Krista Morales
Network Engagement & Learning Manager
Krista Morales (she/her) joins RPPL as its inaugural Network Engagement & Learning Manager. In this position, Krista will help bring people together to improve teacher PL, digging into the weeds of research design and problem-solving to help PL organizations better design their work for learning. Krista’s career in education began as an undergraduate interning for Education Secretary John King and the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Education. She then taught 7th and 9th grade ELA in Fall River, MA, and continued teaching high school English in the South Bronx.
She holds a B.A. in Political Science and History from Loyola Marymount University; an Ed.M in Teaching and Curriculum from Boston University; and an M.A. in Education Policy and Social Analysis from Columbia’s Teachers College.
We can give teachers the most rigorous, research-based curriculum and lessons, but if the buy-in isn’t there, it’s not going to work. That’s why RPPL’s work is so important. We’re thinking about how we can leverage teacher collaboration, targeted coaching, and relationship-centered PL to build teacher investment.
KRISTA MORALES
Network Engagement & Learning Manager