An experienced STEM education leader with 25 years in urban, public K-12 education, Camsie McAdams is the inaugural Director of the Institute for a STEM Ready America at STEM Next Opportunity Fund. She leads the Institute in its ambitious mission to excite 20 million young people through transformative out-of-school-time STEM experiences and connect them to the career opportunities of tomorrow.
Previously, Camsie led global STEM efforts at Discovery Education, where she developed solutions for US and international markets. She was the lead for science and multidisciplinary curriculum development in Egypt and directed projects in the MENA region, China, and South America. Camsie focused on instructional improvement in STEM, early learning and early literacy/numeracy.
Camsie is a former classroom teacher, coach, and curriculum/instructional leader at school, district and national levels. Camsie served in the Obama Administration as the Deputy Director for STEM at the U.S. Department of Education. She was the recipient of the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship at the National Science Foundation and received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching for the state of New York. Camsie worked as the Director of STEM for DC Public Schools and was a Partner with TNTP – The New Teachers Project.
Camsie received a degree in general engineering and political science from the University of Denver, and a Masters of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She recently completed a Women’s Executive Leadership certification from Yale School of Management.