Dr. Sarah Beal is the Executive Director of the US PREP National Center. Prior to joining US PREP, Sarah served as an Executive Director for the largest Teacher Quality Partnership grant and Elementary Education Program Coordinator at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Sarah also served as a classroom teacher and instructional coach for ten years in an urban school district in Phoenix, Arizona. Sarah holds a Doctor of Education degree in Leadership and Innovation and Master of Educational Mathematics degree from Arizona State University, and Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree from St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California.
Teacher preparation residencies have the benefit of providing extended time for future teachers to learn how to teach before they are responsible for their own classrooms.
