Cheryl Krohn

Cheryl Krohn has more than 19 years of experience developing and leading training, professional learning, and coaching opportunities in K-12 education. She currently serves as a state lead in North Carolina and South Carolina, supporting districts, state education agency staff, and educator preparation programs to build the capacity of state personnel preparation systems through the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Center. Krohn also provides TA to CEEDAR states implementing registered teacher and principal apprenticeships, and other pathway programs. She leads efforts in states and districts to improve state longitudinal data systems, specifically the systems focused on educator supply, demand, and shortage. This includes supporting a muti-state collaborative focused on using geographic information systems to understand the local and regional aspects of educator supply, demand, and shortage. Krohn also leads efforts to help state and local education agencies understand why educators stay with or leave schools, districts, states, and the profession through interview and survey work. She supports entities in building differentiated induction and mentoring programs for teachers that support teacher development and retention. 

Her deep understanding of state education agencies stems from her seven years working at the Ohio Department of Education (ODE), focused on educator workforce initiatives and grants. At ODE, Krohn led efforts to support districts and schools in translating federal and state policy into practice to build and maintain a strong educator workforce in the state. Krohn successfully developed and implemented multiple educator workforce programs (e.g., teacher and learning conditions survey, teacher exit survey) and grants (e.g., teacher shortage, K-12 and educator preparation program partnerships) by building strong relationships with state, local, higher education staff and community leaders while frequently engaging stakeholders to inform policy efforts.

In North Carolina, Krohn worked for two years on a grant project using state longitudinal education data (birth to career) to inform research and policy alongside state agencies and partners. Krohn’s policy expertise is also crucially informed by her thirteen years in the field as an elementary teacher, principal, and teacher preparation instructor.