Lisa Thomas

Lisa Thomas

Lisa Thomas is an Assistant Director in Educational Issues with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Ms. Thomas is Special Education Policy Analyst and the AFT’s Special Education Cadre Coordinator. In addition, she is the AFT’s Educational Research and Dissemination Course Coordinator for Managing Anti-social Behavior, Managing Student Behavior for Support Staff, and Meeting the Standards for Paraprofessionals.

Ms. Thomas represents the AFT on a number of national leadership and coalition groups, including the IDEA Partnership, Center for Evidence Based Practice for Young Children with Challenging Behavior Advisory Board, National Center on Student Progress Monitoring Advisory Board, National Accessible Reading Assessment Project Advisory Committee, Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education Advisory Committee and State Accountability for All Students Advisory Board.

Ms. Thomas received her undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, in Industrial Management. She completed master course work at the College of Charleston (SC), in Early Childhood Education and received a M.A. in Special Education from Trinity University in Washington, D.C. She is a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, concentrating her studies in Organizational Leadership and Minorities in Special Education in urban settings.

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