Amber Malone is an educator with over 15 years experience working in diverse roles as an elementary and middle school classroom teacher, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teacher, Reading Specialist, and Gifted Education teacher. She has a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Drury University in Elementary Education and Sociology with an emphasis in Global Studies, a Masters of Education (MEd) from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Educational Administration, and an Educational Specialist (EdS) from Missouri State University in Elementary Mathematics Education. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree focused on Creativity, Advanced Learning, and Twice Exceptionality from Johns Hopkins University. She has served on several school, district, and state leadership committees related to school improvement, tiered support systems, and cultural integration. She believes that all students can succeed with scaffolded, differentiated instruction and that the needs of diverse learners are best met within the general classroom environment alongside targeted, small group interventions. When not teaching, Amber enjoys relaxing with her family on their farm in Central Maine.