Building a First-Rate Teacher Workforce
Especially in High Poverty Schools
Presentation
Megan Boren, Program Manager, SREB
Amanda Merritt, Division Director, Development
and Innovation, SREB
Guest panelists:
Rebecka Peterson, 2023 National Teacher of the
Year, Oklahoma
Taniece Thompson-Smith, 2024 Texas Teacher of
the Year, Stafford Elementary School
Alejandro Diasgranados, 2021 District of
Columbia Teacher of the Year, Whitlock Elementary School
Leron McAdoo, Teacher, Little Rock Central High
School and Arkansas TeachPlus Policy Fellow