Office of School Improvement
Office School Improvement
Staff
SREB’s Office of School Improvement has spent decades investigating what works to build and sustain lasting capacity for change in schools nationwide.
Our staff have deep expertise as classroom teachers, school, district and state education leaders, research and evaluation specialists, and policy analysts.
James Stone
Director, National Research Center for Career and Technical Education
James (Jim) R. Stone III joined the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education at the Southern Regional Education Board in 2014 as director. In this capacity, he has worked with project-based learning, Teaching to Lead, and other career and technical education initiatives. Prior to SREB, Jim held faculty positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Minnesota and most recently as a distinguished scholar at the University of Louisville.
Marty Sugerik
School Improvement Instructional Coach
Marty Sugerik joined SREB’s school improvement team in 2011, bringing more than 15 years of experience in the public education sector. As an instructional coach for state and district partnerships, he facilitates training, differentiated coaching and high-quality professional development for teachers, support personnel and school and district leaders.
Joseph Tadlock
Senior Research Associate
Joseph Tadlock joined the Southern Regional Education Board in January 2017 as senior research associate. Prior to SREB, he worked for the South Carolina Department of Education, and as a special education teacher. He has experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, as well as conducting experimental, quasi experimental and correlational research designs.
Sandy Walls-Culotta
Senior School Improvement Leadership Coach
Sandy Culotta is a senior school improvement leadership coach. She joined the Southern Regional Education Board in 2010 as a school improvement consultant. She brings more than 40 years of experience working on issues of education policy and practice in the public education sector. Sandy has provided consultant services to schools and districts in Florida, Georgia, Ohio, and New Jersey in the redesign of high schools based on the High Schools That Work’s (HSTW) framework. She previously served as the manager of project-based learning in career pathway courses.
Scott Warren
Division Director, Making Schools Work
Scott Warren is the division director for Making Schools Work. He joined the Southern Regional Education Board in 2000 to lead efforts with challenged schools as they implemented SREB’s High Schools That Work for comprehensive school reform. In that role, he directed state initiatives for High Schools That Work /Making Middle Grades Work with a team of leadership and content coaches who support school redesign. Scott has led over 500 school, district, state and national workshops in: creating effective counseling programs, leading quality instruction, redesigning the ninth grade, creating career-themed academies, and raising the rigor of classroom assessments and assignments. He has also contributed in the development of multiple SREB leadership modules.
Katie Wester-Neal
Analyst II
Katie Wester-Neal joined SREB’s School Improvement research team as an analyst II in 2022, bringing more than a decade of teaching and research experience in K-12 and higher education. She has worked as an elementary and middle grades teacher, professor, and educational consultant. Katie earned her bachelor’s degree and doctorate from the University of Georgia and holds a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Originally from Louisiana, she lives with her family in Atlanta.
Gary Wrinkle
Director, State and District Partnerships
Gary Wrinkle is the director of state and district partnerships for school improvement. His role includes building the network of schools in Texas that utilize the HSTW School Improvement framework as well as direct consulting with school leadership and teachers to support their needs.
Aimee Wyatt
Director, State and District Partnerships
Aimee Wyatt is the Director of State and District Partnerships for school improvement, working in Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. She joined SREB in 2017 as a career academy leadership consultant, bringing more than 25 years of experience in education. She was a middle and high school Spanish teacher, geography teacher, assistant principal, and executive principal. Prior to SREB, she was the executive officer for high schools for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.
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