Natasha Stein is an Education Administration Program Manager with the Kentucky Department of Education where she oversees District 180 professional staff and the coordination and implementation of several state and federal programs: school-based decision making (SBDM) councils, Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) and Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) schools, comprehensive district and school improvement planning, school improvement funds, and evidence-based practices. Prior to her experience at KDE, she worked for Disability Determination Services as an adjudicator and previous to that, taught English at the secondary level for nine years. Natasha holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in education from Eastern Kentucky University, as well as a post-baccalaureate certificate in paralegal studies from Sullivan University. She has fifteen years of experience in education.