Kelly Camak Niccolls is an educator, facilitator and perpetual learner. She currently serves as Director, School Leadership and Outcomes for Cheney Public Schools. Kelly started her teaching career in Southern California, spending eight years in secondary ELA classrooms. Before settling in to systems leadership, Kelly spent six years working for organizations supporting national education innovation work, coaching schools and systems across the nation to reimagine teaching and learning as New Tech Network schools and contracting with districts, schools and organizations in innovative learning design for Getting Smart Kelly has been a HS administrator and most recently, is serving in central office leadership. Kelly has been honored to be part of the Deep Learning Equity Fellows as a fellow and facilitator, and is a facilitator for the Center for Courage and Renewal. Kelly has an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from University of Washington; an MA in Sociology and a BA in English Literature from California State Universities. Kelly is driven by the relentless belief in the possibility of social justice in education systems. She focuses her education leadership to re-imagine structures for teaching and learning as tools for liberation. She advocates and facilitates collective voice and context for amplifying learning that seeks what can be for all participating in a learning community.
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