The Children's School
Erika Ellison has a diverse work experience, with a focus on operations, finance, and education. Erika most recently worked as Assistant Head of School - Operations at The Children's School since October 2018. Prior to that, they were a Consultant in K12 Education as self-employed since August 2006. Erika also worked as the Chief Strategy & Financial Officer at KIPP Metro Atlanta from March 2015 to March 2018. Erika held positions such as Budget Director at Baltimore City Public Schools from June 2013 to February 2014 and Executive Director of Finance & School Operations at Touchstone Education, Inc. from July 2011 to June 2013. Erika has a strong financial background, with roles such as the Director of Finance at Mastery Charter Schools from March 2008 to June 2010 and Director of Finance & Operations at Victory Education Partners from June 2010 to November 2010. Erika has experience in administration, as the Director of Administration at Ross Global Academy from August 2006 to June 2007, and operations, as the Director of Operations at Platform Learning Inc. from July 2004 to November 2005. Erika started their career as a Performance Consultant at SunTrust from March 2001 to June 2002.
Erika Ellison earned their Bachelor of Arts degree in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University in the years 1990 to 1994. Erika later pursued their Master of Business Administration degree specializing in Finance and Strategy at The Wharton School from 2002 to 2004.
The Children's School
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In 1970, our founder Lila McDill had one vision: children learn by doing. Today, The Children’s School is an age 3 - grade 8 school located in the heart of Midtown, empowering students to dive in headfirst, hands-on and open-hearted into the grand lifelong adventure that is learning. At TCS, we know that play is serious learning. We embrace play in everything we do because it is essential to intellectual, social, emotional, physical and cultural development. As our students grow, learning through play becomes learning playfully. Through immersive project-based learning, we design projects around real-world problems facing our community to help students learn in a more meaningful way and tackle the kinds of questions that can’t be answered by Google. Learning takes courage. Our diverse, joyful and nurturing community shows up as their authentic selves everyday, encourages risk-taking and challenges our learners to academic excellence, noble character and emotional maturity, preparing them to make an impact on an ever-changing world. Learn more at tcsatl.org.