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NGSS Partnership
The Global Team
Who We Are
Heather Rich
Co-founder
Heather is a Lower School PYP Coordinator and Instructional Coach at The International School fo Azerbaijan. Previously she was an Instructional Coach for Science K-12, and has taught elementary aged kids in multiple international schools and New York City public schools. Heather is trained in NGSS implementation, curriculum design, and leadings its pedagogical shifts with K-12 teachers. Her current focus is using standards to structure conceptually-based units that promote action and international-mindedness. She is an advocate for equitable science learning at all grade levels and believes science is where students can show the learning that transfers.
Britta McCarthy
Co-founder
Britta McCarthy is a currently a SE Asia-based Curriculum & Instruction Coordinator. She is a former secondary science teacher and K-12 instructional coach in schools the United States, Bolivia, Colombia, and Saudi Arabia. Britta believes that NGSS implementation can create equitable and engaging learning for students, and inroads to authentic sustainability work in school communities. She loves to look at how phenomena-driven inquiry can work with project-based learning, service learning, advanced coursework options, and transdisciplinary units or programs in unique school contexts.
