Education and Experience: Graduated from an accredited college or university in business administration, accounting, finance, public administration, nutrition, or a closely related field, OR other field of study directly related to the work assignment, AND at least three (3) years of relevant work experience in business administration, accounting, finance, public administration, nutrition, or a closely related field. The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) provides leadership, resources, support, and accountability to the states 178 school districts, 1,888 schools, over 53,000 teachers, and over 3,200 administrators to help them build capacity to meet the needs of the states approximately 905,000 public school students.