As an Instructional Empowerment School Leadership Coach, Dr. Dodi Davenport works with school and district leadership teams to ensure that teachers have exposure to and experience with the most effective evidence-based actions that have proven to change instructional outcomes for students. Her depth of knowledge of core instructional best practices, expertise in utilizing teacher and leader evaluation models as a tool to improve instructional effectiveness, effective adult learning practices, and experiences as a professional coach to educators in many different roles have proven to be of great impact to the districts she has served.
Dr. Davenport’s 34 years in education include experience as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and in district-level leadership. In each of her roles, she was very active in ensuring teachers and leaders benefited from access to high-quality professional learning experiences and coaching to strengthen their instructional practice.
Dr. Davenport earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Florida State University. She went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership and her Ed.D. in Educational Program Development, both from the University of South Florida.