Kramer Middle School
Katreena Shelby was born in Mississippi and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She took her first teaching job at an urban high school in Jackson, Mississippi and quickly discovered her love for leadership and coaching. As a member of Lanier High School’s faculty, she served as department chair, new teacher mentor, and a curriculum developer for the district. She joined the DCPS community as a 9th Grade Academy Coordinator at Ballou High School in 2013. From there, she served in several capacities, including 9th Grade Academy Assistant Principal, Assistant Principal of Humanities, and Interim Principal. In the 2018-19 school year as a Mary Jane Patterson Fellow, she served as an Assistant Principal at Columbia Heights Education Campus before moving to Jefferson Middle School Academy as Interim Principal. Ms. Shelby holds a Bachelor of Social Science from Jackson State University and a Master of Social Science from Mississippi College.