2015 KEYNOTE: Ned Kirsch - "Rural schools reaching out to the world"
Channel: The Global Education Conference Network
Date: 2015-11-17

Ned Kirsch
Superintendent, Franklin West Supervisory Union

Ned Kirsch is the Superintendent of Schools of Franklin West Supervisory Union (FWSU) serving the towns for Georgia, Fairfax and Fletcher. FWSU was recently named to the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools. FWSI is also an Apple Distinguished Program for 2014-16. Prior to assuming his current position, he was the Principal of the Essex Middle School where he was named Vermont Middle School Principal of the Year. Ned has also served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), the national Middle Level Task Force, the Vermont Middle Level Study Group and the Vermont Superintendents Associations Quality Education Committee. He is currently a Trustee of the Vermont Superintendents Association, served on the Board of Directors for the Snelling Center for Leadership and is the past- President of the Vermont ASCD. Last year Ned was named a runner up in the inaugural Digital Innovation Award (DILA) in the category of educational leadership. Ned holds degrees from the University of Maine (BA), Vermont Law School (JD & MSEL) and the University of Vermont (CAS). He is a graduate of the Harvard Principals Center and the Snelling Center for School Leadership. Ned lives in Vermont with his wife and two children (and adolescent puppy Addison).
http://www.fwsu.org This is a keynote presentation from the 2015 free, online Global Education Conference. Find out more at http://globaleducationconference.com