Rashaun Martin

Managing Director of RCD Programs

Rashaun Jamall Martin was born in Roxbury and raised in Dorchester, MA.  As a graduate of the Boston Latin School, Class of 1997, he went on to earn a Bachelor's degree in History from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. in 2001.  From there, he earned a Master's of Arts in Teaching in 2002 and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Education Administration in 2006 from Simmons College in Boston.

In the Spring of 2019, Rashaun returned to the Boston Public Schools to assume a new role as the Educators of Color Cultivation & Retention Specialist after serving as the Interim Education Manager for the USS Constitution Museum in Charlestown. While in this position, he expanded the ALANA Cultivation Program and the Male and Women Educators of Color Executive Coaching Leadership programs, supported provisional and permanent educators of color, instituted a degree completion program for employees with area colleges and universities, and established a mentor program for 2nd and 3rd year educators of color, culminating in a comprehensive portfolio of Retention Programs and Services which also includes a monthly newsletter, support for Affinity Groups, and Exit Interviews. 

Currently, Rashaun J. Martin is the Managing Director of Recruitment, Cultivation and Diversity Programs in the Office of Human Resources for the Boston Public Schools. Previously, he was the Acting Director of Recruitment in which he led the efforts for the BPS to recruit and hire more than 800 teachers through a myriad of programs including early hiring pools, recruitment fellows, and culturally specific recruitment fairs in addition to supervising a staff of three recruitment managers.