IDEA University Prep

She provides educators with tools to support their implementation of effective practices, and models how best practice impacts student achievement. Brytanni believes in reforming systems that perpetuate inequity for our community’s most vulnerable people. Her effort to achieve educational equity has presented challenges, risks, and rewards but has ultimately provided her invaluable perspective. She is a certified elementary educator and has training in many facets of heuristic leadership. Brytanni holds a BA in psychology, a Masters in Public Administration from Louisiana State University, and A Masters in Education Leadership from Columbia University. She is charged to produce leaders who are socially conscious, skillful, and driven by purpose.

Ms. Forté began teaching High School English I & II the month after she graduated from College.  As an English teacher she taught Mainstream, Pre-AP and Inclusion for eight years.  For these eight years, Ms. Forté led her campus with the highest scores in the district on the state assessments with scores of 95% and above at the Commended level.  As a result, Ms. Forté was called on to sit on the curriculum writing committee for English I & II for the district. During this time, Ms. Forte’ has also partnered with Rice University to lead summer workshops to close reading and writing gaps for middle and high school students. Upon completing her Masters, Ms. Forté began her journey of fulfilling this passion as she went on to serve in the inner cities of Houston as an Intervention and Instructional Specialist, before ultimately stepping into the role of Assistant Principal.   As an Assistant Principal, Ms. Forté lead her campus in securing double digit gains in all four content areas in standardized testing and increasing graduation rates each year through targeted instructional design, programming, and coaching.   Still wanting to do more, she joined IDEA Public Schools and moved to her new home in Baton Rouge in 2019.  Ms. Forté defines this as one the best decisions that she ever made.   Ms. Forté aligns her role of Principal to a position of service.   She is filled with excitement, pride, humility and drive to serve her community and families in this capacity.  She is excited to  joins hands with the University Prep family  in providing a World Class Educational  Experience  in which Excellence is the standard and students will be Empowered, Inspired and Nurtured daily to become Critical and Innovative Thinkers in the school environment and society at large.