Meeting Speaker - March 01, 2016

Nikolas Howard is the Executive Director of Teach For America’s Capital Valley region. Nik has been a leader in education since joining Teach For America in 2003 as a middle school special education teacher in Philadelphia, has coached new teachers in New York City Public Schools, and has served as an Assistant Principal and Principal in Los Angeles. In his four years as Principal, he and his dedicated teachers and students collectively raised the school's Academic Performance Index from 746 to 855.  Upon relocating to Sacramento, he served as the founding director of the Sacramento READS! Literacy by Third Grade campaign.  In 2012, Nik and a dedicated group of supporters launched Teach For America in the Sacramento region.