| Dr. Heuschel became the Superintendent of the Renton School District in 2006. She was previously the Deputy State Superintendent for the Department of Education; Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Her responsibilities included the Learning and Teaching departments; assessment and research, curriculum and instruction, school improvement, secondary education reform, community outreach, professional development, teacher certification, and federal programs including No Child Left Behind, Title I, II, III, and V, special education, and migrant/bilingual. Dr. Heuschel also served as a school principal in the Yelm School District; assessment specialist in the education department in Hawaii; teacher at West Point Military Academy; teacher in Department of Defense schools in Europe; and special education teacher. She has been recognized with two leadership awards by the Association of Washington School Principals and the Washington Association of School Administrators and is a member of several state and national educational research and leadership associations.
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