Nathan Breeden is a project manager with NWEA and was previously a content designer for the Responsive Teaching and Learning series. He spent most of his years in the classroom teaching emergent bilingual students. As an instructional leader, he coached educators in ways to better meet the unique academic and linguistic needs of students whose first language was not English. He also supported the implementation of a school-wide social emotional learning program at an alternative high school. He holds a BA in Spanish and an MS Ed. from the University of Kansas. He is currently working toward an MBA from Southern Oregon University.