The Oregon agency that oversees educator licensing and teacher preparation programs has tapped the assistant superintendent of a Polk County school district as its next leader.
Rachel Alpert will replace Melissa Goff, a former education adviser to Gov. Tina Kotek and the former superintendent of Greater Albany Public Schools in the Willamette Valley who has been the interim executive director of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission since late 2023. Alpert starts her new role on June 30.
Most recently, Alpert served as the assistant superintendent and director of human resources at the Dallas School District in Polk County. Over the course of her career, she has also been an elementary school principal and a special education teacher…