Dr. Andrea Ward is a 2025-2026 Teach Plus Michigan Senior Policy Fellow and grades 5-8 special education teacher at Pierce Middle School in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. She is a member of her school’s Multi-Tiered System of Supports team and previously served as director of her district’s Elementary Summer Learning Program, Early-Childhood Literacy Grant, and Title I Summer Programs. Andrea was a member of Phi Delta Kappa’s Emerging Leaders Program (2013-2014), was part of the Outstanding Special Education Team in Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (2009), and received Educator of the Year for Region 6 from the Michigan Association of Middle School Educators (2005). She is vice president of rights and responsibilities and a member of the bargaining team for the Grosse Pointe Education Association. Andrea earned her BA in political science and secondary education and an MEd in special education with a focus on learning disabilities from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a PhD in educational leadership and policy studies from Wayne State University.
