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Topics: School Safety · Retention and Graduation · Parents and Community · High Stakes Testing · Leadership · Improving Student Performance · Trends in Education · Urban Education · ARCHIVE
Description
Join us for this compelling episode as Ed Milliken interview the Superintendent of Schools of Freeport School District, NY, Dr. Eric Eversley. High on the list of topics in their discussion are tips for Success for Superintendents.
We are pleased to have Dr. Eric Eversley as a guest on District Leaders Podcast as he has served many years as a school superintendent, administrator and teacher, from Minnesota to Colorado and now New York. In addition, he is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Harvard (University) Alumni Association.
Based on his wide experience across many types of districts, Dr. Eversley shares insights regarding the critical role of the district leader, communication skills, and relationships with the community. These experienced educational leaders also weigh-in on timely topics such as the Learning Gap and High Stakes testing as the conversation unfolds in new directions.
An episode sure to be worthwhile and inspiring
for new and experienced district leaders.
Don’t miss this compelling episode on school leadership!
Biographical Background
Dr. Eversley currently serves as Superintendent of Schools for the Freeport Public Schools, Freeport, New York. In 2004, Dr. Eversley was recognized by the Nassau County Music Educators Association as Superintendent of the Year.
Before being appointed Freeport’s Superintendent in 2001, Dr. Eversley brought a wealth of leadership experience to the position. He served as District Superintendent for the Eastern Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), an organization of 2,500 employees delivering educational services to 53 school districts on the east end of Long Island. Prior to moving to New York in 1998 to assume that position, Dr. Eversley served for six years as Superintendent of Schools for the Proviso Township High School District in the near west suburbs of Chicago. From 1974 to 1992, Dr. Eversley worked in a variety of administrative roles for the Cherry Creek School District, a relatively wealthy high-profile suburban Denver, Colorado school district of more than 33,000 students at the time of his departure. During his 18-year tenure there, Dr. Eversley served as a middle school principal, a high school principal and in executive central office positions including Interim Superintendent. Dr. Eversley’s professional career actually began in his hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota where he taught United States history, African-American history, economics and was head football coach at Minneapolis Central High School.
Over the years, Dr. Eversley has been heavily involved in the process of evaluating schools for performance and accreditation. In the mid-1980s, he led evaluation teams at four schools in Germany for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools system. More recently, he has chaired or co-chaired three evaluation teams for the New York State Education Department at low-performing schools. In addition, while in Colorado, Dr. Eversley led numerous school climate audit teams.
Dr. Eversley earned his doctorate in educational administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He holds a Masters Degree from the University of Colorado and graduated with a Bachelor of Science cum laude from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. As an undergraduate student, Dr. Eversley captained the varsity football team, was twice named to the All-Conference Team, and was recognized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
For more than a dozen years, Dr. Eversley served on the Board of Directors of the Harvard (University) Alumni Association. He has chaired the Alumni Council for the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was elected and served as Vice-President of the Harvard Alumni Association (International). He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Harvard Club of Long Island. He also maintains a connection with the Harvard Educational Review, having served on its Editorial Board in 1973-1974.
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