Robert Sheffield

President

Robert Sheffield has devoted his career to building the skills of educators to improve student academic outcomes. He specializes in organizational development, performance management, and leadership development. As CORE’s president,  Robert works nationally to promote the science of reading instruction and to transform ELA and math professional learning for educators in order to improve teaching and learning in the districts and schools serving our nation’s most vulnerable students.

Prior to joining CORE, Robert was Director of the Quality Schools and Districts content area team at WestEd, responsible for growing capacity to improve outcomes for students in high priority schools that primarily serve Black, Latinx, and low income communities.

Robert also led the District Coaching and Implementation Services for the College Board’s SpringBoard program. In that role, he was part of the leadership team that added 1.1 million students to the program within four years. Robert’s responsibilities included administrator professional development and coaching, product development, sales team product training, and overall go-to-market strategy development for the program.

Robert started his career as a high school history teacher, and also served as district curriculum specialist. In addition to his K–12 teaching experience, he teaches and supervises pre-service History/Social Science teachers at California State University, Long Beach.

Robert Sheffield

Robert Sheffield

President

Robert Sheffield has devoted his career to building the skills of educators to improve student academic outcomes. He specializes in organizational development, performance management, and leadership development. As CORE’s president,  Robert works nationally to promote the science of reading instruction and to transform ELA and math professional learning for educators in order to improve teaching and learning in the districts and schools serving our nation’s most vulnerable students.

Prior to joining CORE, Robert was Director of the Quality Schools and Districts content area team at WestEd, responsible for growing capacity to improve outcomes for students in high priority schools that primarily serve Black, Latinx, and low income communities.

Robert also led the District Coaching and Implementation Services for the College Board’s SpringBoard program. In that role, he was part of the leadership team that added 1.1 million students to the program within four years. Robert’s responsibilities included administrator professional development and coaching, product development, sales team product training, and overall go-to-market strategy development for the program.

Robert started his career as a high school history teacher, and also served as district curriculum specialist. In addition to his K–12 teaching experience, he teaches and supervises pre-service History/Social Science teachers at California State University, Long Beach.