Rebecca Coda served as a K-6 Director of Curriculum & Instruction in Cabot, Arkansas (2017-2020). She is the creator, owner, and blogger of Digital Native Network. She is the co-creator of the Let Them Speak! Project, leading educators in student voice author of Let Them Speak. She is the co-author of  Escaping the School Leader's Dunk Tank,a former contributing columnist responding to the current realities that leaders face for School Leader's Now, and article contributor on LinkedIn. She is a wife, mother of 3 kids, technology educational leader, and pursuer of excellence. She has over 15 years experience mentoring teachers and supporting digital technology, 5 years experience leading administrators, coaches, coordinators and specialists, and over 25 years experience in education. She supported the development of a district-wide 1:1 program by creating the parent student handbook, teacher handbook, trainings, and walkthrough protocols. She facilitated the district STEM Committee, developed Digital Learning Leaders and supported the launch of telepresence classrooms. Rebecca is a National Board Certified Teacher & Arizona K12 Center Master Teacher (2012-2022). 

Most notably Rebecca mentored and supported teachers at Thompson Ranch Elementary School in the Dysart Unified School District and was featured on the National School Board Association Technology Tour in April of 2012.  She also supported the Littleton Elementary School District in preparing over 100 classrooms for their National Digital Learning Day Tour in April/2015 & March/2016.  The 2016 tour was featured on: the Arizona K12 Center Homeroom, Arizona SciTech, Arizona School Board Association, & Expect More Arizona Excellence Tour. 

While serving as the K-6 Director of curriculum and instruction she oversaw the adoption, implementation and integration of multiple curriculum and assessment adoptions and developed district-wide systems for all educational leaders. Specifically she supported the launch of Arkansas RISE, Math QuEST, Wit & Wisdom, Phonics First, NWEA Map, Capturing Kids Hearts. RtI interventions/enrichment to individualize instruction for every child was at the epicenter of creating whole child systems beginning with Maslow's hierarchy of need. As a director she facilitated professional development for administrators, instructional coaches, math interventionists, reading interventionists and dyslexia support staff. She has experience across the nation delivering keynotes, conference breakout sessions, staff development and consulting for K-8 districts. While working as a curriculum specialist she developed ELA & math curriculum maps in grades K-8, ELA & math pacing guides, & provided strategic feedback on the alignment of ELA & math formative and summative benchmark assessments. In Social Studies she created district-wide DBQs as quarterly assessments in grades 6-8 aligned to the content and pacing guides of the curriculum. She has extensive experience running and coordinating school-wide professional learning communities and strategically tracking the data of every child to ensure that their needs were met academically. 

Her true passion is learning and growing from everyone around her in order to support the academic success of all students. She leads with impact and will settle for nothing less than making a difference for every child!