Dr. Casie Wise in the Education Specialist for the National Indian Education Association. She brings 20 years of classroom, leadership, and consulting experience to NIEA. Dr. Wise specializes in culture-based curriculum and pedagogy, professional development for educators, best practices in assessment, and educational research. In addition to twelve years of teaching middle and high school ELA in the United States and abroad, her roles include work as an EdReports Klawe Fellow, Teach Plus Policy Fellow, K-12 school support director, instructional coach, core advocate for Tennessee, literacy advisor, curriculum reviewer, and education consultant. In her role at NIEA, Dr. Wise manages multiple grants for developing curriculum and instructional resources, cultivates partnerships with other education organizations, and provides professional development and oversight for our Educator Initiative.
Dr. Wise resides in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, with her husband, who is a retired Navy veteran, and her son and daughter. She has a BSE in Secondary English Education from John Brown University in Arkansas, an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, and a doctorate in Curriculum and Instructional Leadership both from the University of Memphis.