Amanda Meyer (she/her) is a designer, facilitator, coach, and improvement advisor who builds educators’ capacity to solve problems and improve learning experiences and outcomes for all students. Amanda is a cisgender, middle-class, able-bodied, white woman who strives to interrogate her own privilege and positionality as she integrates improvement science, human-centered design, community organizing, and an equity consciousness in her practice. Amanda discovered her passion for improvement science eight years ago, during her time at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. At Carnegie, she designed and facilitated numerous improvement science learning experiences, including the EdX online course, “Improvement Science in Education,” taken by thousands of learners around the world. She began her career teaching high school English as a Second Language in San Antonio, and currently resides in Oakland with humility and reverence for its rich traditions in arts and activism.
