Educational Accountability
John O. Gilbert, Director

• Assistant Attorney General
• Communications
• Internal Accountability

Student Performance
Vacant, Deputy Superintendent

• Accreditation
• Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement, Alternative Education/GED and Counseling
• Dropout Prevention
• Innovative Support
• Leadership and Professional Development
• Research and Statistics
• School Improvement
• Student Achievement & Growth

Instructional Programs and Services
Dr. Kris Kaase, Deputy Superintendent

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Reading, Early Childhood, and Language Arts
• Special Education
• Student Assessment
• Textbook Adoptions and Procurement
• Virtual Public School
• Vocational Education and Workforce Development

Alphabetical Listing of MDE Departments

Quality Professionals & Special Schools
Dr. Daphne Buckley, Deputy Superintendent

• Center for Teaching/Recruitment
• Educational Licensure
• Mississippi School for the Blind
• Mississippi School for the Deaf
• Mississippi School of the Arts
• Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science
• Scholastic Development
  
• Troops to Teachers

Policy & Operations
J. Martez Hill, Chief Deputy Superintendent

• Accounting
• Child Nutrition
• Educational Technology
• Federal Financial Management
• Financial Management
• Healthy Schools
• Human Resources
• Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC)
• Management Information Systems
• Policy and School Financial Services
• Procurement
• Reseach and Grants
• Safe and Orderly Schools
• School Financial Services

Legislation and Budget
Paul Sumrall, Deputy Superintendent

• Budget and Planning
• Legislation