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Monday, May 18, 2009
Breeden to Head Department of Professional Learning and Accountability
Terri Breeden, who has been Fairfax County Public Schools’ (FCPS) assistant superintendent for Professional Learning and Training (PLT) since May 2006, has been tapped to lead the new Department of Professional Learning and Accountability, which combines the former Departments of Professional Learning and Training and Accountability, effective July 1. On the accountability side, Breeden will replace Patrick Murphy, who has resigned as assistant superintendent of accountability to become superintendent of Arlington Public Schools.
Currently, Breeden oversees professional learning for all FCPS employees. She successfully launched and now directs a systemwide web-based learning management system called My PLT. Additionally, she led the rollout of an online compliance course and successfully trained more than 22,000 employees on the topic of discrimination and harassment awareness. Breeden coordinated a cross-departmental team to redesign teacher induction and won a large grant from the Apple Federal Credit Union Education Foundation for this effort.
Breeden also secured federal funding to create a principal-in-residence program to provide coaching, mentoring, and support to new principals. During her tenure, she increased school-based professional learning to improve instructional practice by increasing the number of embedded instructional coaches in high-need schools by more than 50 percent. This initiative has improved teacher quality and raised math achievement.
Before joining FCPS, Breeden served as executive director, grades 5-12, for the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. She previously served as a principal, an assistant principal, a mathematics program assistant, and a math teacher in Nashville. In addition, she has taught elementary grades in private schools.
She was named Teacher of the Year at East Middle School in Nashville in 1991 and has published articles on math strategies, student achievement, and classroom management.
Breeden earned her bachelor’s degree from Free Will Baptist College and a master’s in education in administration and supervision from Tennessee State University. Breeden also earned a master’s in education in special education and a doctorate in education in school administration from the George Peabody College at Vanderbilt University.
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Note: For more information, contact Terri Breeden at 703-204-3980 or terri.breeden@fcps.edu
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