Ryan SpencerVice President of Partnerships
Ryan Spencer is Vice President of Partnerships at engage2learn, where he works with school and district leaders on curriculum implementation support, content skill development, intervention, and coaching that holds up in real classrooms. He believes improvement sticks when teachers are supported up close, by people who understand that changing practice is personal work.
Ryan began his career in Australian public education before moving into system and university roles. He taught elementary and middle school in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), and later served as a school leader within the ACT Education Directorate. As a professor and Clinical Teaching Specialist at the University of Canberra, he worked in a parent education program and supported pre-service teachers preparing to enter the classroom. He is a graduate of the University of Wollongong.
In 2016, Ryan moved to the United States to join Generation Ready, where he built deep expertise in New York City’s literacy and MTSS systems as a Senior Education Consultant and later as a senior leader. He led Generation Ready’s District Literacy Hub partnerships, managed the NYC Reads scale-up across roughly ten districts, and co-created NYCPS system tools including the Intervention Toolkit and the Strategic Reading Period Implementation Guides.
Today, as Vice President of Partnerships, Ryan leads new partnership development, proposal strategy, and partner delivery across engage2learn and Generation Ready. He works alongside a team of content directors in literacy, math, and special populations so that every engagement, from the first conversation through implementation, reflects what schools actually need.
Ryan wants every teacher to have a coach who knows their students, their curriculum, and their context. He is proud to partner with districts and schools across the country to make that support real.
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