Tamra L. Mitchell is the Elementary Redesign Specialist for the Kansas State Department of Education. Tamra has been a Kansas educator and leader for 29 years. While working for the KSDE, she has led the Kansas Learning Network to provide support to Priority and Focus schools and has led the statewide Kindergarten Readiness initiative. Now, as Redesign Specialist, she works to build a system to support elementary schools as they redesign teaching and learning to provide more personalized experiences to students in a project-based or problem-based integration of core curriculum. Tamra has a Baccalaureate degree in Elementary Education from Wichita State University, a Master’s Degree in Curriculum Leadership from Emporia State University. She is pursuing a Doctorate’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Kansas State University.