Jennifer Shaver

Jennifer Shaver

Jennifer Shaver, EdD, has most recently served as the head principal at Deer Creek 4th and 5th Grade Center in Edmond, Oklahoma. She has over 15 years of experience in education at the elementary and middle school levels, having served as a teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, district administrator, and head principal. Dr. Shaver has worked primarily with Title I schools in Texas and Oklahoma. She has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, working with students in the masters of educational leadership program.

As a principal, Dr. Shaver led the Deer Creek 4th and 5th Grade Center to Model PLC at Work® status in 2023, the third year of the school being open. DC45 also obtained Marzano High Reliability School Levels 1, 2, and 3 certification in their first two years. As an assistant principal, Dr. Shaver was also part of the administrative team that led Central Middle School to Model PLC at Work status. She has extensive experience in school improvement, the PLC at Work process, Marzano High Reliability Schools, common assessments, data analysis, school culture, student achievement, new teachers, and schoolwide rituals and routines.

Dr. Shaver holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas A&M University. She received her principal certification through the educational leadership program at Texas State University, and she earned her doctorate in educational leadership and school administration from Oklahoma State University, focusing on early career teachers' preparedness.

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