Correro named associate education dean

Correro

Correro, associate head of the Curriculum and Instruction Department since 1988, will direct the College of Education's instructional programs. She succeeds Dr. Richard J. Vasek, who retired last year.

The Greenwood native taught in Natchez and Starkville public schools before joining the Mississippi State faculty in 1969. She was named coordinator of the department's early childhood education program in 1975.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Correro was heavily involved in efforts to provide kindergarten programs in state public schools.

Correro served on the state Education Department committee that established uniform guidelines for the pre-first grade curriculum. Later, she directed a statewide assessment of the new kindergarten programs.

Correro received bachelor's and master's degrees at Mississippi State and a doctorate at the University of Alabama.