Caitlyn Herman

Caitlyn has been the leader of Summit Public Schools rich academic and professional development program for the past three years, however, Caitlyn began her time at Summit Public Schools as a science teacher at the Summit network’s second charter school: Everest Public High School in 2011. She was later the founding Executive Director at Summit Shasta and more recently, the Senior Director of Schools providing leadership coaching to school directors across the network. Caitlyn began her career in New York City public schools as a science teacher at Essex Street Academy. At Essex Street she served as the department coordinator building out the school’s project-based curriculum for all grades. She also spearheaded the effort to focus the school’s advisory curriculum around wellness, habits of success and college readiness. While teaching, she also worked as an adjunct professor at NYU’S graduate School of Education teaching science curriculum to aspiring teachers. Caitlyn holds a bachelor’s in Biology from Lafayette College, amaster’s from New York University in Secondary Science Education and a master’s in education from New England College in School Leadership as part of the Principal’s Residency Network program with the New York City Public Schools’ system.