OAKLAND — Oakland Unified School District has named an interim superintendent while it searches for a replacement for its current chief, Antwan Wilson, who announced he will be leaving in February to become schools chancellor in Washington, D.C.

The Oakland school board announced at the start of its Wednesday meeting that Devin Dillon, the district’s deputy superintendent of Academic Social Emotional Learning, will become acting superintendent, said district spokesman John Sasaki.

According to the district’s website, Dillon serves as the district’s chief academic officer. Before that, she was director of elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, leading a network of 16 school principals and schools. After a year, she was promoted to the position of director of Common Core for the West region of the United States, helping to lead the transition to Common Core for a total of 154 schools.

In response to the announcement, GO Public Schools Oakland put out a statement.

“We are thankful for Dr. Dillon’s leadership and are committed to supporting her work with Oakland’s educators and students in continuing to make progress,” said Ash Solar, executive director of GO Public Schools Oakland. “Dr. Dillon’s appointment is a critical step towards ensuring continuity and a focus on finishing the school year strong. We look forward to hearing more about the Oakland Board of Education’s plan to engage the community in its work to select a superintendent for the long term.”

Before her work with Common Core, Dillon served in a variety of roles at Denver Public Schools over a 15-year period. They range from classroom teacher and literacy coach to school principal and the district’s director of instructional networks. As the principal of Marie L. Greenwood K-8 Academy for four years, she led the improvement of the school academically. And she started her teaching career as a reading intervention teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, where after two years of teaching she was named Harris Teacher of the Year.

She also was the first in her family to attend and graduate from college, according to the district biography. She has two children, 8 and 5 years old.