Susan is a WestEd School and District Improvement Facilitator with broad expertise in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. In recent years she has led work in several states supporting implementation of WestEd’s Four Domains of Rapid School Improvement, specifically in the domains of Turnaround Leadership and Instructional Transformation. Through intensive coaching for both teachers and leaders, instructional support at the structural and classroom levels, facilitated data analysis, and strategic planning, she and her team foster markedly improved outcomes for students. During her tenure as the state ELA Coordinator for Georgia’s Common Core implementation she developed the Common Core Professional Learning Master Plan for the state and built capacity for robust professional learning communities in hundreds of sites. She has worked as a consultant with College Board both as a content developer and trainer and with Pearson, SBAC and PARCC in assessment item development and review. She holds National Board Teacher Certification, Master Teacher Designation, post-graduate certification as a K-12 Reading Specialist and an Academic Coaching credential. She earned her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Georgia and her M.Ed. from Georgia State University.