Rodney T. Campfield
Special Assistant to the CEO of the
Community College Initiative
The University of the District of Columbia
Rodney Campfield serves as the special assistant to the CEO of the University of the District of Columbia’s Community College Initiative. A graduate of UDC himself, he serves as the initiative’s liaison to the university, ensuring the coordination of shared system services such as administration, human resources, facilities, and finance and contracting. Mr. Campfield brings a wealth of experience in both educational administration and teaching in a special education setting.
Before joining the initiative’s staff, Mr. Campfield was the special assistant to UDC’s provost and vice president of academic affairs, coordinating all functions of the office including information technology systems, records management and reporting, staff supervision, and response to student issues. He also served as an education program specialist in the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education, where he reviewed, evaluated, and responded to compliance issues and concerns with the Local Education Agencies, charter schools, and non-public schools. In this capacity, Mr. Campfield developed and implemented a dynamic state system of monitoring for special education programs to promote program effectiveness and compliance.
Mr. Campfield also served as a senior compensatory awards specialist for D.C. Public Schools, developing strategies for determining compensatory education awards owed to students who experience a loss or delay in special education; disseminating regulations, procedures, and criteria for researching individual student matters; and drafting pleadings, reports, and memoranda related to problems assigned to the case. In this capacity he collaborated with relevant professional school staff, parents, students, and attorneys to identify and determine the various services and products available to meet the students’ needs.
Mr. Campfield has experience within schools as well. He was the dean of student affairs at Jos-Arz Academy Public Charter School, providing leadership to all staff and students in establishing a positive, structured, achievement-oriented, and enjoyable school culture, while ensuring that teachers set high expectations and ran their classes in accordance with the school’s commitment to excellence. He had previously taught at the school, planning and implementing a program of study for special education students. At the Chelsea School in Silver Spring, Maryland, Mr. Campfield was first a substitute teacher and then the student affairs and teacher coordinator, managing the substitute teaching program and developing training and procedures for new teachers and substitute teachers to maximize classroom management, including workshops and seminars on policy and procedures.
In addition, Mr. Campfield is a mentor for 20 inner-city youth at Kidd International, providing rehabilitation and environmental supports for achieving recovery and rehabilitation goals, and helping them to develop interpersonal and community coping skills. As a Marine Corps veteran of Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Mr. Campfield is an ideal role model for these youth.
Mr. Campfield received a Master of Science in administration from Trinity University and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from UDC. He also graduated from the Computer Learning Center of Washington.