Meet the Judge:

Camsie McAdams

Director of Global STEM Curriculum

Discovery Education

Meet Camsie McAdams. Camsie is an experienced STEM education leader with 25 years in urban, public K-12 education. Camsie leads work on US and international STEM curriculum and content development. She was the lead for science and multidisciplinary curriculum development in Egypt and has directed several projects in the MENA region, China, and South America.

Camsie is has built core and supplemental curricula for both US and global audiences and leads strategy around instructional improvement specifically focused on STEM, early learning and early literacy/numeracy. Camsie is a former classroom teacher, coach, and curriculum/instructional leader at school, district and national levels.

Camsie served in the Obama Administration as the Deputy Director for STEM at the U.S. Department of Education. She was the recipient of the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship at the National Science Foundation and received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching for the state of New York. Camsie worked as the Director of STEM for DC Public Schools and was a Partner with TNTP – The New Teachers Project.

Camsie received a degree in general engineering and political science from the University of Denver, and a Masters of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She most recently completed a Women’s Executive Leadership certification from Yale School of Management.

Camsie is an experienced STEM education leader with 25 years in urban, public K-12 education at Discovery Education.