Priscilla Maynor, Ed.D.
Interim Director
pmaynor@serve.org
For many years, and for almost 20 state education agencies, Dr. Priscilla Maynor has been the one to turn to when addressing particularly complex issues in education: juvenile justice; special educator needs and needs of families with disabilities; district and school transformation; inequitable access to quality educators; and more.
As state and regional education agencies in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina address common high-leverage challenges identified by the U.S. Department of Education, Priscilla is there for them as primary contact and thought partner.
Priscilla also serves as the lead for the states’ portfolio of RC6 projects and guides state, regional and district leaders who are conducting needs sensing and consultative conversations around the biggest issues in education.
From her days as a practitioner (her first position was as a special education teacher), and as a Native American with a family history in advocating for Native American education in North Carolina, Priscilla never forgets what education policies and best practices look like “on the ground.”
Of her many skills and wealth of experience at state and regional levels, Priscilla is excited about providing RC6 clients with tools to form organizational structures and a common language around education equity. “State education agencies, districts, or schools cannot do it without engaging authentically and in a meaningful way with those communities before they can really understand, truly, the needs and why those inequities exist.”
As educators in the RC6 region work to guide students beyond the pandemic and back into classrooms, they’ll have a dedicated and experienced thought partner who views the work as a vocation as well as a career.
“I’ve walked in those moccasins, right? I am a firm believer in the power of community, and I believe that the solutions to all of these challenges can be solved as long as the community being served is engaged.”
It is no different at the Region 6 Comprehensive Center (RC6) where Priscilla serves as Interim Director.
Wendy McColskey, Ph.D.
Associate Director
wmccolsk@serve.org
Dr. McColskey joined the SERVE Center at UNCG when it first established itself in 1991 after receiving funding from the USED to operate the Regional Educational Laboratory for the Southeast with a mission of supporting educators in six southeastern states with research, evaluation, policy analysis, and professional development. Her almost 30 years of leading Research and Evaluation projects resulted in over 40 SERVE publications and products. Supporting school efforts to improve student engagement and motivation is a particular interest and passion of hers.
As the Associate Director for Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs), Wendy is responsible for providing leadership in supporting clients in selecting, implementing, and evaluating EBPs. Additionally, she is the lead on projects in Georgia, including Training for Georgia School Improvement Coaches, Support the Georgia Dyslexia Pilot Initiative, and Support for Georgia’s Whole Child Initiative.
