Martha Curren-Preis

Martha Curren-Preis is an experienced educator, facilitator, and researcher who works with administrators, teachers, caregivers, policymakers, teacher educators, and other stakeholders to help ensure that all children receive skillful, caring, and equitable instruction. She is an English language arts specialist at TeachingWorks, and also specializes in classroom community-building practices and relationship-building. She works across many projects in ELA and beyond to support teachers and teacher educators with tools, resources, and practice-based learning experiences necessary for improving practice. Martha also oversees work at TeachingWorks related to mathematics instructional materials. She is a former teacher herself, beginning her career as an elementary and middle school teacher in Philadelphia. In addition to her work with TeachingWorks, Martha has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in English language arts, teacher research, and classroom management. Martha holds a PhD in teaching and teacher education from the University of Michigan, where her research investigated teachers’ “personas,” such as their nonverbal messages in the classroom, as tools for advancing equity.