Diane Schaefer President Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics diane.schaefer@ride.ri.gov

Diane Schaefer is the Director of the Office of Instruction at the Rhode Island Department. She has been at the Department of Education for 17 years, three years as Director and 14 years as the State Mathematics Supervisor. She is responsible for leading and supporting schools and districts in the areas of curriculum, instruction and assessment. Some of her current work include the development of Statewide Curricula, Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) and Grade Span Expectations (GSEs) for Mathematics, Science, and English Language Arts, and collaboration with the Office of Higher Education to address the Governor's Blue Ribbon Panel Action Plan on PK-16 Mathematics and Science Education.

Other initiatives, which Dr. Schaefer oversees, include the USDOE Mathematics Science Partnership (MSP), Reading First, and the development of state policy for the various content areas. She is on the Board of Balanced Assessment in Mathematics and the current President of the Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics (ASSM). Prior to working at the Department, Dr. Schaefer taught secondary mathematics and elementary grades for 17 years. She holds an Ed.D. from Boston University and an M.S. from the University of Rhode Island.