Caron Payne
Second Grade HomeroomCaron is a second grade homeroom teacher. A Baltimore native, Caron has more than 16 years of experience in elementary education.
Most recently, she was an assistant principal in Baltimore County public schools. Prior to that, Caron served as a district reading specialist and a classroom teacher in Grades 1, 3, and 4. Throughout her career, Caron’s favorite role is classroom teacher, because she finds joy in witnessing student development first-hand.
During the summer of 2025, Caron partnered with a Baltimore non-profit and wrote curriculum in support of their mission to increase the number of diverse texts students have access to during the school day. Volunteers from Johns Hopkins University affiliated with the non-profit will visit nine schools in Baltimore City and facilitate the mini-lessons she wrote to engage students in diverse texts focused on social-emotional learning and cultural awareness.
Caron holds a B.S. in Early Childhood Education from Towson University, an M.Ed. in Literacy – Reading Specialist from Loyola University Maryland, and is working towards an Ed.D. in Educational Policy and Leadership from American University.
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