Bregeneve Ocansey taught upper elementary and middle school English and Social Studies over nine years in the District of Columbia and in Atlanta. She has also served as an instructional coach and provided professional development in a variety of areas such as differentiated instruction, gender specific instructional strategies, Writer’s Workshop and formative assessment.   

During Bregeneve’s time as a teacher her students had a 100 percent passage rate on Georgia’s English Language Arts Criterion Referenced Competency Test and a 94 percent passage rate on the Reading Criterion- Referenced Competency Test. In addition, Bregeneve served as a mentor teacher with Metro Resa’s Georgia Teacher Academy for Preparation and Pedagogy and collaborated in creating a writing framework and a common Reading and English Language Arts assessment for Atlanta Public Schools.   

Bregeneve is a certified Gurian Trainer of Single Gender Education and was awarded the Georgia State Board of Education Recognition Award of Excellence in 2011 for her contributions to student achievement.

Bregeneve earned a B.A. in Elementary Education and a Masters degree in Educational Leadership. She is proud to serve DCPS as a Senior Master Educator to support fellow master educators and Humanities teachers.