Camille Williams-Taylor is the Director of Education for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board since January 2019.
Camille Williams-Taylor is an innovative leader and an accomplished learner who will ensure that excellence and equity co-exist throughout the District.
She cultivates an environment that embraces creativity and brings
together a variety of voices to foster positive relationships and
support student learning and well-being.
Building
a vision for public education that ensures students have the best
learning opportunities in a safe and caring environment is Director
Williams-Taylor’s priority. Her goal is to always influence and
motivate colleagues, staff, community partners and students to galvanize their voices and realize their potential.
Her leadership capabilities evolved through time and experience. In the last three decades, she has been a classroom teacher, a principal, a superintendent, a Ministry of Education student achievement officer and a Faculty of Education course director. She believes learning happens everywhere. In every one of her roles she has learned from students, staff, and community leaders.
As an educational leader she is tasked with fostering change to encourage young people to leverage their talents and come up with innovative approaches to building possibilities. This task motivates her approach to leadership.