 The State Board of Education hired Dr. Maria Pitre-Martin,
former NCDPI chief academic and digital learning officer and Thomasville City
Schools’ superintendent, last week as the new deputy state superintendent at
the NC Department of Public Instruction.
Pitre-Martin has assumed her new duties.
State Board Superintendent Advisor Freddie Williamson praised
the selection of Pitre-Martin. “I am extremely satisfied by this choice,” he
said. “Dr. Pitre-Martin’s experience as a local superintendent and also as a
state education leader will serve the local school districts well. She
understands the critical role of collaboration and ongoing communication with
the local districts and schools. This makes such a difference.”
Wake
Superintendent and in-coming State Board Advisor Jim Merrill congratulated the
Board on the selection. "We look forward to working with Dr. Pitre-Martin
in her new capacity as deputy superintendent,” he said. “Her experience in DPI
and in a local school district as superintendent brings great knowledge and
credibility to the role. The superintendents in North Carolina look forward to
working with her."
In addition to
her professional roles in North Carolina public schools and at the state
education agency, Pitre-Martin has held positions as the chief academic officer
for the School District of Philadelphia, and the assistant superintendent for
the East Baton Rouge Parish School System in Louisiana. Pitre-Martin served as
the director of Research and Staff Development for the Fort Bend Independent
School District in Sugar Land, Texas, and the principal of Oakwood Intermediate
School in College Station, Texas. In 2002, Dr. Pitre-Martin was the Texas
Middle School Principal of the Year.
Pitre-Martin
received a bachelor's degree in English and speech in 1989 and a master's
degree in organizational communication in 1997, both from the University of
Southwestern Louisiana, which is now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
She obtained a doctorate of philosophy in educational administration from Texas
A&M University in 2000. In 2008, Pitre-Martin graduated from the Broad
Superintendent Academy.
For more
information, please contact the NC Department of Public Instruction
Communication division at 919-807-3450.
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