Paula Lightsey has served as a public school educator of more than 35 years and serves as a district supervisor for Southfield Public Schools in Detroit. Paula believes that social and emotional competencies have to be met with fidelity in order to prepare students and adults for success.
Before accepting her first administrative position in education, Paula served as a classroom teacher, educational consultant, and counselor. The previous positions strengthened and readied her knowledge base to holistically serve a diversified student and staff population. Building community is one of her gifts and initiating the practice of mindfulness district-wide. She sees the strategies and practices of mindfulness as a path to self-awareness and self-management.
Paula is a Mindful Leader certified mindfulness facilitator and a Breath For Change yoga and social-emotional learning facilitator. She has an educational specialist degree in administration and supervision from Wayne State University, and a masters degree in guidance and counseling from Eastern Michigan University.