Keisha Chandler has more than 25 years of experience in the field of education. She has taught K-12 in urban school districts throughout the United States and currently serves as the Senior Implementation Manager at ASCD. Keisha began her successful education career teaching Kindergarten in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Upon moving back to Pennsylvania, she began teaching English/Communications to students in grades six through nine in Chester, PA. Keisha then transitioned from the classroom and became an Education Researcher with Ceridian, Inc. It was there that Keisha became a specialist in adult education and distance learning programs (a predecessor to online degree programs) that were becoming increasingly popular. She missed the classroom and returned to teaching in Camden, NJ. In Camden, she held many positions, including Reading Specialist, Language Arts teacher, and Literacy Coach. In 2007, Keisha entered the education consultant world. She conducted professional development for teachers and administrators in districts around New Jersey focusing on curriculum and assessments. To expand her business acumen, she worked as a corporate trainer for United Health Group in the insurance industry. However, her love of education brought her full circle back to the educational environment where she once again became an Educational Consultant for SunGard Public Sector, this time traveling across the United States providing professional development and leading seminars in curriculum, assessment, and data analysis. Upon leaving SunGard, Keisha became an Implementation Manager for CORE ECS, an assessment company, where she continued to consult school districts across the United States and the Virgin Islands in the area of formative assessments and Common Core State Standards. She was promoted quickly to Professional Development Manager. In 2013 CORE ECS closed down her division, and Keisha formed her own education consulting and project management firm, Strategies 2 Success, Inc. Keisha’s primary role with S2S, Inc. is a senior project manager; where she was responsible for the large-scale professional development projects with the School District of Philadelphia, Chicago Public Schools, and New York City Department of Education. She was the associate director of leadership at New York City Leadership Academy (NYCLA). She also served as an executive coach with American Reading Company. In 2017, Keisha joined DC Public Schools as an instructional coach. Keisha became a member of Trinity Washington University’s adjunct faculty as an adjunct professor in their School of Education’s graduate teacher education program. She currently teaches Teaching Reading in the Content Area and Literacy Assessment, Teaching Multi-cultural Literature, and Instruction for Early and Emergent Readers. Keisha holds a Master of Science in training and organizational development with a concentration in adult education from St. Joseph’s University and a Bachelor of Science in elementary education from Temple University. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in education from Northeastern University with a concentration in Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership. Her publications include the article “Beyond the Surface: Examining Leadership’s Role in Collective Efficacy” in the Journal for Research on African-American Women and the Foreword to The Narrow Road: A Guide to Legacy Wealth (Torchlight Publishing, 2015).