Core Staff
Teacher-Powered Schools is a project of Education Evolving, with the whole team contributing to the work—including coaches, ambassadors, and support staff. A few core folks hold the lion’s share of the day-to-day.

Jeff Austin
Teacher-Powered Coaching & Support Lead

Zaynab Baalbaki
Teacher-Powered Schools Coach

Carrie Bakken
MN Teacher-Powered Schools Lead

Sarah Giddings
Teacher-Powered Social Media Coordinator
Teacher-Powered Coaches
Our coaches partner closely with school teams to help them chart the path of their unique teacher-powered journey. And if this group wasn’t impressive enough, each coach is a current, practicing teacher in a teacher-powered school.

Julie Cook

Daniel Giddings

Deyonne Jackson

Skyler Primm

Taryn Snyder

Krissy Wright Quinn

Paula Zwicke
Ambassadors
Teacher Ambassadors are dedicated teacher leaders representing a diverse range of teacher-powered schools who bring their counsel, voices, resources, and influence to Teacher-Powered Schools.
A new ambassador cohort will be announced late summer 2025.
EE Staff
All EE staff support Teacher-Powered Schools work in various ways. You might only see these folks when it’s all-hands-on-deck at our national conference, but they’re always helping somewhere behind the scenes!