August 6, 2024 — The National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR), a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing, launching, supporting, and accelerating the impact of teacher residency programs, has elected two new members to its Board of Directors.
The newest members to the NCTR Board are Annamarie Francois, Ed.D., associate dean of public engagement and faculty director of the Ed&IS Transformative Coaching and Leadership Program at UCLA’s School of Education and Information Studies; and Phil Nguyen, founder and managing partner of EdChiefs, a strategic consulting firm.
The new members bring a vast range of experiences and perspectives to the board that will contribute to NCTR’s progress and growth in supporting teacher residency programs to recruit, prepare, and retain teacher residents toward becoming teachers of record.
“We are excited to welcome Phil and Annamarie to our Board to help guide the strategic direction forward for NCTR,” said NCTR Board of Directors Chair Laura Weeldryer. “Their contributions will be invaluable toward supporting our teacher residency programs and fulfilling our mission of creating equitable pathways for aspiring educators looking to enter and thrive in the teaching field.”
“Individually, each member brings their own unique talents and experience,” said NCTR CEO Kathlene H. Campbell, Ph.D. “Yet together, they share a passion for supporting educators and advocating for equitable pathways and practices in education—aligning to NCTR’s mission. We look forward to our collaboration with the new board members to advance the teacher residency movement.”
Annamarie Francois, Ed.D., is an esteemed teacher, teacher educator and organizational leader with 35+ years of teaching, leadership and administrative experience in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the charter school community, and UCLA’s Department of Education. Dr. Francois has led several education innovations, including co-founding the Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, the first grassroots charter school in California; establishing three innovative, community-based urban teacher residency programs focused on STEM and computer science; and co-visioning the creation of UCLA Community School at RFK and then Mann UCLA Community School in South L.A. Dr. Francois has also served UCLA Center X in a variety of roles over her 23-year tenure. In 2021, she published a co-edited book titled “Preparing Social Justice Educators” that explores Center X’s work to transform public schooling to create a more just, equitable, and humane society.
Dr. Francois currently provides thought partnership and service to a range of agencies and
organizations seeking to meet the needs of California’s increasingly diverse student body
and educator workforce.
Phil Nguyen is the founder and managing partner of EdChiefs, a strategic consulting firm deeply committed to building sustainable cross-generational impact for entrepreneurs of color across the education ecosystem. Through this work, Nguyen has supported over 40 early-stage nonprofit organizations, education technology companies, foundations, and social impact enterprises to accelerate their impact through growth systems design, sales/partnership infrastructure building, hybrid-revenue diversification, new partner acquisition, and equity-centered go-to-market strategies. Nguyen has been recognized on a national level by Forbes, Harvard University, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools, and the American Consortium for Equity in Education.
Nguyen is a former educator, school and district administrator, edtech executive, and social entrepreneur. Nguyen currently serves as a Board Member (Treasurer) for the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, LGBTQIA Institute, and is a proud first-generation college student graduating with his Bachelor of Science from Washington State University, Master of Science in Education from Johns Hopkins University, and Master of Education in School Leadership and Development from Harvard University.
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About NCTR
The National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing, launching, supporting, and accelerating the impact of teacher residency programs. Headquartered in Chicago, NCTR’s mission is to disrupt historical educational inequities by advancing the teacher residency movement to prepare effective, diverse, and culturally responsive educators. For more information about NCTR, visit https://nctresidencies.org/.
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