Marisa Bier Email & Phone Number

Visionary team-oriented leader with over 20 years of expertise building highly collaborative partnerships, leading innovative education initiatives, and overseeing multi-faceted program management. Highly skilled in:Partnership Building:- Advanced efforts to influence state legislation and increase funding for teacher racial diversity and retention through coalition and partnership building with state education leaders. - Impacted the education equity movement locally and nationally by building partnerships across the sector including school districts, higher education, state agencies, policy experts and non-profits. Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:- Significantly increased teacher diversity in Seattle Public Schools by building a program from the ground up focused on recruiting, preparing, and retaining teachers of color; impacting more than 500 new and experienced teachers who have participated in the program. - Built programs and policies for leading teacher development that support communities of color; Developed skills, analysis, and a suite of tools to accelerate racial equity and social justice in programs and organizations.Mentoring, Coaching, and Team Leadership:- Developed effective, high-performing teams and individuals who have grown professionally through identifying and amplifying individual strengths and leadership abilities, and established collaborative and strategic work environments.- Coached and supported dozens of new and experienced educators every year by developing and facilitating high quality learning and development programs.

Listed skills include Teaching, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Teacher Training, and 14 others.