PROGRAM SPECIALIST
The DLC is seeking an exceptional Program Specialist who is excited to share in our mission of dramatically improving educational opportunities for diverse learners. As a program specialist, you’ll lead efforts to improve accessibility for diverse learners in partnership with schools and education-focused organizations throughout the Nashville area. You will work with school teams to understand context, identify challenges to learner accessibility, recommend possible solutions, and support implementation of improved practices. You will collaborate with site-based teachers and leaders, as well as the DLC team to ensure inclusive practices are being implemented with high fidelity and excellence.
As a project manager, Laura works with DLC partners nationwide to support system-level special education program development, implementation, and evaluation. She strives to dismantle the structural and belief-based silos often built around diverse learners and educators. Prior to her work at DLC, Laura was a founding team member of a charter high school in Nashville, TN, also serving on the school’s leadership team as an assistant principal and supporting a team of special educators, EL teachers, interventionists, and counselors. She earned her M.Ed. in high-incidence special education from Vanderbilt University while supporting school-based math intervention research and supervising pre-service teachers.
Cristina promotes the extension of the DLC’s mission through strategic planning, meaningful outreach, and tracking toward shared goals. She also supports the DLC’s development goals through working closely with the team and board. Cristina has worked in education in a variety of roles, including as a high school Spanish teacher and family engagement specialist.
PROGRAM SPECIALIST
The DLC is seeking an exceptional Program Specialist who is excited to share in our mission of dramatically improving educational opportunities for diverse learners. As a program specialist, you’ll lead efforts to improve accessibility for diverse learners in partnership with schools and education-focused organizations throughout the Nashville area. You will work with school teams to understand context, identify challenges to learner accessibility, recommend possible solutions, and support implementation of improved practices. You will collaborate with site-based teachers and leaders, as well as the DLC team to ensure inclusive practices are being implemented with high fidelity and excellence.
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