Corey C. Cornett (he/his/him) is a Senior Program Associate with the Quality Schools and Districts team at WestEd. His work supports the improvement of education and social services to students preK–12 (and beyond) by building the capacity of schools, families, and community-based organizations.
Cornett has an extensive history in building the capacity of state and local education agency staff members, including providing site-based technical assistance in family engagement, curriculum, human resources, and teacher induction and onboarding. Currently, Cornett supports SEAs and LEAs through the Region 15 Comprehensive Center (R15CC) and provides capacity-building services to teams in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. Recently, Cornett facilitated team authorship of the Kindergarten Best Practice Guide for the state of Utah and is partnering with other Utah State Board of Education members, and Nevada Department of Education members, to facilitate Resource Allocation Review (RAR) design for the United States Department of Education (USDOE) ESSA Provision.
In addition to supporting Region 15 projects such as the State Education Agency Leadership Development Learning Series (SEA LEADS), Cornett also provides on-site technical assistance for Academic Parent-Teacher Teams (APTT), a family engagement initiative of WestEd, led by Dr. Maria Paredes. Prior to joining WestEd, Cornett was a teacher and district administrator in the Houston Independent School District and served in several capacities in family engagement initiatives, technology training programs, and human resources management.
Cornett has a Master of Business Administration-Education (MBA-E), a master’s degree with dual focus in business and organizational development plus nonprofit leadership in the field of education, earned at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. He also has a Bachelor of Science from Sam Houston State University, located in Huntsville, Texas.