Chelsea Collins is Learning Forward’s new part-time project manager for the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative. She will help manage a series of professional learning convenings that Learning Forward will lead for eight district partnership teams over the next two years.

Collins is a state consultant for New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, where she leads a team of instructional coaches to provide systems and instructional support, and also leads JerseyCAN’s Teacher Leader Policy Fellowship.

Previously, Collins was the 2016 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year and led statewide policy initiatives for the New Jersey Department of Education.

Collins holds a bachelor of arts degree from the Pennsylvania State University, a master of arts degree in teaching elementary education from the College of New Jersey, and is working on a Ph.D. in education.