Dyan Smiley is an associate director in the Educational Issues Department at the AFT. Her current work is in the area of teacher diversity, recruitment, preparation and retention. Before coming to the American Federation of Teachers, Ms. Smiley was an elementary school teacher and a English Language Arts Program Director for Boston Public Schools where wrote curriculum for grades K-5 and conducted school performance evaluations as part of the Massachusetts Department of Education’s Learning Walk Team. As an undergraduate and graduate lecturer in education for ten years, Dyan taught at Boston College, Northeastern University, and the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Most recently, she was a Master Educator for the Office of the Chancellor for D.C. Public Schools where she aided in the design of the Teaching and Learning Framework and conducted classroom observations. She has a background in Literacy and Education Administration.
Dyan Smiley is an associate director in the Educational Issues Department at the AFT. Her current work is in the area of teacher diversity, recruitment, preparation and retention. Before coming to the American Federation of Teachers, Ms. Smiley was an elementary school teacher and a English Language Arts Program Director for Boston Public Schools where wrote curriculum for grades K-5 and conducted school performance evaluations as part of the Massachusetts Department of Education’s Learning Walk Team. As an undergraduate and graduate lecturer in education for ten years, Dyan taught at Boston College, Northeastern University, and the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Most recently, she was a Master Educator for the Office of the Chancellor for D.C. Public Schools where she aided in the design of the Teaching and Learning Framework and conducted classroom observations. She has a background in Literacy and Education Administration.