Amy Graeber

Senior Specialist, Southwest Region

Amy Graeber is an instructional leader with a track record of designing and implementing systems that drive educator effectiveness and measurable student growth. With experience spanning counseling, campus leadership, and district-level instructional systems, she has led large-scale coherence work that aligns curriculum, assessment, and coaching practices to improve outcomes across multiple campuses.

Most recently, Amy served as Chief Instructional Officer at Uvalde CISD, where she led the development of instructional frameworks grounded in student evidence, high-quality instructional materials, and data-driven coaching. Through this work, she increased the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) calibration from 51% to 98% by building aligned evaluation systems, strengthening instructional leadership capacity, and ensuring consistency in observation and feedback practices. Her leadership also contributed to measurable campus performance gains, including multiple campuses improving by one to two accountability ratings.

Amy’s approach centers on building trust, clarity, and coherence across systems. She partners with leaders to move beyond initiative overload by aligning professional learning, PLC structures, and coaching cycles to student outcomes. Her work is grounded in the belief that sustainable improvement occurs when educators are supported through clear expectations, actionable feedback, and systems that reinforce high-quality instruction—aligned to frameworks such as the NIET Teaching and Learning Standards Rubric, which emphasizes student ownership and instructional precision.

She is a national presenter and facilitator, including leading sessions on instructional coherence and system design. Amy remains committed to developing leaders and educators who drive meaningful, scalable impact for students.

 Amy  Graeber

Why are you passionate about working at NIET?

I am passionate about working at NIET because it brings clarity and structure to the work that matters most—improving instruction to impact student outcomes. NIET’s focus on aligned systems, coaching grounded in evidence, and a shared instructional language directly mirrors the work I’ve led at the district level.

In my experience, the greatest barrier to improvement is not effort—it’s fragmentation. NIET provides a proven framework that eliminates that fragmentation by aligning leadership, teacher development, and student expectations. That level of coherence is what allows districts to move from isolated initiatives to sustained impact.

What do you do in your free time?

I love staying active and getting outdoors whenever I can. I run regularly, enjoy reading, and love to travel. You’ll usually find me hiking, fishing, or snowboarding depending on the season—anything that lets me unplug and be outside.