R. Lennon Audrain

Research Assistant Professor & Teacher
Mesa Public Schools; Arizona State University Next Education Workforce

Richard “Lennon” Audrain is a research assistant professor at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. He leads the strategy on the Next Education Workforce initiative's Teacher & School Leader grant, an $8.2 million U.S. Department of Education grant awarded to ASU in partnership with Mesa Public Schools to redesign human capital management systems in education. Audrain also leads Educators Rising Arizona, an initiative to convene and mobilize high schoolers, who are enrolled in Education Professions and Early Childhood Education programs across the state, in role- and work-based learning experiences in the education workforce. In addition to his role as a research professor, Audrain is a high school teacher in Mesa Public Schools. He holds degrees from Arizona State University and Harvard University.

Sessions

• Using Teacher Teams to Support Collaboration and Retention: Evidence on the Next Education Workforce