NAS Education Solutions

Recognized as an innovative instructional leader and expert in educational change across a wide array of professional circles. Nicole is a highly experienced educator with 20+ years of experience working across school, district, and regional levels in education and in Fortune 500 companies. She has served in the roles of superintendent of schools, principal, special education director, middle school teacher, and instructional coach for grades K-12. As CEO & Senior Educational Consultant, she brings her expertise as a professional developer, trainer, technical assistance provider, and school improvement specialist. Nicole has visited 1,000+ classrooms and has facilitated 100+ workshops on curriculum, instruction, and educational change for teachers and leaders. ​Her favorite place is in the classroom with teachers and students.

Explicit direct instruction Self-regulated strategy instruction Project-Based Teaching Paideia Program Authentic Tasks Student-Directed Learning Strategy Instruction Systematic reading instruction Universal Design for Learning Understanding by Design

New York State Council for Special Education Administrators New York State Council of School Superintendents 2022 NY CASE Conference Speaker 2015 Coalition of Essential Schools Fall Forum Presenter 2012 National Special Education Fellowship Recipient 2008 Teaching Fellowship Recipient

Nicole holds a B.A. in Communications from Loyola College in Maryland, an M.S. Ed. in Special Education from Hunter College, and an Ed.M. in Leadership for Educational Change from Bank Street College of Education. Contact

Outcomes of her work can be seen across New York State. She is a contributing author of the state guidance manual for Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and has reformed school turnaround and special education systems for many districts. At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, she was tapped to step in to lead a district in returning students to in-person instruction, budget development, and launching a summer program to address student learning loss. Nicole has presented to both national and statewide audiences on educational change, leadership development, and MTSS. She currently serves on the legislative committee for the New York State Council for Administrators for Special Education. Learn more: http://www.nicolescariano.com http://www.naseducationsolutions.com