Erica Hidalgo is a Literacy Partnerships Manager with CORE. She received a bachelor’s degree in business management and her teaching certification from Texas Woman’s University, and master’s degree in Educational Leadership from the University of New Mexico. Erica’s early career was focused on middle school and high school math and has shifted toward a focus on elementary literacy. Erica was a classroom teacher in both Texas and New Mexico before serving as an elementary school principal and curriculum director.

Prior to working with CORE, Erica served as a curriculum director where she planned and coordinated ongoing, job-embedded professional learning opportunities for administrators and teachers in both large urban and mid-sized rural school districts. Her responsibilities included the adoption and long-term implementation of standards-aligned, evidence-based curriculum for all content areas. Erica also guided schools, administrators, and teacher teams through strategies and protocols to use assessment data and student work samples to change instructional practice. She oversaw instructional coach programs and partnered with instructional coaches to develop and grow new teacher induction programs. With extensive knowledge of federal and grant funds, Erica leveraged resources to create opportunities to advance school and district initiatives with a clear focus on student outcomes.

In addition to her work at the school and district levels, Erica was appointed to the New Mexico Public Education Department K-5+ Extended Learning Time Advisory Board and served as a member of the NMPED’s Structured Literacy Working Group.