The Staff
Michele Dixon Edwards is the director of SLCC. Her professional experience includes almost 20 years of work in education in a variety of settings. She received her BA in French in 1990 from the University of Virginia and earned an M.Ed. in Special Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. Michele has worked as a school administrator for small, private special education schools in Northern Virginia and Maryland, and more recently gained employment with Augusta County Schools. She began teaching French at Stewart Middle School and Fort Defiance High School in 2007. Michele is certified by the State of Virginia to teach French and Special Education.
On the personal side, Michele grew up in Alexandria, Virginia and moved to Staunton with her husband, Wally, and two children, Maeve and Owen in 2003. Michele and her children have travelled in Canada, France, and Costa Rica, studying French and Spanish along the way. Maeve and Owen are learning French at SLCC and Michele is studying Creole.