City Teaching Alliance
Dayna Hudson is an experienced educator with a strong background in early childhood education, currently serving as the Lead Kindergarten Teacher at Ingenuity Prep since August 2020. Prior to this role, Dayna held various positions at Ingenuity Prep, including Lead Preschool Teacher and Resident Teacher for Pre-K4. With a long-standing association with the Urban Teacher Center as an alumna since November 2013, Dayna has demonstrated commitment to professional development in teaching. Dayna's earlier career included valuable experience in customer service as a Floor Supervisor at Georgetown Cupcake, where responsibilities involved managing staff and facilitating communication between English and Spanish-speaking employees. Dayna holds a Master's Degree in Education from Lesley University and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from The George Washington University.
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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.