Administrator Profile

This school chief stresses daily intervention, professional development and leadership.

EdVantages’ and Performance Academies’ founder stresses the values of fitness, as well as back to basics curriculum, to address the whole child.

Maria Ott led Rowlands Unified School District through a major transformation to improve teaching and learning, supported by the Ball Foundation.

Superintendent Sherrie B. Nickell, Polk County (Fla.) Public Schools

Superintendent Jose M. Torres, Illinois School District U-46

Vickie Hallock, supervisor of elementary education at the Penn Manor (Pa.) School District, introduces engineering at the elementary level.

Lizzy Kloiber, secondary curriculum director of Celina (Texas) Independent School District knew the district needed coaches, and was determined to find a way to pay for them.

Debbie Rice, Director of Technology, Auburn (Ala.) City Schools

Frank Costanzo, superintendent of the Tuscaloosa County (Ala.) School System, partnered with emergency personnel just minutes after an F4 tornado ripped through the county.

Mark Edwards in the Mooresville (N.C.) Graded School District has drawn national recognition for a digital conversion effort.