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Dr. Donna Ottaviano
Superintendent of
Schools
North Providence, Rhode Island
Dr. Donna Ottaviano has worked in public
education for over twenty-five years. She has been employed as a teacher, as a
public health educator (for the state Health Dept), as an elementary school
principal, Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent of Schools all in Rhode
Island. She has served in her current capacity of Superintendent of Schools in
North Providence, Rhode Island, since 2004. Her areas of expertise have focused
on curriculum and instruction, and professional development.
As an executive board representative of the Rhode Island School Superintendents
Association, Dr. Ottaviano has served on the Rhode Island Governors Steering
Committee for School Safety since its creation in 2006. In the area of school
safety, she has organized numerous presentations throughout the state of Rhode
Island for public, private, and parochial schools, as well as, police and fire.
Within her own district, she was instrumental in the creation and implementation
of a School Safety Plan and the training of all school personnel on Response to
Active Shooters and Bomb Threats. She has worked with local police, fire and the
Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency to conduct active shooter drills in
local schools.
Dr. Ottaviano has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education and History,
a Masters Degree in Educational Administration, and a Doctorate in Educational
Leadership. She holds Rhode Island certifications in Elementary Education,
Middle School Social Studies, as an Elementary and Middle School Principal, in
Curriculum Instruction and Design, and as an Assistant Superintendent and
Superintendent of Schools. In 1999, her dissertation entitled “The Relationship
Between Elementary Teacher Professional Development and Classroom Practices” was
published through Johnson & Wales University.
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