Marcus Chambers
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Contact Information

Address
864 Coldwater Creek Circle
Niceville, FL - 32578
Phone
8506879818
Candidate's Statement

Marcus D. Chambers, Superintendent of Schools, for Okaloosa County (FL), has passionately served students, parents, his community, and fellow public educators for more than 21 years. Before assuming the role of Superintendent in January of 2019, Mr. Chambers served in multiple school-based leadership positions in Okaloosa County.

Mr. Chambers is proudest of his years spent in the English Language Arts Classroom from 1998-2003 because it is there that he learned the foundations of helping students achieve their educational goals, which, even today as the Superintendent, influences the decisions he makes. His peers recognized this remarkable capacity to help students achieve their best and named him New Teacher of the Year in 1999, an honor bestowed upon the school’s newest teachers making a big difference.

By working in a number of other significant school and district leadership positions, Mr. Chambers has built a comprehensive understanding of K-12 public education. These positions include serving as Okaloosa County’s Safe School’s Specialist from 2003-2005. Driven to learn more about every facet of K-12 public education, Mr. Chambers then served as an Assistant Principal at Niceville High School before being named the Principal at Longwood Elementary School from 2006-2008. While at Longwood, his knowledge of the classroom and school leadership would prove invaluable as his leadership helped to significantly improve student achievement scores in spite of the school’s rapidly growing Free and Reduced Lunch Rate. This feat even earned the school the No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School Award for 2007-2008, an award which recognizes public schools for their progress in closing achievement gaps in student subgroups. It was this extensive knowledge in both elementary and high school that allowed Mr. Chambers’ tenure at Pryor Middle School to significantly improve student achievement each year. For example, it was under Chambers’ leadership that Pryor achieved adequate yearly progress (AYP) in math for the first time; FCAT scores increased annually, as did the total points for Pryor’s school grade of ‘A’. 

It was because of his extensive knowledge of public education and student achievement that Mr. Chambers was named principal of Niceville High School in 2011 and served until he was asked to fill the role of Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction in 2013.

It is this comprehensive K-12 leadership experience that gives Mr. Chambers the full picture of K-12 education, allowing him the ability to understand the unique needs of each level in public schools. Mr. Chambers believes in the power of effective training and his extensive professional training and development have been ongoing throughout his educational career. Awards such as the Okaloosa County Reading Leader of the Year in 2010 and the Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Achievement Award in 2013 are testimonies to this training and development. Mr. Chambers’ professional organizational involvements include Florida Association of School Administrators, ASCD, and Okaloosa County Association of School Administrators.

Mr. Chambers learned early in his life the direct and powerful impact an individual can have on his society through lessons from his father, a decorated 33-Year Veteran in the United States Air Force, who, after retirement became a beloved ROTC Instructor at Fort Walton Beach High School. Mr. Chambers’ father, Chief Les Chambers, was even recognized in the Florida House of Representatives in 2009 for his dedicated service to his community and country. Chief Chambers passed this commitment and passion to give back to his community on to his son.  Mr. Chambers, like his father, is passionate about helping his community and was even awarded the Southern Hero Award for Outstanding Community Service and Leadership in 2010. Mr. Chambers coaches children’s teams in basketball and baseball and is a Mentor in Okaloosa County Schools.

Mr. Chambers has been happily married to Krissinda, an English and Leadership Teacher at Niceville High School, for 20 years. Together, they have two wonderful children, Peyton, 17, and Camden, 15.


Note: The candidate's photograph and statement are supplied by the candidate and are not endorsed by the County Supervisor of Elections or checked for accuracy.
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