{"id":46,"date":"2025-09-18T19:48:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/oci\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:49:55","slug":"curriculum-and-instruction-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/oci\/curriculum-and-instruction-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum and Instruction Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wendy Clemons<\/strong>
\nChief Academic Officer
\n601-359-3461
\nWClemons@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Michelle Nowell, Ed.D.<\/strong>
\nAssociate State Superintendent
\n601-359-2586
\nmnowell@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Ma\u2019Kesha Adams<\/strong>
\nExecutive Director, Secondary Curriculum and Instruction
\n601-359-3461
\nmadams@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Elizabeth Simmons<\/strong>
\nDirector of Instructional Materials and Library Services
\n601-359-2448
\nesimmons@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Lakisha Kendrick<\/strong>
\nAccounting Specialist Senior
\n601-359-2586
\nlkendrick@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Chonette Bouldin<\/strong>
\nAssistant to Secondary Education, Career and Technical Education
\n601-359-3461
\ncbouldin@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Fay McDonald<\/strong>
\nAdministrator Support Assistant
\n601-359-2586
\nfmcdonald@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/span>\n

Literacy Coaches<\/h5>\n
\n

Dr. Amanda Malone<\/strong>
\nState Literacy Director K-12
\nammalone@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Kelli Crain<\/strong>
\nAssistant State Literacy Director
\n601-359-2586
\nkcrain@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Valerie Gilbert<\/strong>
\nAssistant State Literacy Director
\n601-359-2586
\nvalerie.gilbert@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Jill Hoda<\/strong>
\nAssistant State Literacy Director
\n601-359-2586
\njhoda@mdek12.org\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Melissa Beck<\/strong>
\nK-3 Literacy Assessment Coordinator
\n601-359-2586
\nmbeck@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/span>\n

Math Coaches<\/h5>\n

Dr. Rufus Hill<\/strong>
\nState K-12 Math Coaching Director
\n601-359-2586
\nrhill@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Kanequa Willis<\/strong>
\nState Math Coordinator (K-5)
\n601-359-2586
\nkwillis@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/span>\n

Content Areas<\/h5>\n
\n

Limeul Eubanks<\/strong>
\nPreK-12 State Arts (Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts), and World Languages Director
\n601-359-3461
\nleubanks@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Dr. Kevin Gaylor<\/strong>
\nK-12 State Science Director
\n601-359-3461
\nkgaylor@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Mandy Hackman<\/strong>
\nK-12 State English Language Arts Director
\n601-359-3461
\nahackman@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Jana’ Slay<\/strong>
\nDirector of K-12 Academic Counseling Programs
\n601-359-3461
\njslay@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Alan Wheat<\/strong>
\nK-12 State Social Studies Director
\n601-359-3461
\nawheat@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Heather Morrison<\/strong>
\nAccelerated Programs, College and Career Readiness, Dual Enrollment-Dual Credit, Director P20 Partnerships, Office of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
\n601-432-6626
\nhmorrison@ihl.state.ms.us<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Sara Flowers<\/strong>
\nMath Nation – MS Associate Director
\n662-404-0114
\nSara@MathNation.com<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/span>\n

Student Intervention Services<\/h5>\n
\n

Mat Sheriff<\/strong>
\nIntervention Services and Gifted Director
\n601-359-2586
\nmsheriff@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Lyndsey Robinson<\/strong>
\nDyslexia and Intervention Specialist
\n601-359-2586
\nlyrobinson@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Michelle McClain<\/strong>
\nBehavior Support Specialist
\n601-359-2586
\nmmcclain@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Penny Bethany<\/strong>
\nDyslexia and Academic Intervention Specialist
\n601-359-2586
\npbethany@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Sandra Elliott<\/strong>
\nAcademic Interventionist and English Learners Specialist
\n601-359-2586
\nselliott@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

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Wendy Clemons Chief Academic Officer 601-359-3461 WClemons@mdek12.org Michelle Nowell, Ed.D. Associate State Superintendent 601-359-2586 mnowell@mdek12.org Ma\u2019Kesha Adams Executive Director, Secondary Curriculum and Instruction 601-359-3461 madams@mdek12.org Elizabeth Simmons Director of Instructional Materials and Library Services 601-359-2448 esimmons@mdek12.org Lakisha Kendrick Accounting Specialist Senior 601-359-2586 lkendrick@mdek12.org Chonette Bouldin Assistant to Secondary Education, Career and Technical Education 601-359-3461 cbouldin@mdek12.org […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-46","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/oci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/oci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/oci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/oci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/oci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/oci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/oci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/oci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}