Current Role: Assistant Superintendent, Caldwell-West Caldwell School District
Fellowship Role: Deputy Executive Director, Office of Teacher Effectiveness, New York City Department of Education
Kaitlin Jones is the Assistant Superintendent of Caldwell-West Caldwell School District.
During the Fellowship, Kaitlin served as Deputy Executive Director in the Office of Teacher Effectiveness for the New York City Department of Education. In that role, Kaitlin worked closely with senior leaders to ensure that the NYC Department of Education had an aligned teacher evaluation system that was consistent with its integrity and policies and contained quality programs and resources to train, develop, and evaluate teachers. Prior to this role, Kaitlin served as the principal of Girls Prep Lower East Side Middle School in New York City, where she led significant school-wide improvement, moving the school from a C to an A within two years. Before becoming a principal, Kaitlin served as the Chief of Staff in the Office of Assessment and as Lead Senior Instructional Coach of the Common Core pilots for the New York City Department of Education, where she led a team of Senior Instructional Coaches working across 100+ schools to inform strategy for citywide adoption of the Common Core State Standards.
Kaitlin holds an M.Ed. from Harvard and a B.A. in English and Psychology from Georgetown University.