Angela M. Jack, Ph.D., serves as an Implementation Specialist for the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She provides support for the use of implementation and improvement sciences methods and tools in delivering technical assistance and capacity-building support to state, regional, and local education […]
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Jason LaTurner
Jason LaTurner is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center team member supporting the Mississippi Equitable Access to Effective Educators project. Jason has 20 years of experience providing technical assistance, evaluation, and research support to states and districts. He provides technical assistance and training to clients on how to build logic models, use state longitudinal data systems, develop efficient data collection tools, […]
Lauren Matlach
Lauren Matlach is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center team member, providing support to the Mississippi Equitable Access to Effective Educators and Florida Standards Implementation projects. She has a decade of experience in education, working across nonprofits, public schools, and state agencies focused on educator talent management strategies and initiatives. She provides technical assistance related to educator talent management to states, districts, […]
Sophia Sullivan Farmer
Sophia Sullivan Farmer is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center (R7CC) team member, specializing in providing implementation support to the R7CC technical assistance team and within capacity building projects for the states of Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama. She provides support to state and local departments of education to utilize implementation and improvement sciences to ensure that all students have access to […]
Monica Young
Monica Young, Ph.D., is a member of the Region 7 Comprehensive Center leadership team and provides support to the Mississippi Equitable Access to Effective Educators project. She has worked across the education sector for 16 years managing, directing, and evaluating Grades K–12 public sector research while collaborating with researchers, technical assistance providers, the U.S. Department of Education (ED), grantees, and […]