PATHWAYS ALLIANCE
WORKING GROUPS
Pathways Alliance working groups convene to discuss pressing topics related to effective and affordable education preparation programs and pathways. Our working groups provide guidelines to help states and school districts establish high-quality registered teacher apprenticeship programs and teacher residencies. Learn more about our working groups and how our work aligns with the Biden Administration's efforts to strengthen the teaching profession and help schools fill vacancies.
Apprenticeships Working Group
New avenues for apprenticeships have emerged this year with the Federal Department of Labor. They offer one way to address labor shortages: providing paid opportunities to prepare aspiring teachers for work in the education field. This working group will relate national guidelines and criteria to help others with apprenticeship groundwork. If you are interested in joining the Apprenticeships Working Group, complete the interest form below.
Working Group Members
Jacqueline Rodriguez
Vice President of Research,
Policy, & Advocacy
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Mike Rose
Senior Director of Federal Relations and Policy
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Patrick Steck
Senior Director of Policy
Deans for Impact
David Donaldson
Managing Partner
National Center for Grow Your Own
Deans for Impact
Karen DeMoss
Executive Director
Prepared to Teach
Bank Street College of Education
Zachary Paull,
Project & Systems Manager
Prepared to Teach
Bank Street College of Education
Colleen McDonald
Director of the Classroom Academy
TEACHMEducation
Marla Ucelli-Kashyap
Senior Director, Educational issues
American Federation of Teachers
Dyan Smiley
Associate Director, Educational Issues
American Federation of Teachers
Tara Kini
Chief of Staff and Director of State Policy Learning Policy Institute
Nancy Jaeger
Director, Residency in
Teacher Education &
Educator Licensing
CESA 6
Cortney Rowland
Director of State and Federal Policy
National Center for Teacher Residencies
Jay Midwood
Director of Partnerships
Substantial Classrooms
Sabrina Baptiste
Program Operations Director
InnovateEDU
Andrea Prejean
Teacher Quality Director
NEA
Ronald Painter
President and CEO
National Association of
Workforce Boards
Teacher Residency Working Group Members
The teacher residency working group was co-constructed by a collaborative working group of Pathways Alliance members with expertise in residency development, support, and research. To inform and revise this definition, the working group sought input from other Pathways Alliance members and over 40 external groups and leaders — including districts, preparation programs, state education departments, and national professional and advocacy groups.
In August 2022, the group published "Towards a National Definition of Teacher Residencies," a report intended to support local partnership discussions about residency design and improvements and to provide state, regional, and federal leaders with a condensed yet thorough definition to guide policies that can support high-quality residencies to attract, prepare, and retain a robust and diverse teaching workforce.
Working Group Members
Karen DeMoss
Executive Director
Prepared to Teach
Bank Street College of Education
Zachary Paull,
Project & Systems Manager
Prepared to Teach
Bank Street College of Education
Jill Harvieux Pitner
Chief Growth Officer
National Center for Teacher Residencies
Cortney Rowland
Director of State and Federal Policy
National Center for Teacher Residencies
Sabrina Baptiste
Program Operations Director
InnovateEDU
Kate Cochran
Chief of Staff
InnovateEDU
Adam Carter
Executive Director of
Marshall Street Initiatives
Summit Public Schools
Maria Hyler, Director
Education Preparation Laboratory
Mónica Ibáñez
Education Specialist
Innovation Center 4 Educator Preparation
Tara Kini
Chief of Staff and Director of State Policy Learning Policy Institute
Pam Lamcke
Executive Director of Marshall Teacher Residency
Summit Public Schools
Jacqueline Rodriguez
Vice President of Research,
Policy, & Advocacy
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Amanda Winkelsas
Director, UB Teacher Residency Program University at Buffalo, SUNY