About Us

    Our Story

    US PREP was founded in 2015 with six university-school partners cohering to a high-quality model of preparation. Rooted in US PREP’s coalition-driven developmental framework, educator preparation programs in the coalition commit to ensuring all candidates, across all pathways, have access to a yearlong clinical experience, practice-based coursework, trained and effective teacher educators that leverage timely and meaningful data, and a teacher preparation program that puts PK-12 partnerships at the core of its decisions and improvements. The ultimate goal of the US PREP Coalition is to positively impact K-12 students by building teacher candidate content knowledge and competency to meet ALL students where they are and advance their learning by giving them what they need — especially focused on students who have been historically underserved and underrepresented.

    "Never before had programs strived to implement a similar teacher preparation 

    partnership model with a target of district partners that served dominantly children of 

    color living in poverty. If we were to make a difference, it would have to be 

    collectively. What kept my heart pumping was the idea that a group of university 

    school partnerships could make an impact on the quality teachers teaching the 

    highest needs students.”


    Dr. Scott Ridley, US PREP Founder and former Dean at Texas Tech College of Education

    In 2017, two new partners were added, spanning across Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. In 2019, the coalition invited eight new partners across the states of California and Texas. The US PREP coalition continues to grow, supporting educator talent pipelines for hundreds of school districts in the U.S. Collectively, the coalition prepares over 1 in every 20 new teachers each year.

    Our Team

    Andrew

    Bonaparte

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Nicole

    Aveni

    Senior Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Lynda

    Scott

    Senior Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Malissa Chavez-Thibault

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Dedra Lee
    Collins

    Senior Director of Content

    Development & Programming

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    Jaclyn

    McCormick

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Laura

    Brulé

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Gary
    Frazier

    Programmer & Data Analyst

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    Ashley

    Harris

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    JoAnna
    Duncan

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Liz

    Lindsey

    Business Manager

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    Craig
    Morton

    Senior Director of Data &

    Continuous Improvement

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    Stephanie

    Boyce

    Regional Strategic Staffing Specialist

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    Stephanie
    Lund

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Trenice West-

    Raymond 

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Sarah
    Beal

    Executive Director

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    Jen

    Stack-Driver

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Khiandra

    Woods

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Josephine

    Juarez

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Crystal
    Floyd

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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    Yusra
    Millenbaugh

    Regional Transformation Specialist

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