City Teaching Alliance Names Dr. Rahesha S. Amon as New CEO

Dr. Rahesha Amon ● Photo Credit: City Teaching Alliance

BALTIMORE, July 23, 2024 (VSNewsNetwork.com) - City Teaching Alliance, a nonprofit organization focused on preparing culturally responsive and effective career educators, has announced the appointment of Dr. Rahesha S. Amon as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Amon brings over 25 years of leadership experience, most recently serving as Senior Executive Director of School Support and Operations at the New York City Department of Education.

“I’m honored and excited to lead City Teaching Alliance into its next chapter,” said Dr. Amon. “City Teaching Alliance has set an incredible benchmark for teacher development and certification. Hundreds of thousands of students have already benefited from the talented career educators carefully nurtured by our program. However, with our nation facing a widespread teacher recruitment and retention crisis, our work is more critical than ever. It’s time to push for a new standard of excellence for teacher preparation in the United States, with City Teaching Alliance the standard bearers.”

City Teaching Alliance operates teacher development and certification programs in Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and Dallas. These programs include a residency year in a live classroom environment followed by three years of teaching, providing practical in-class experience, sustained coaching, and a Master of Arts in Teaching.

Board Chair Sekou Biddle stated, “Dr. Amon embodies our mission and values. That, coupled with her deep professional experience and expertise across the public and nonprofit sectors, makes her the perfect fit for City Teaching Alliance. With uncertified and inexperienced teacher numbers rising nationally due to critical classroom shortages, we need to collectively challenge the status quo of how we prepare our educators for the unique challenges and opportunities of classroom teaching. I’m thrilled Dr. Amon will be leading this critical work for City Teaching Alliance.”

Dr. Amon began her career as a classroom teacher and held various roles, including Educational Coach, Assistant Director of Early Childhood, and Assistant Principal. She became the founding Principal of Frederick Douglass Academy III in the Bronx, New York, before advancing to Deputy Superintendent and Superintendent of Community School District 16 in Brooklyn. Dr. Amon holds a doctoral degree from New York University, a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Fordham University, and a Bachelor of Arts from North Carolina Central University.

Dr. Amon succeeds Peter Shulman, who served as CEO for six years until February 2024.

For more information, visit www.cityteachingalliance.org.

Source: City Teaching Alliance via Newswire