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Zach Smith

Zachary Smith

Senior Project Director

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Overview

Zach Smith is a highly experienced education professional with 20 years of expertise in various roles within the field. His focus lies in promoting equitable and inclusive teaching practices, leveraging universal design for learning (UDL), implementing multi-tiered support systems, fostering communities of practice, and leading school system transformations.

Smith works with educational partners at national, state, and local levels to institute high-quality inclusive practices in classrooms around the country. Smith has worked as a substitute teacher, paraprofessional, special education teacher, instructional specialist, school administrator, superintendent special assistant, educational consultant, and university professor.

With a strong foundation in improvement science and systems thinking, Smith strives to reimagine educational outcomes for all students, particularly those who face significant barriers to justice.

Education

  • Doctor of education leadership (EdLD), Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • MA in special education, California State University, Fresno
  • BA in liberal studies, California State University, Fresno