Alexandra McPherson is the Associate Director of Enrollment in the Virginia Department of Education's Division of Early Childhood Care and Education. In this role, Alex supports efforts to expand access and family choice to high-quality publicly-funded early childhood programs across Virginia’s unified early childhood system. Alex oversees activities associated with coordinated enrollment processes in the early childhood system, including supporting relationship-building at the state and local level, with a focus on application and enrollment processes in the Child Care Subsidy Program. Alex has also closely supported the agency’s work to pilot cost-based payment structures in private child care programs and pilot a new Early Childhood Navigator model to increase the supply of publicly-funded early childhood care and education providers in the Commonwealth.
Prior to joining the VDOE, Alex worked at a national public education nonprofit, where she worked alongside educators and district leaders to support strong instructional practices leveraging rigorous content and instructional materials. A former classroom teacher, instructional coach, and education data analyst, Alex has worked at many levels of state and local systems with the goal of ensuring that all children have the opportunity to engage in high-quality educational experiences that meet their unique needs. Alex has a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Virginia.