Susan Ward

Conscientious professional with a M.Ed. in Educational Administration and thirty-five years' experience as a teacher and leader within a public-school environment. Strong educational background with an extensive working knowledge of organizational functions, curriculum implementation and methods of change.

Goal-oriented Assistant Principal candidate, driven to help students focus on learning by maintaining discipline and equipping teachers with successful classroom strategies.

• Bethel Tate School Board Member 2024
• Revised and Implemented RTI Process for Hill Intermediate School
• Facilitated Writing and Implementation of the Network Grant for Systemic Improvement
• Facilitated Writing and Implementation of the STEM Grant
• Bethel-Tate Local Professional Development Committee Chair
• President of the Bethel-Tate Teachers Association (5 years)
• Negotiation Chair and/or Committee (5 years)
• Lead Clermont Leadership Training
• Mentor for Resident Educators (Year 1,2, 3, and 4)
• Master Teacher Committee Chair
• OTES District Committee
• OTES Certified
• Principal/Teacher Reading Summer School
• Designed and Implemented Full Inclusion for Students with Disabilities and Co Teaching Instruction with Intervention Specialist

Licensure note from the Department of Education

My current principal license is for grades K-8. I wrote to Shannon Kvorjak, Education Program Specialist, Office of Educator Licensure and Effectiveness at the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce regarding extending the grade band on my current license. Her response was as follows:

Upon being hired as a principal or assistant principal in a school that serves students in grades 9 or above, I can apply for a 1 year alternative principal license in the new grade band (5-12). Then, after successfully serving in the position for one school year, I can apply for the principal licensure extending to grade 12.