City Teaching Alliance
Adrienne Williams serves as the Chief Program Officer for Literacy at Student Achievement Partners since June 2021, providing strategic leadership and overseeing the development of equitable literacy initiatives. Additionally, Adrienne has been a Board Member of City Teaching Alliance since July 2017, contributing to organizational and programmatic guidance. Prior experience includes roles as Director of ELA Content Design and Manager of Lab Development at Teaching Lab, where responsibilities encompassed content leadership and curriculum-specific professional learning. Adrienne's earlier career includes serving as a Curriculum & Instruction Specialist and First Grade Teacher at Center City Public Charter Schools. Education includes a Master’s degree in Elementary/Special Education from Lesley University and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from The George Washington University, along with studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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City Teaching Alliance
At City Teaching Alliance, we train teachers to be highly effective educators who empower every child through learning. Our teachers become career educators committed to equity and inclusivity, ensuring every student receives a great education. We believe access to a quality education gives young people the tools to become forces of change in their communities. In partnership with American University, City Teaching Alliance participants earn a Master's of Arts in Teaching. The curriculum is hands-on, practical, and specifically designed for urban schools. Our program emphasizes literacy and math skills, and includes coursework and dual certification in special education and a content area—ensuring our teachers can meet the needs of all children. Only City Teaching Alliance offers a highly-selective, rigorous program that includes three years of intensive coaching. During the first year in our program, known as the residency year, our participants work in the classroom alongside a host teacher getting over 1,500 hours of real classroom experience. Residents devote their time to developing their clinical practice during the day in their assigned school and developing their content and instructional knowledge through coursework in the master’s program at night. In year two, our residents become fellows and step into classrooms of their own. They continue their training as a teacher of record with continued coursework and coaching support. Three-quarters of our first-year teachers complete all four years of the program.