Lauren Hill, NBCT - Program Director: Lauren is an English teacher at Leestown Middle School in Lexington, KY. She's taught high school and in a correctional setting, served as a middle school instructional coach, and worked as the Teacher Leadership Coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Education. She also coaches teachers to become virtual community organizers for the Center for Teaching Quality. A graduate of Barnard College and Vanderbilt University, she publishes the blog, Mirror, Mirror: Real Reflections on Teaching.
Carly Baldwin, NBCT - Coach:  
Carly is an Effectiveness Coach for KDE working with Instructional Transformation districts. Formerly, Carly has taught high school Chemistry, and focused on activities as a teacher leader. She was a KY Hope Street Fellow and a CTEPS alumni. She has published articles describing her teacher leadership journey in Kentucky Teacher. Carly is a 2015 PAEMST winner.
Noah Klein - Coach:  Noah began teaching in 2009 with the Jefferson County Public Schools district as a high school English teacher. Noah also coached soccer and rugby.  He has transitioned to an Instructional Coach role in JCPS. Noah earned his B.S. in Secondary Language Arts Education at Miami University of Ohio and his M.Ed at Western Governors University in Instructional Design, Learning, and Technology. Noah is a 2017 CTEPS alum, a Center for Teaching Quality Storytelling Ambassador, and a member of JCPSForward. Noah also publishes his own blog entitled Identity in Education.
Meka Wilhoit Barry - Coach: Meka teaches K-3rd grade and serves as a demonstration teacher for Frankfort Independent schools in Frankfort, Kentucky.  She also serves as an America Achieves & SCORE Fellow and LearnZillion, D2D Consultant.  She advocates for early childhood education and is a 2016-17 CTEPS Graduate. Read her recent work in the Hechinger Report.
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Brian McDowell, NBCT - Coach:
Brian is a STEM and Project Lead the Way teacher for Mason County Middle School.  He has received the KSTA Middle School Teacher of the Year, NSTA Inquiry Based Teaching Award, Presidential Award Finalist, and has been awarded over $70,000 in grants over the past 8 years. This is his third year as a CTEPS coach and is a 2015 alum.

Program Advisors

Sophie Hill, Webmaster
Brian McDowell, Mason County Schools
Melissa Shearon, Kentucky Department of Education
Shannon Brickler, Grant County Public Schools
Amy Woolum, Bell County Public Schools ​​
Gemma Wafzig, Jefferson County Public Schools
Brett Criswell, University of Kentucky
Paul Barnwell, Center for Teaching Quality
Angela Gunter, Green River Regional Educational Cooperative
MeMe Ratliff, Jefferson County Public Schools
Brad Clark, Hope Street Group
Matthew Courtney, Bluegrass Center for Teacher Quality
Katrina Boone, Collaborative for Student Success
Department of Education, Kentucky State University

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