Patrice LaHair serves as a Clinical Faculty Member for City Teaching Alliance in Baltimore. Prior to joining the team in 2021, she taught for eleven years in Baltimore City Public Schools (six years of high school English and five years in middle school ELA). During her time in the classroom, Patrice wrote curriculum for middle and high school, coached and instructed early career teachers, facilitated PD at the district level, and built partnerships with local theaters. She is passionate about supporting Secondary ELA teachers and helping them create nurturing, responsive, engaging, and rigorous classroom communities.