Meet Your Teach For America - Dallas-Fort Worth Onboarding Team
Team Name |
When You'll Work With This Team |
What This Team Does |
Onboarding Team |
From the time you accept your offer until Institute |
The Onboarding team works to support you as you work towards your certification and hiring requirements, prepare to live and teach in Dallas-Fort Worth, and answer any other questions that arise from acceptance until you head off to Institute. |
Martha HellmanD, Matriculation and OnboardingJustin ClaybrookM, Onboarding and CommunicationBrittany MurrellM, Certification and
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Martha is a Texan by birth but grew up in Louisville, KY. She attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, where she studied Political Science and History of Art. After graduating, Martha moved back to Dallas where she worked for a Math curriculum company, Reasoning Mind, partnering with schools in DISD to implement the blended learning program in elementary classrooms.
After Reasoning Mind, Martha joined Uplift Education as an Instructional Recruiter, ultimately serving as the Manager of Selection. In this role, she partnered with Uplift School Directors to improve and oversee instructional hiring practices. Martha recently joined the TFA DFW team where she serves as the Director of Matriculation and Onboarding overseeing our matriculation and placement strategy of our corps members. In her free time, Martha loves to read and listen to podcasts, watch college sports, and play with her corgi puppy, Okra. Justin is a Nashville native and graduate of Metro Nashville Public Schools. He attended the University of Tennessee and soon after graduation, moved to Sacramento and worked as both an account executive for the Sacramento Kings and a key-account specialist for the Sacramento Bee. Justin moved back to Nashville and joined Teach For America staff in 2016.
In his role, Justin was responsible for overseeing the operations and experience for corps member matriculation, onboarding, and programming. In this role, Justin has consistently led the Nashville region to reach or exceed our regional matriculation goals. Justin has also served as an operations director for the Nashville regional institute in 2017. Justin recently joined the TFA DFW team as the Manager of Onboarding an Communication where he serves at the face of TFA DFW navigating corps members through the onboarding and institute experience. Brittany Murrell is from Norfolk, VA. She attended Yale University, where she studied Sociology. After graduating, Brittany joined the 2013 Teach For America - Dallas -Fort Worth corps where she taught Kindergarten and 1st grade, partnering with scholars and families to provide an excellent learning experience at KIPP Destiny Elementary School in Oak Cliff.
In 2016, Brittany joined the TFA DFW team where she served in a variety of roles on the Onboarding team including managing regional recruitment, communications, and placement. Brittany currently serves as the Manager of Certification and Placement, working to ensure all corps members are enrolled in Educator Preparation Programs and placed at schools that meet the needs of our partner districts. |