About Dr. DiDonato
Dr. Melissa DiDonato is the Chief Academic Officer for Baltimore County Public Schools. Previously, Dr. DiDonato has served as an executive director of school support and achievement; principal at Padonia International Elementary School; assistant to the assistant superintendent; assistant principal at Stoneleigh Elementary School and White Oak School; manager of learning solutions in the Department of Information Technology; and specialist in the Office of Special Education in BCPS. She has successfully supported school leaders providing job embedded professional development and coaching to elementary and secondary principals focused on curriculum implementation, instructional standards, and analysis of student data. Dr. DiDonato’s results-oriented focus and commitment to students, families, staff, and stakeholders has yielded positive achievement outcomes both in the schools she has led and those that she has supervised. She is committed to ensuring that all students in BCPS are provided with high quality, meaningful instruction that prepares them for college, their chosen profession, and to be productive community members.
Dr. DiDonato has earned her doctoral degree in instructional leadership from Notre Dame University of Maryland, master’s degree in education with a concentration in special education from Johns Hopkins University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Dr. Melissa DiDonato
Chief Academic Officer
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443-809-2809
Division of Curriculum and Instruction