Dr. Dionne V. McLaughlin
Dr. Dionne V. McLaughlin, Ed.D. is the Executive Director of CRREI and an Associate Professor at North Carolina Central University in the Curriculum and Instruction Department. She is a British-born Jamaican educator who is an experienced bilingual high school and elementary school principal and K-12 Director. She has 17 years of experience teaching, a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master’s in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Recent publications: Navigating the Superintendency: Lessons from the Field on Increasing Longevity and Success (Book), Personalized Leadership Practices: Eight Strategies for Leading Equitable, High Achieving Schools (Book), How Expert Principals Make Difficult Decisions (Book), Exemplary Leadership in Diverse Cultural Contexts in The Springer Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education (Rosemary Papa, Book Chapter), an article in Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina Personalized Principal Leadership Practices, New South Realities: Demographics, Diversity and Cultural Capital in The Sage Guide to Educational Leadership and Management (Fenwick English, Book Chapter), and an NCPEA article: How Administrators Can Improve Schools by Learning from the Experiences of African American and Latino High School Students.
Dr. McLaughlin has led workshops on culturally responsive teaching, and making effective leadership decisions for teachers, principals, and assistant principals. Dr. McLaughlin has also taught Effective School Practices for All Students for K-12 administrators and teachers from nine school districts, and led Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Professional Development for all Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) principals and for teachers in eight CHCCS schools. In addition, she taught Organizational Development and Diversity for School Leaders at Fayetteville State and at North Carolina Central University, and created a new course, Leading High Achieving, Equitable Schools for African American and Latino Students.