Rebecca Kockler

Rebecca Kockler serves as Chief Learning and Product Officer at Great Minds, where she leads the vision and strategy for developing high-quality instructional product systems for educators and students across the country. Prior to joining Great Minds, Rebecca was the Founder and CEO of Magpie Literacy and served as Executive Director of Reading Reimagined, a R&D initiative focused on unlocking the great reader in every child. She also served as Assistant Superintendent of Academics at the Louisiana Department of Education during a time in which the state saw record-high graduation rates, college enrollment, and ACT scores. In addition, Louisiana became the fastest-improving state in the country on Advanced Placement and ranked in the top ten nationally for NAEP growth across all four core subjects. During this time, she redesigned the state's assessment system, developed a nationally validated ELA curriculum and aligned interim assessments, launched a nationally recognized curricular review process, and trained more than 20,000 teacher leaders. Rebecca began her career as a middle school teacher in Newark, New Jersey, and lives in Minneapolis with her husband and family.