Dawn Clements

Dawn Clements became the ombuds for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in July 2022. She had been the assistant ombuds for special education since 2019.

While in the Office of the Ombuds, Clements has served as a resource and provided support to families, employees, students, and community members in partnership with the ombuds. She has fostered many relationships, both internal and external, and has been able to build trust with all stakeholders. Clements has been instrumental in tracking and analyzing data disseminated in the quarterly Ombuds reports, as well developing and delivering presentations to various stakeholder groups around the outreach work of the Ombuds’ Office.

Clements firmly believes that all stakeholders should be heard and valued and treated with respect. She also makes sure that each inquiry and stakeholder is viewed through the lens of  equity.

Prior to her ombuds work, Clements was a procedural support liaison in the Office of Special Education Procedural Support from 2009-2019. During her tenure with FCPS, Clements has also served as a LEAD Fairfax administrative intern at Fairfax High School as well as Carl Sandburg Middle School, and as a special education department chair and teacher at Hayfield Secondary School.
 
Clements holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has earned a master of special education from North Carolina State University. In addition, she has attained an administrative endorsement in educational administration from George Mason University.