Meet the Principal

Jill Burnett-Requist, Principal

CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Jill Burnett-Requist is the principal of Carver Elementary School where she has served since 2014. She has worked at DMPS since 1996 when she started as a shared teacher between Hubbell and Park Avenues schools in 5th and 3rd grades.

Over the course of her career, Jill has impacted thousands of lives by creating an environment for students to have opportunities to succeed. She does this through setting structures for learning, knowing the community she serves and ensuring we have opportunities for wrap around services. She partners with Boys and Girls Club and serves on their Board. Jill is an instructional leader that embeds herself in the work to implement, monitor and coach on research based instructional practices. In addition to being an instructional leader, she is a mentor to inspiring leaders, many of whom are leading in our schools in DMPS.

Jill’s energy and willingness to invest countless hours to support the needs of her students, staff and community is what endears her to the Carver Community.