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Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
Angela Staples is an educator, instructional leader, and founder of Equitable Instruction Blueprint with 24 years of experience in education, including 10 years as an instructional leadership coach supporting educators and school leaders across the country.
Her career has taken her from the classroom to leadership and coaching experiences in diverse urban, rural, and regional communities, including Memphis, Nashville, Chicago, Philadelphia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Florida. These experiences have given Angela a unique perspective on both the complexity of education and the extraordinary people doing the work.
Throughout her career, Angela has supported educators and leaders in strengthening instruction, implementing high-quality mathematics and literacy curricula, and building systems that support meaningful teaching and learning. But her experiences have taught her something equally important: educators are not simply recipients of knowledge—they are sources of it.
Angela believes some of the most valuable expertise in education isn't always standing at the front of the room. Sometimes, the expertise is sitting right beside you.
A principal may have a solution another principal has been searching for. A teacher may have a strategy that could transform another classroom. An instructional coach may have insight that helps a leader see a challenge differently. The power is often already in the room.
That belief is at the heart of EIB.
Angela created EIB to bring educators and educational leaders into spaces where they can connect, exchange ideas, learn from one another, and be celebrated. And because educators spend so much of their lives giving to others, EIB intentionally creates after-hours experiences where they can also unwind, laugh, build authentic relationships, and recharge.
From the connections made at the Urban Educator Meetup, to the leadership conversations of the Blueprint Leadership Exchange, to the celebration and recognition of the Red Apple Gala, EIB creates opportunities for educators to step away from the demands of the school day and experience the power of community.
At EIB, we believe the room is full of expertise. Our job is to create the rooms for it to be shared.
When educators are connected, valued, and inspired by one another, that collective strength ultimately makes its way back into classrooms and into the lives of students.
Leadership Philosophy
Leadership Philosophy
I began my career as a classroom teacher, and I know firsthand how demanding and rewarding the work of educating students can be. I also learned that educators need more than resources and professional development. They need connection. They need community. They need opportunities to step outside of the daily demands of the work, exchange ideas with others who understand, and be reminded that the work they do matters.
As my career grew, I had the opportunity to work alongside educators and school leaders in communities across the country. I saw incredible people doing extraordinary work—often without enough opportunities to connect with one another, share what was working, build relationships beyond their own schools, or simply be celebrated for the difference they make.
That became my why.
I created Equitable Instruction Blueprint to create those spaces.
Through the Blueprint Leadership Exchange, Urban Educator Meetup, and Red Apple Gala, EIB brings educators and educational leaders together to connect, collaborate, grow, and celebrate. These experiences are designed to strengthen the people who show up every day for students.
Because when educators feel connected, valued, inspired, and supported, they are better positioned to create the kind of learning environments where students feel seen, challenged, affirmed, and empowered to thrive.
EIB exists because the people who pour into our students deserve a place where they can connect, be celebrated, and pour back into themselves and one another.
-Angela Staples
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