CREATE is recruiting, supporting, and retaining experienced educators positioned to develop new teachers while reimagining their own practices in their schools.

Tracey Penley - APS Educator, 2020 Georgia Teacher of the Year & CREATE Mentor

Kamilah Pettway - APS Educator, 2019-20 APS Middle School Teacher of the Year & CREATE Mentor
CREATE provides professional development to experienced educators that support the CREATE new teachers within their schools. These educators received specialized training to:
- Enhance reflection and collaboration around their own culturally-based classroom practices
- Strengthen their mentoring of CREATE new teachers.
Additionally, experienced educators in CREATE schools are invited to participate in community-wide professional learning experiences, that center:
These learning opportunities are similar to that experienced by our new teachers and then, if interested, offer the opportunity to progress further in one or both areas as they serve as leaders in their schools, attend national conferences, etc.