Georgia Department of Education
Angela Sparks is an experienced educational leader currently serving as the Senior Director at the United Way of Greater Atlanta since March 2024, focusing on creating career pathway opportunities for youth. Additionally, Angela is the Great Promise Partnership North West Region Coordinator for the Georgia Department of Education, working to empower at-risk students to graduate high school while gaining job skills. Previous roles include Youth Apprenticeship Coordinator and Career Advisor at Marietta City Schools from February 2019 to June 2023, as well as District CTAE Coordinator for Cobb County School District from August 1989 to January 2019. Angela holds a Specialist degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from Berry College, earned in 2016.
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Georgia Department of Education
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The Georgia Department of Education sets policy for all public schools in the state and implements new laws passed by the Georgia General Assembly. The Department trains teachers and principals, oversees federal education programs, tracks how schools are performing and manages the state’s K-12 budget. The Department also works directly with districts in an advisory capacity on school safety, charter schools and homeless students, among other areas. There are nearly 200 school systems in Georgia, employing 110,000 teachers. Those systems include Department of Juvenile Justice programs, state chartered schools and state schools for the blind and deaf. In the 2012-13 school year, there were 1.7 million public school students in Georgia attending 2,275 schools. We are making education work for all Georgians!