K-12 Education Resources

As a Partner at Education Elements, she teams with district leaders to help advance more innovative and responsive educational models for their schools. Previously, Kristen helped scale personalized learning in Chicagoland schools at LEAP Innovations and worked as a teacher, coach and district leader in San Francisco Unified School District. In her role in the Superintendent’s Office in San Francisco, Kristen oversaw $30M in philanthropic funding to design and launch a districtwide Vision, Vision 2025. This included the oversight of a multiyear partnership with Salesforce.org and other funders, the development of SFUSD’s innovation strategy (iLab), the rollout of a K-12 Computer Science scope and sequence, and a blueprint for digital learning. She holds a Masters degree from Stanford and Bachelors from Duke and is constantly exploring, adventuring and questioning the status quo.

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