Camille Chapman
Program Associate
Camille Chapman is a Program Associate with SEDL's Improving School Performance program. Ms. Chapman works with the Southeast Comprehensive Center to build the capacity of state and regional education agencies to assist schools and districts in need of improvement. In this work she focuses on the areas of curriculum and instruction, particularly mathematics, assessment, and school improvement, including school turnaround efforts. Currently, Ms. Chapman is consulting with a team of SEDL colleagues to provide differentiated instructional strategies to a Louisiana school district. Other current and recent work includes providing training on the Georgia Thinking Maps strategy for school improvement, assisting the Louisiana Department of Education with its Statewide System of Support, and assisting the South Carolina Department of Education in its school turnaround efforts.
Contact Information
You may contact Camille Chapman at 601-605-2221
Ms. Chapman’s research interests include the development of high-stakes assessments, middle school mathematics, school improvement, and school turnaround.
- Assessment: Ms. Chapman has experience working in the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Student Assessment during the development of the Mississippi Curriculum Test for Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics for students in grades 3–8. Additionally, she reviewed and approved test items for the Mississippi Subject Area Testing Program Algebra I exit exam while serving in the MDE Office of Curriculum and Instruction.
- Mathematics: Ms. Chapman has more than 18 years of experience as a middle school mathematics teacher with both inclusion IEP students and regular education students in classroom settings. She also worked for the MDE coordinating the Mathematics Science Partnerships grants and developing instructional materials in mathematics.
- School Improvement: Ms. Chapman’s work focuses on improving instruction and performance in schools that are struggling to meet adequate yearly progress. She has worked with state education agencies, school districts, and schools on improvement efforts. She has also served as the MDE Director of Instructional Support for schools identified for improvement under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Prior to joining SEDL in October 2008, Ms. Chapman worked at the MDE Office of Student Assessment during the development of Mississippi’s Curriculum Assessment Program. She previously worked at the MDE in the Office of Curriculum and Instruction as division director for the content areas of mathematics, science, and social studies, and in the Office of Innovative Support for the Title I, English Language Learners (ELL), and Migrant Education programs. In addition, Ms. Chapman has 18 years of classroom experience as a middle school mathematics teacher.
Education
Ms. Chapman holds a bachelor of science in education from the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, and a master of science in education with a concentration in mathematics from Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi.
SEDL Publications
- Beyond Adoption—Implementing Rigorous College- and Career-Readiness Standards: Southeast Comprehensive Center Briefing Paper, December 2011 (2011)
- Rapid Response: Studies of Mathematics Software Programs (2011)
- Southeast Comprehensive Center eBulletin, Volume 4, Number 3: Turning Around Low-Performing Schools (2010)
- Constructing Foundations for Success: Implications of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report (2009)
- Rapid Response: Adult Education Certification Requirements and Electives for Teachers (2009)
- Rapid Response: Response to Intervention Progress Monitoring Resources for Grades K–12 (2009)
- Rapid Response: Web-Based State Longitudinal Data Systems (2009)
