Biography

Kelly Anne Mudd was an Exceptional Children’s educator at Edwards Middle School in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She taught a cross-categorical, self-contained class, in which her students had moderate cognitive and physical disabilities. Her students functioned on the Extensions of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. In addition to her classroom responsibilities, Mudd was the Exceptional Children's department chair. Prior to joining the Nash-Rocky Mount Public School, Mudd taught in a similar setting in Henderson, North Carolina, from 2006-2011. During her time with Vance County Schools, Mudd served as the school-based Exceptional Children’s department chair and was a member of her school’s Leadership Team and School Improvement Team. She also developed and led various professional development sessions for the district-wide Exceptional Children’s program. She served as a Comprehensive Exceptional Children’s Accountability Systems (CECAS) trainer as well. Mudd was selected as the Eaton-Johnson Middle School, 2010-2011, Teacher of the Year.

Prior to her teaching career, Mudd attended the University of Maryland in College Park, MD, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. Upon completion of her undergraduate degree, Mudd joined Teach for America in pursuit of closing the achievement gap among students in rural Eastern North Carolina. In addition to her undergraduate degree, Mudd participated in the New and Aspiring School Leaders Institute at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education in 2010.

Currently, Mudd is pursuing her Master’s in School Administration from North Carolina State University as a Northeast Leadership Academy fellow, and is serving as an administrative intern at Southern Nash Middle School in Spring Hope, North Carolina.