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Sara

Sara Wortinger

Chief of Academics

About Sara

Sara Wortinger is a Chief of Academics at Attuned Education Partners, where she leads strategy and academic improvement efforts with a focus in early literacy and ELA. She supports system and school leaders with strategic planning, the adoption and implementation of HQIM, professional learning, and development and refinement of instructional support systems that drive improvements in teacher effectiveness and student learning. In her time at Attuned, Sara has supported dozens of leaders to accelerate progress and see gains in literacy and ELA in their systems. She has shifted schools from using outdated materials to adopting and implementing evidence-based literacy programs, and she has led many successful teacher and leader development cycles that have accelerated learning.

Career Summary

Sara got her start teaching elementary literacy in the Mississippi Delta with Teach for America, where she led her students to double-digit gains in literacy proficiency for each of her three years there. Prior to joining Attuned, Sara led the Elementary Literacy Department at Denver Public Schools (DPS) for six years. In this role, she orchestrated the transformation of early literacy instruction through the creation of high quality curriculum and professional learning for teachers, school leaders, and district superintendents. This work increased proficiency rates by 8.2% in English Language Arts and 11.1% in Spanish Language Arts. She also brings coaching experience from her time as a Teacher Development Coach with TNTP and a Teacher Effectiveness Coach in DPS.

Education, Awards & Fellowships

Sara holds a B.S. in Entrepreneurship and Management from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, and she is trained in IMSE Orton-Gillingham and LETRS.

My Why

Sara believes deeply that robust literacy skills are foundational to unlocking opportunities for all students, especially those furthest from opportunity. Throughout her experience as a student, teacher and system leader, she has seen both the profound impact of literacy and the deep inequities in schools. She is driven by the belief that with quality instruction rooted in strong materials, all students can be thriving readers, writers, and communicators.

What Brings Me Joy

Sara loves spending time outdoors, perfecting her gelato and bread recipes, and traveling to over 40 countries and counting.