GRETCHEN PRANGE
St. Peters,MO
Summary
Purpose-driven educational technology leader committed to empowering educators, employees, and clients through high-quality training experiences that strengthen teaching and learning. Passionate about expanding what is possible in education by building scalable professional learning, collaborating across teams to promote impactful training offerings, and fostering a community united by the mission to improve education one learning experience at a time.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Supervisor, Professional Services
PowerSchool
St. Louis, MO
01.2025 - Current
- Directed growth of Proven Practices Professional Development Plus, overseeing product-line execution, content strategy, delivery planning, and adoption efforts post-2025 release.
- Collaborated with Professional Services, Marketing, and Customer Education to enhance market positioning and boost customer awareness via webinars and professional learning initiatives.
- Led transition of PD+ content from Schoology to Rise and Campus, modernizing learning experience and enhancing scalability and long-term sustainability.
- Advanced AI-enabled learning strategy through development of learning pathways, prompt frameworks, and practical AI applications to enhance educator and administrator capacity.
- Ensured compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards as well as industry regulations.
- Conducted regular 1:1's and performance reviews with direct reports to assess progress against goals and objectives.
Team Lead, Customer Education
PowerSchool
St. Louis, MO
01.2022 - 01.2025
- Executed Customer Education programs across learning initiatives, ensuring consistent delivery and high instructional quality to drive customer adoption of PowerSchool solutions.
- Led Customer Education program execution across learning initiatives, supporting delivery consistency, instructional quality, and customer adoption across PowerSchool solutions.
- Coached team members and standardized practices to improve learner experience and enhance operational reliability in customer education programs.
Senior Learning and Innovation Specialist
PowerSchool / Schoology
St. Louis, MO
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Designed and led scalable professional learning experiences for Schoology Learning, aligning instructional best practices, platform capabilities, and district adoption goals to improve implementation success and instructional impact.
- Facilitated scalable professional learning for educators and administrators, aligning instructional priorities with effective use of Schoology Learning to elevate teaching practices.
- Partnered with districts to translate goals, challenges, and adoption needs into tailored professional learning solutions that safeguarded technology investments.
- Partnered strategically with districts to translate goals, challenges, and adoption needs into professional learning solutions that protected technology investments.
- Integrated emerging instructional technologies and AI-supported approaches into learning design, boosting engagement and real-world application for diverse learners.
Implementation Consultant
Tyler Technologies
St. Louis, MO
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Led end-to-end student information system implementations for school districts, partnering with administrators to configure, deploy, and operationalize workflows aligned to district policies, data requirements, and operational needs.
- Managed SIS implementation activities from discovery through deployment, guiding district teams in configuration, workflow alignment, training, and readiness planning for seamless transitions.
- Advised district administrators, translating complex system functionality into clear guidance that facilitated adoption, ensured data integrity, and built operational confidence.
- Collaborated with internal teams and district leaders to identify risks and resolve implementation challenges, ensuring timely and high-quality system launches that addressed district needs.
Classroom Teacher & Instructional Technology Leader
Wentzville School District
Wentzville, MO
01.2006 - 01.2017
- Led instructional technology adoption by modeling effective integration practices and facilitating professional learning for teachers, resulting in increased technology usage in classrooms.
- Built inclusive K–6 learning environments that enhanced instructional technology adoption through innovative classroom practices and targeted professional development.
- Designed structured learning experiences that fostered academic growth and increased student engagement, promoting social-emotional development for diverse learners.
Education
Certification - Applied Business Science: AI Prompting
University of Missouri- St. Louis
St. Louis, MO07-2025
Master of Education - Information Science & Learning Technologies
University of Missouri
Columbia01-2019
Bachelor of Science - Education
University of Missouri
Columbia01-2010
Certification - AI Automation
University of Missouri- St. Louis
St. Louis, MO01-2006
Skills
- Project management
- Training program development
- Instructional design
- Stakeholder engagement
- Team leadership
- AI integration
- Articulate Rise experience
- Storyline experience
- Captivate experience
- Schoology Learning experience
- AI Tools (CoPilot, ChatGPT, Make, n8n, Gemini, Julius, GitHub, Claude)
- Microsoft 365 experience
- Google Suite experience
- Synthesia experience
Timeline
Supervisor, Professional Services
PowerSchool
01.2025 - Current
Team Lead, Customer Education
PowerSchool
01.2022 - 01.2025
Senior Learning and Innovation Specialist
PowerSchool / Schoology
01.2019 - 01.2022
Implementation Consultant
Tyler Technologies
01.2017 - 01.2019
Classroom Teacher & Instructional Technology Leader
Wentzville School District
01.2006 - 01.2017
Certification - AI Automation
University of Missouri- St. Louis
Bachelor of Science - Education
University of Missouri
Master of Education - Information Science & Learning Technologies
University of Missouri
Certification - Applied Business Science: AI Prompting
University of Missouri- St. Louis