Rachel Williams
Rachel joins Transcend as a School Design Partner on the Whole Child Model Team, supporting Demonstration Site Schools as they continue their work to center student wellbeing. Prior to joining Transcend, Rachel served in D.C. Public Schools as a Teach for America Corps Member and teacher, Instructional Coach for Literacy and Intervention, and most recently as the Assistant Principal at Van Ness Elementary School. Rachel is passionate about joyful and identity affirming literacy instruction and creating classroom environments where students experience authentic connection to their learning and to each other.
Rachel received her B.A. in Anthropology and Women’s and Gender Studies from Amherst College and her M.Ed. from George Mason University.
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