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About

​My career as a teacher began with an unforgettable journey abroad. 

 

After graduating college, I took a position as an English teacher in

Taiwan, a place I had never been and whose language I did not speak.

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Though I had originally intended to teach for only a year and then 

return to the U.S. to enter a different field, I ended up loving my job as

an educator. I stayed in Taiwan for nearly three years before moving to

South Korea, where I taught for another year.

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From there, I moved to New York City, where I successfully completed the highly competitive NYC Teaching Fellows program, which trained me to work in high-needs schools. This training proved to be an invaluable jump start into my work in the Transfer High School network.

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Over the nine years since then, collaboration with other highly effective educators has allowed me many opportunities to develop my own pedagogical and leadership toolkit, which I still seek to expand moving into the future.

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I greatly look forward to my next adventure in the field of education, and am grateful for all the opportunities it has afforded me. â€‹â€‹â€‹

HETS Founder

©2025 by Zachary James Acree

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