Kathleen McDonald is currently a Director of Curriculum and Instruction for a P-12 school district. With an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences, she taught elementary school for the first few years of her career and spent approximately 17 years teaching high school. Ms. McDonald earned her first Master’s in Education and continued with Educational Administration at Rowan University. She has been a K-12 district supervisor for science, math, and visual and performing arts for approximately 6 years. She has also taught in Stockton’s Alternate Route Program as well as served as an adjunct professor with Atlantic Cape Community College as an Anatomy and Physiology professor for approximately 6 years. Upon completion of her superintendent’s certification, Ms. McDonald became a district Director in 2015.
Ms. McDonald is the very proud mother of three daughters, Christina, Angela, and Gianna and two grand daughters, Makenzie and Guiliana. Christina has her hands full at home with Makenzie and Guiliana. Angela is working on completing her degree in biology and hopes to be accepted to graduate school for 2017 while Gianna is looking to pursue a degree in neuroscience/neurobiology in 2017.
Ms. McDonald grew up training and showing horses on the A circuit and has a home-based certified doll studio from which she previously instructed porcelain doll-making class. She also enjoys boating, golfing, snow skiing, and traveling with her husband, Tom, when possible. Once she completes her doctorate, she plans to have more time to spend with her family and to return to her hobbies!