Tabitha Pacheco Email & Phone Number

United States

• Overview: Lead on the education side to work with educational public policy by developing teachers in their leadership skills in 8 states, and currently work locally in Utah.• Data & Research: Managed 3 state-wide data collection cycles, with over 17K survey participants, 500 focus group attendees, feedback, surveys, and social media presence. Analyzed data to present reports to states which led to the implementation of 3 new policies and procedures.• Leadership: Led a team of 44 teachers on part-time basis to implement newly developed educational strategies.• Communications: Created guidebooks for all Utah state district schools to implement new policies and procedures, and developed press releases, and fostered trusting relationships with reporters.• Fundraising Projects: Fundraised over $500K to sustain the Utah program after national funding ended.• Leadership: Support 44 Utah Teacher Fellows from 13 school districts to shape school, district, and state policy design and implementation strategies to improve teaching and learning conditions for Utah students. • Conventions & Events: Designed and facilitated multiple in-person and virtual discussions, convenings, and other events that provided Teacher Fellows with opportunities to share feedback directly with state policymakers and develop leadership skills, influence, and measurable impact. • Mentoring Teachers: Provide mentoring and professional development in many capacities for 100s of teachers on leadership competencies through storytelling and engaging others through social media, building relational trust with peers, gathering data, and developing systems-level awareness of education policy.• Facilitate Projects: Facilitated statewide critical conversations about diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracist policies and practices. Developed Teacher Fellows competencies focused on the role bias and privilege within a school-based context.

Utah, United States

• Overview: Reviewed assessment items for Bias, Sensitivity, and Accessibility and provided training for content creators.• Research Analysis: Reviewed and rated several assessments and national reports. Analyzed the ELA portions of ACT Aspire, Smarter Balance, PARCC, and MCAS for validity and alignment to the College and Career Ready Standards as described by the Council of Chief State School Officers’ Criteria for Procuring and Evaluating High-Quality Assessments.• Leadership: Became the Panel Lead for the ACT Aspire workgroup.• Assessments: Analyzed and rated assessment manuals for transparency and readability.• Collaboration: Worked in collaboration with the Center for Assessment and conducted by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and HumRRO to determine just how aligned and accessible these different assessment systems truly are.

Virginia, United States

• Participated in in-person and virtual training• Was the Panel Lead for the ACT Aspire work group• Analyzed the ELA portions of ACT Aspire, Smarter Balance, PARCC, and MCAS for validity and alignment to the College and Career Ready Standards as described by the Council of Chief State School Officers’ Criteria for Procuring and Evaluating High-Quality Assessments• Analyzed and rated assessments manuals for transparency and readability • Worked in collaboration with Center for Assessment and conducted by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and HumRRO to determine just how aligned and accessible these different assessment systems truly are.

Master'S Degree, Special Education And Teaching

Bachelor'S Degree, General Studies

Post-Baccalaureate, Special Education And Teaching