Rachel completed her Instructional Leadership Graduate Certificate with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2022. Rachel has taught or led literacy for every grade K-12, working predominately in schools but also in a nonprofit organization for alternative teacher certification and at the Tennessee Department of Education. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English from UT Knoxville and a Master of Education from Vanderbilt University.

“The UTK Online Leadership Program was a flexible way to continue developing as an instructional leader and building administrator.  The professors’ wealth of experience leading in K-12 educational settings enabled them to tailor the coursework to real world scenarios that unfold in the complex technical and adaptive work of school leadership.”