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Phelton C. Moss
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
Tougaloo College and CEO of ALL Means ALL Consulting, LLC
Education/Degree:
1 Educational Leadership (The University of Mississippi)
About
Dr. Phelton "Cortez" Moss, an accomplished high school english teacher and middle school principal, currently serves as the founder & owner of ALL Means ALL Consulting, LLC. He serves as educational leadership, diversity equity, and Inclusion coach, teacher effectiveness, and education policy consultant. Additionally, he serves as a tenure-track assistant professor of teacher education at Tougaloo College. In addition to teaching, his research focuses on teacher diversity, equitable instructional practices, and inclusionary leadership practices. Moss is also a policy fellow for Education Leaders of Color, based in Washington, DC. Prior to launching ALL Means ALL Consulting, LLC, he served at the Mississippi Department of Education as the state's director of educator talent acquisition and effectiveness where he led the launch and design of the nation's first state-run teacher residency program to recruit and retain diverse teachers in high-poverty schools with a $4.5M grant.
Current Work
As a researcher, who is a former school turnaround leader, we hold the strong belief that ALL children have the right to an excellent education. We believe teaching and learning are strong levers for improving the lives of ALL children. I ecognize that we are living in an era where inequity is our world's biggest challenge, but we know teaching and learning has the power to exasperate or drive out inequity. In addition, we know teachers are the grea, factor influencing student achievement and leaders run second only to teachers. As such, I've made a deep commitment to improving teacher practice and pedagogy through building the capacity of school leaders to lead for equity. More profoundly, I have a strong interest in ensuring children have access to strong literacy and math instruction. However, that cannot happen without equity-centered leaders. My research explores inequity by looking at teacher diversity efforts and equitable instructional practices.
Research Area Keyword(s)
equitable instructional practices, inclusionary leadership practices, teacher diversity