Yolanda Perkins, EdS

Implementation Specialist, University of North Carolina Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
Faculty, MS in Implementation Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Yolanda Perkins, EdS will be teaching Education, Community-Based Participatory Research, and State Services in the MS-IS program. She is an implementation specialist at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG). Ms. Perkins has more than 20 years of experience working in the field of special education in a variety of capacities including district administrator, teacher, coach, college instructor, and research educational consultant. She has extensive experience providing training, coaching, and technical assistance to state, district, and school-based educators on the application of implementation science practices to improve outcomes for individuals with marginalized identities. As part of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN), Ms. Perkins serves as the co-principal investigator on the NY Math Network project, facilitating and supporting a cadre of New York state school districts to address the systemic implementation vision of high-quality math instruction. She also works with the UNC-based Work Together NC team on the state of North Carolina's Inclusion Works project aimed at improving competitive integrated employment opportunities for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.