Faculty: Dessalines (Des) Floyd, EdLD

Dessalines (Des) Floyd

Dessalines (Des) Floyd, EdLD

Adjunct Faculty, Leadership Licensure Program/Graduate Certificate in School Leadership (LLP/GCSL)

Email
dessalines_​floyd@williamjames.edu
Degree Major/Emphasis Institution
EdLD Education Leadership Harvard University
MEd Curriculum and Practice University of Florida, Teacher Leadership for School Improvement (TLSI) Office
BA English, with a concentration in Sociology of Education Florida State University

Courses

  • LP786 - The Psychology of Racism and Discrimination

Research and Practice Interests

  • Education Equity
  • System-Level Improvement
  • Higher Education
  • State Education/Local Education Agencies
  • Developing School and District Leaders
  • The Science of Learning and Development
  • Innovations in Program and Curriculum Design
  • Virtual Teaching and Leading
  • Competency-Based Education/Leadership
  • Teacher Preparation

Publications and Presentations

  • Write the Vision and Make It Plain: The Case for an Explicit Focus on Equity and Racial Equity to Accelerate Outcomes in Schools (Floyd, 2019)
  • Contributions made to Integrating the Science of Learning and Development into Teacher Education (Moore et al., 2020)

Concurrent Leadership, Service and Professional Activities

  • Supports strategic alignment, training, and WJC/T21 DEI programming. Collaborations most often live at the intersection of leadership, equity, and designing systems for accelerated performance and improvement.

Prior Experience

  • Special Assistant to the Commissioner on Equity with the Center for Instructional Support at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE).
  • Director of Clinical Learning and Educator Development at a competency-based graduate school in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
  • Works with superintendents and principals in school districts across the State of MA to design and implement equity leadership practices that lead to higher outcomes and opportunities for students.

Professional Affiliations

  • Chair of the Academic Excellence Committee at the Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy, voted #1 middle school in Boston for culturally-based education.

Community Involvement

  • Member of the Boston (MA) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated.