Sophie Teitelbaum - Facilitator

Sophie is excited by the opportunity to re-envision our education system, to think big and be radical in our approach. She is passionate about designing equitable, antiracist systems that meet the needs of all learners, while also meeting educators where they are. She believes collaboration in decision making is essential and also a learned skill. Sophie has served as the leader of professional learning communities and as the chair of Student Success Teams. She has coached teachers, mentored student teachers, and facilitated professional learning focused on pedagogy, long-term planning and curriculum development, using data to inform decision-making and instruction, literacy across the content areas, and antiracist practices in classrooms and larger school systems. She has led collaborative efforts to design (and re-design) school-wide systems and practices to better support student academic, social emotional, and mental health needs. 

Sophie earned a BA in Sociology from UC Berkeley in 2011 and a MA in Teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education, where she graduated with distinction in 2016 while teaching full time. Her MAT focuses on secondary English and adolescent literacy development. Sophie was selected into the class of 2021 Emerging Leaders fellowship through ASCD.

Sophie began teaching high school English in New Orleans in 2011. In 2018, Sophie founded a highschool as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction. When the pandemic raged in the summer of 2020, Sophie decided to return to the classroom - she knew that if she was going to support students, families, and teachers in the long term, she needed to have first hand experience teaching during the pandemic. In 2021, Sophie moved to California, back to her roots, where she continues to teach.