support Network meetings, a structure for bringing school personnel and central office supports together to engage in learning and thinking about the best way to galvanize central office support for impacted schools.... Read more about Elizabeth Saunders
ChristinaScarlatos is a Senior Inquiry Facilitator for the Boston Public Schools. In this role,Christina works directly with school and teacher leaders to build the capacity of teacher teams across the district to improve their practice and accelerate student learning through the implementation of data-driven cycles of inquiry using the Data Wise Improvement Process.... Read more about Christina Scarlatos
Jessica Schenck is the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning at Othello School District where she works to support building principals and teachers to ensure all students have the opportunity to learn and grow into their...

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Michele is a National Leadership Facilitator for the New York City Leadership Academy. In this role, she works with school, district and state leaders to explore issues of inequity in schools. She served as the Chief of Schools for Boston Public Schools and the Sr. Director of Administrator Development for Los Angeles Unified School District.... Read more about Michele Shannon
Ebony Love Shields received her undergraduate degree in 1997 from South Carolina State University where she graduated with honors as an Early Childhood Education Major. Upon graduation she began her career with Prince George's County Public School System, where she has taught grades ranging from pre-kindergarten to fourth grade.... Read more about Ebony Cross Shields
Dr. Liz Shotwell serves as a Regional Lead: K-12 LEA/School Continuous Improvement with the statewide system for school improvement. In this role, she supports schools and districts with designated for comprehensive support and improvement.... Read more about Liz Shotwell
Anthony currently serves as a Systemic Improvement Specialist in the Office of Continuous Systemic Improvement in Prince George's County Public Schools where he coaches school leaders and central office administrators throughout the district to implement the Data Wise Improvement Process as a means of facilitating data-driven, strategic improvement processes.... Read more about Anthony Sims
Katie Skalka began her career in education as an outdoor educator focusing on science, natural history, and team development. As an outdoor educator Katie worked with a variety of student populations and age ranges, specializing in students with disabilities and struggling teens.... Read more about Katie Skalka
Portia Slaughter became the the new principal of Rowland Academy on February 1, 2021. Mrs. Slaughter is an outstanding educator with more than twenty years of experience in the field of education.... Read more about Portia M. Slaughter
Matt L. Smith is a second-year doctoral student in education leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He gained a love of education, inquiry, and embracing curiosity at a young age, inspired by the teachings and back yard experiments of his grandfather, a high school Physics teacher.... Read more about Matt Smith
Marisa Sorbaro started in the New York City School System 20 years ago as an elementary school teacher. Currently she is an Assistant Principal at P.S. 85 in the Bronx serving over 1,000 students grades Pre-K-5. Marisa is passionate about working with teachers to collaboratively develop curriculum that meets the needs of diverse learners with an emphasis on integrating 21st Century skills.... Read more about Marisa Sorbaro
Todd Stewart is currently a student in the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He also serves as an Instructor of Education and is the Coordinator of Field Placements in the Teacher Education Program at HGSE.... Read more about Todd Stewart
Erin Sudduth is a Data Inquiry Facilitator for Boston Public Schools. In this role, Erin coaches school teams through the Data Wise Inquiry Process to improve teacher practice and student learning outcomes. She provides direct support to principals, school leaders and team facilitators across the district to build sustainable structures and practices related to data use and implementation of inquiry cycles.... Read more about Erin Sudduth
Ava Tasker-Mitchell is an Instructional Director/Assistant Superintendent of Schools in the Prince George's County Public School System. In this position, she coaches and supervises a cluster of fourteen schools.... Read more about Ava Tasker-Mitchell
Committed to "creating opportunities for young people to thrive," Charisse has dedicated her life to supporting equity and excellence in education for young people from marginalized communities.... Read more about Charisse Taylor
Justin Taylor currently serves as the Assistant Principal of the Freshman Academy at Hartford Public High School. He began his career in education at Bulkeley High School in Hartford, CT in 2009. After nine years of teaching at Bulkeley, he transitioned to a position in Hartford's central office, where he led efforts to build teacher and administrator capacity for student-centered learning through professional development and job-embedded instructional coaching.... Read more about Justin Taylor
Leslie Torres-Rodriguez is the Superintendent of Hartford Public Schools in CT, an urban system serving 21,000 students. A proud graduate of the school system she is now privileged to lead, Superintendent Torres-Rodriguez's leadership commitment prioritizes a culture of continuous...

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Dr. Michael Vea is a Strategy and Instructional Support Officer at the San Diego Unified School District, co-leading the design of California's first-of-its-kind prenatal-to-12th grade public Montessori School in San Diego's Logan Heights community...

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Lilliana Vendra is the newly appointed Assistant Principal of Mathematics and the Supervisor of the Math & Science Institute at New Dorp High School in Staten Island, NY. ... Read more about Lilliana Vendra
Mark Walker is currently the Director of Learning Inquiries Pty Ltd a company dedicated to supporting school leaders, school teams and systems to use data wisely in their work to improve the education and life opportunities of all young people. He is also a casual academic at Deakin University in Victoria.... Read more about Mark Walker
Robert Wessman, Ed.L.D. is Founder and CEO of Koru Strategy Group, a mission-driven company that helps education systems around the world implement research-driven practices with three outcomes in mind: better schools for students, higher professional satisfaction for educators, and greater public value for communities.... Read more about Rob Wessman
April is a Director of School Support for the Achievement Network, working in partnership with two large school districts in western Massachusetts. In this role, she coaches school leaders in instructional leadership with a focus on data-driven decision-making and equity.... Read more about April West
Michele White began her career in education with the Rochester City School District in September 2001. After 11 years at the building level, Michele transitioned to the District's Central Office to support the implementation of Race to the Top in the Rochester City Schools.... Read more about Michele White
Carmen Williams, Ed.L.D.,currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent of Instruction and Innovation in a Massachusetts public school district. Leading with her core values of empathy, equity, and community, Carmen has supported schools and districts nationally and internationally in developing...

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Jamaal Williams is a former high school principal and current student in the Doctor of Education Leadership program at HGSE. Jamaal began his career as a high school education specialist before transitioning into his role as the district AVID coordinator and AVID college preparatory teacher at his local high school.... Read more about Jamaal Williams
Maxwell Yurkofsky is an assistant professor in the Doctor of Education Program at Radford University. He obtained his Ed.D. in Educational Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2020.... Read more about Max Yurkofsky
20 years experience supporting leaders and entrepreneurs. During her 9 years in the mass media industry, she created the Education and Knowledge Transfer Division in Colombia's largest political magazine. She was Presidential Advisor in Colombia and 5 years ago was invited to join the Inter-American Development Bank as advisor to the Chief of the Education Division in Washington, DC.... Read more about Lina Zuluaga