Chanua Ross earned a B.S. Ed. in Elementary and Special Education from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a M.Ed. in Educational Administration from Lindenwood University. She completed her Ed.D. at the University Missouri-St. Louis where her research focused on STEM innovation in education.
Chanua’s background entails sixteen years of experience in public school education, many of which were served in the role of building principal. Her knowledge and expertise are in the areas of school leadership, instructional strategies, curriculum writing, effective collaboration and data driven decision making. As a school leader, she remained instrumental in setting high standards of achievement and catapulted her team to earn Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education distinction as a high performing reward school.
Additionally, she has worked with university teacher preparation programs providing pre-service teachers the support, supervision, and professional development needed to lead transformational classrooms.
At UMSL, Chanua currently serves as the Director of Program Operations in the Department of Professional Learning and Innovation where she takes pleasure in coordinating programs that provide innovative pathways to teaching.
