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EL Education Landing Page

Welcome Boston Public Schools District!

Our mission is to create classrooms where teachers can fulfill their highest aspirations, and students achieve more than they think possible, becoming active contributors to building a better world.

This website will be the landing page to access all information and resources related to your EL Education professional learning experience. Use the navigation menu to learn more about digital and physical materials, the professional learning session schedule, and other helpful resources. To learn more about the EL Education K-8 ELA Curriculum, listen to a high-level overview podcast, The Fundamentals, or click on the video below to hear from our most cherished stakeholder group: students!

Meet Your Implementation Leaders

Christine Cronin

Executive Director of Professional Learning, BPS

Sharnei Young

ELA Program Director, BPS

Provide support to school-based teams for curriculum adoption and implementation (Regions 2 & 4)

Over 10 years of supporting Literacy and Language Acquisition in BPS

ESL Teacher and Program Coordinator for Secondary Grades.

Stacie Withington

ELA Program Director, BPS

Provide support to school-based teams for curriculum adoption and implementation (Regions 5 &6)

30 years of teaching, coaching, and supporting Literacy and Language Acquisition in BPS.

MiaAriela Allen, EdD

Director, District Partnerships, EL Education (she/her/hers)

From Denver, Colorado. MiaAriela supports the BPS Crew through monthly professional learning opportunities and the BPS Reading Guides. Before joining the Crew at EL Education, MiaAriela was a K-12 bilingual special educator and district leader working to support programmatic structures and create equitable learning opportunities for MLLs.

Katie Smith

Associate Director, District Partnerships, EL Education (she/her/hers)

She lives in Glenwood Springs, CO, and has been a School Coach with EL Education since 2015. Prior to her work at EL, she was a bilingual Kindergarten and Special Education teacher and then a coach in Chicago Public Schools. Since working at EL, Katie has worked with individual schools and districts implementing the EL Core Practices and the EL ELA curriculum in Colorado and across the country. Outside of work, Katie is most likely with her family or outside adventuring with her husband and her dog, Isla.

Corey Vanhuystee

Director, Custom Curriculum Solutions (he/him/his)

Erin McKula

Coach, District Partnerships, EL Education (she/her/hers)

Supports BPS and DMPS

Passionate about the Science of Reading, specifically for Middle School readers.

Rachel Stephens

Coach, District Partnerships, EL Education (she/her/hers)

Supports BPS and DMPS

Resides in Canton, Michigan (Metro Detroit area). Rachel has been in education for the past 20 years as a classroom teacher and an instructional coach. She had the privilege of utilizing EL Education’s curriculum as a teacher and an instructional coach in her district over the last five years.

"Schools don't have to choose between high levels of mastery of knowledge and skills and students full of joy in learning who are becoming great human beings and contributing actively to the betterment of their communities."

-Scott Hartl, EL Education President/CEO

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