Karolyn Belcher

Karolyn Belcher is the chief academic officer of the Charleston County School District (CSSD). In that role, she is responsible for leading the academic improvement strategy for South Carolina’s second-largest school district. This includes CCSD’s curriculum adoption, professional learning, and COVID recovery planning. Prior to this role, she was the president of TNTP and oversaw all the organization’s partnerships with school systems nationwide. She was the principal of the John A. Reisenbach Charter School, one of the first three charter schools in New York State, located in central Harlem; and began her career teaching science in New Orleans as a charter corps member of Teach For America.