JOHN J. SMITH, ED.D.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
High School Principal of more than 2,300 students, 170 staff members, and 15 Assistant Principals/Counselors. Highly talented, skilled and dynamic educational leader with experience in working with diverse student populations in low socio-economic school campuses.
EDUCATION
University of Houston Houston, TX
Executive Education Doctorate - Professional Leadership May 2013
Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, TX
Master of Education - Educational Administration August 2005
Southern Louisiana University Hammond, LA
Bachelor of Liberal Arts May 2001
CERTIFICATES
Texas Superintendent (EC-12)
Texas Principal (EC-12)
Special Education (EC-12)
ADVANCED LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Rice University Houston, TX
REEP Program - Business Fellowship for School Leaders June 2010
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
John Tyler High School, Tyler Independent School District Tyler, TX
Principal July 2013 - Present
· Campus named Honor Roll Scholl by the National Center for Urban School Transformation 2014-2015.
· Campus increased Advanced Placement Testers over 50% for the 2014-2015 school year.
· Campus received over $2,000,000 scholarship offers for avid seniors 2014-2015.
· Provided a safe and secure learning environment which is resulted in over 250 student enrollment increases from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015.
· Successively managed budget to create new educational initiatives for 2014-2015.
Nimitz High School, Aldine Independent School District Houston, TX
Assistant Principal of Administration/Curriculum/ title I Coordinator July 2010 - July 2013
· Created, developed, and implemented a campus wide "No Grade" policy to increase student attendance to 97% and decrease skipping and tardiness 15%.
· Coordinated, planned and facilitated the districts wide dropout recovery day that improve campus dropout rate 5-8% three years in a row.
· Researched and developed a campus wide transportation plan of over 80 buses to save the entire district an additional 15 minutes to pick up elementary and middle school students.
Spence Elementary School, Aldine Independent School District Houston, TX
Assistant Principal of Administration/Curriculum July 2005 - July 2010
· Assisted the principal in the day-to-day activities of the school curriculum and educational programs for the development of over 1,100 students.
· Developed, organized and implemented campus discipline policy as a new campus in 2005.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS
Texas Association of Secondary School Principals
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development