Sara Freedman

Instructional Coaching Specialist, Early College Design Services

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Sara Freedman is an instructional coaching specialist for JFF’s Early College Designs team, helping to train small-school developers, leaders, and teachers nationwide. By this training, these individuals can implement the leadership strategies and instructional techniques at their own schools that can lead to universal college readiness.

Dr. Freedman has more than 30 years’ experience in both teaching and developing programs that provide better education or other social services to populations in need. Before JFF, she consulted for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, evaluating how well districts are serving low-income students. Previously she was a school development coach for 10 years at the Center for Collaborative Education, helping school administrators develop and implement visions and classroom plans based around high expectations for all students. Other organizations include: Tufts University Sexual Violence Prevention Project, the Boston Higher Education Compact for Student Success, the Boston Globe Foundation (promoting professional development for teachers), and the Adult Literacy Resource Institute.

Dr. Freedman earned her Ed.D in curriculum and public policy from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. She has a Master’s in education from Lesley College, a Master’s in teaching English as a foreign language from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and a Bachelor’s in history and English from Brandeis University.