Joni Poff

Dr. Joni Poff has over 35 years of experience in PK-12 public education earning a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Radford University and a doctorate degree from Virginia Tech. As a classroom teacher for 16 years, she taught at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in both general education and special education classrooms. This included working in rural, urban, and suburban school systems. Her administrative experience also included positions in both general education and special education. As an administrator, she had a wide range of responsibilities that included school improvement planning, curriculum supervision, management of federal programs, and development and implementation of innovative student services. Some of the district initiatives she led include a middle school summer transition program, a parent education exposition, a multi-tiered intervention system, an adolescent literacy program, and the opening of a STEM-H Academy. Additionally, she was responsible for the regulatory and financial management of Title I, Title III, and Special Education programs. These experiences afforded her the opportunity to work within different organizational structures and with a variety of agencies and individuals. She continues to stay connected to education through teaching graduate courses for teachers and administrators and consulting with school systems on a variety of issues.