School + Community Partnerships = Powerhouse; Part 1 of 4

In this special four-part series of Lead, Lift, Inspire, Dr. Tracie J. Metz explores how school and community partnerships create powerful impact across North Carolina.From elevating student voice to reaching across sectors and taking bold, sometimes unconventional risks, these conversations highlight what happens when educators and partners build trust, stretch beyond the familiar, and work together for lasting change.This episode features Dr. Jaime Hooper.  Dr. Jaime Hooper has worked in public education in rural Western North Carolina for 24 years. Over the course of her career, she has served as a teacher, assistant principal, Federal Programs Director, Pre-K Director, principal, Director of Testing & Accountability, Director of Alternative Education, and grant writer. Her dissertation focused on improving the educational experiences of students living in poverty and was nationally published in Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice. She is also a member of the North Carolina Delta Kappa Gamma (NC DKG) Alpha Iota Chapter.