Nicholas Lannon Cains
Director of Content & Coaching, Literacy Leadership & Learning
About Nicholas Cains
Nicholas Lannon Cains is an education leader with over a decade of K-6 experience as a teacher, instructional coach, designer, and adult learning facilitator. He has supported the district-wide implementation of multi-year professional learning arcs for literacy coaches and teacher leaders, advancing evidence-based reading instruction across a large urban district.
At Leading Educators, he has served in various roles, including Instructional Leadership Coach, Director of Content and Coaching, and Director of Adult Learning. He has partnered with districts to scale high-impact professional learning, coaching more than 50+ teacher leaders and instructional coaches to advance, coach, and scale structured literacy practices across 100% of elementary schools. He also codified and scaled a research-based coaching model in collaboration with 10 cross-functional teams and 23 subject matter experts.
As Designer and Coach for the Rural Literacy Network, he leverages this expertise to strengthen literacy leadership and drive systems-level instructional improvement in Desoto County Schools District, Senatobia Municipal Schools District, and South Tippah County Schools.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Education Administration: Curriculum & Supervision from The University of Oklahoma-Tulsa and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University.
At Leading Educators, he has served in various roles, including Instructional Leadership Coach, Director of Content and Coaching, and Director of Adult Learning. He has partnered with districts to scale high-impact professional learning, coaching more than 50+ teacher leaders and instructional coaches to advance, coach, and scale structured literacy practices across 100% of elementary schools. He also codified and scaled a research-based coaching model in collaboration with 10 cross-functional teams and 23 subject matter experts.
As Designer and Coach for the Rural Literacy Network, he leverages this expertise to strengthen literacy leadership and drive systems-level instructional improvement in Desoto County Schools District, Senatobia Municipal Schools District, and South Tippah County Schools.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Education Administration: Curriculum & Supervision from The University of Oklahoma-Tulsa and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University.
I hope every person has 100 people saying ‘yes you can’ for each person saying ‘no’
