Leadership

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Dr. Candice Smith believes in providing students from all backgrounds optimal learning experiences and resources that will help them grow academically, as well as socially. She has been serving and leading with love in Richmond Public Schools for over 20 years. Dr. Smith’s classroom and leadership experiences includes teaching students in grades PrK-5, as well as serving as summer school principal and exceptional education compliance coordinator. In addition, she served as mentor teacher, lead teacher for grades K-2, and K-5 lead teacher for both reading and mathematics at Bellevue Elementary School, where she was also named Teacher of the Year. Dr. Smith has also chaired and co-chaired several committees to improve student
learning throughout her tenure at Fairfield Court Elementary School and E.D. Redd Elementary School.

Dr. Smith hails from Richmond County, VA. She earned her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Liberty University, Master of Education in Special Education from Virginia Commonwealth University, and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Saint Martin’s University. Dr. Smith has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.