As Associate Vice President of Programs, Rachel Scott helps to lead the development of products and services and the organizational processes that advance The Leadership Academy’s work with education leaders from concept to delivery. She also plays a central role in creating tools and resources for client engagements and equips staff with the training needed to use them effectively with education leaders. Rachel also partners with school and system leaders to facilitate professional learning and has worked with leaders in more than a dozen states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Oregon.
She joined The Leadership Academy in 2014 as Senior Director of Learning Systems, bringing deep expertise in online professional learning and leading the organization’s development of blended learning strategies for school and system leaders. She’s helped to design blended services to support both sitting and aspiring leaders, and helped to develop complex, multi-year, systemwide engagements that have strengthened leadership capacity and introduced scalable instructional practices.
With more than 20 years of experience designing and facilitating professional learning for educators, Rachel’s previous roles include working at school districts, universities, and education nonprofits to support growth and transformation at every level of the system. She’s also authored works for several publications highlighting the benefits of technology to support learning.
Rachel is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. She also holds a certification in teaching English as a second language. She is based in New York City.
