Office of School Improvement

Overview

Office of School Improvement
Staff

SREB’s Office of School Improvement has spent decades investigating what works to build and sustain lasting capacity for change in schools nationwide.

Our staff have deep expertise as classroom teachers, school, district and state education leaders, research and evaluation specialists, and policy analysts.

Profile

Carita Venable
Senior Leadership Coach

Carita Venable joined SREB’s office of School Improvement in 2015. As a senior leadership coach, she brings more than 20 years of educational experience.

Prior to SREB, Carita served as an English language arts teacher, instructional coach, district school improvement supervisor, assistant principal and principal in school districts throughout the Jefferson County region.

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Sandy Walls-Culotta
Senior School Improvement Leadership Coach

Sandy Culotta is a senior school improvement leadership coach. She joined the Southern Regional Education Board in 2010 as a school improvement consultant. She brings more than 40 years of experience working on issues of education policy and practice in the public education sector. Sandy has provided consultant services to schools and districts in Florida, Georgia, Ohio, and New Jersey in the redesign of high schools based on the High Schools That Work’s (HSTW) framework. She previously served as the manager of project-based learning in career pathway courses.

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Aimee Wyatt
Director, Leadership and Professional Learning

Aimee Wyatt is the Director of Leadership and Professional Learning for the Southern Regional Education Board. She develops tools to support continuous improvement efforts as well as provides professional learning for SREB staff, schools, districts and states. Formerly, she was the Executive Officer for High Schools for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and has over 30 years of experience as a district supervisor, executive principal, assistant principal, middle and high school teacher and consultant.