Mr. Dwayne C. Jefferson

Mr. Dwayne Jefferson is a native of Petersburg, Virginia. He is a 1988 graduate of Petersburg High School. Mr. Jefferson received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from Longwood University in 1997. He received a Master of Science in Public Administration from Central Michigan University in 2004 and a Master of Science in Elementary Education from Virginia State University in 2005.

Mr. Jefferson started working in retail as an Assistant Manager or Wal-Mart Supercenters throughout Virginia from 1996 until 2000. In August 2000, Mr. Jefferson switched careers to become an educator in the Petersburg Public School System (PPSS). While in PPSS, Mr. Jefferson worked as a reading teacher/tutor; a fourth and fifth grade math teacher; and a Title One Math Resource Teacher. After five years with PPSS, Mr. Jefferson took a position as a fifth-grade math teacher with Richmond City Public Schools (RPS). Mr. Jefferson taught fifth grade math for seven years at Woodville Elementary before being promoted to an administrator in August 2012. Mr. Jefferson served in this capacity for two years at Clark Springs Elementary School and Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School in Richmond, VA before being hired as a Math Support Specialist at Yokota West Elementary at Yokota Air Base in August 2014. After working at Yokota West Elementary School for one year, Mr. Jefferson was promoted to assistant principal at John O. Arnn Elementary School at Camp Zama and served in this capacity for two years. In May 2017 he was promoted to principal of the newly opening Iwakuni Elementary School in MCAS- Iwakuni, Japan. In August 2020, he became principal of Iwakuni Middle School.

Mr. Jefferson has a strong passion for working with students of all ages to help develop, guide, and nurture their young minds. He enjoys forming and maintaining positive and cohesive relationships with colleagues, parents, the military community, and the host nation community to foster a school culture that embraces all stakeholders. Mr. Jefferson is excited to be part of the Yokosuka family!