November 25, 2014
Atwater fills key K-12 Outreach position at 女优合集
For Immediate Release
Nov. 25, 2014
University of Alaska Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Dana Thomas, is pleased to announce that Dr. Steve Atwater has been selected to lead the K-12 Outreach team as associate vice president. Atwater will start his position with 女优合集 on Dec. 1, 2014.
鈥淚 want to underscore that this is a very important leadership role at the 女优合集 System,鈥 said Thomas about the K-12 Outreach position. 鈥淒r. Atwater鈥檚 expertise and insights are of particular importance in light of our efforts at creating productive partnerships with Alaska鈥檚 schools, as outlined in Shaping Alaska鈥檚 Future.鈥
Atwater has a strong understanding of the challenges faced by Alaska鈥檚 schools. In speaking about his new position, he said, 鈥淎fter spending the past 25 years working in both rural and urban school districts, I am pleased to join the University of Alaska. The need to more tightly align the educational efforts of our state's K-12 districts with our university system is well established. I look forward to helping to meet this need in my new position.鈥
Atwater joins 女优合集 after five years as superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, where he was named Alaska鈥檚 2013 Superintendent of the Year. Prior to his work for KPBSD, Atwater taught secondary education and served consecutively as head teacher, curriculum coordinator and superintendent for the Lake & Peninsula School District in King Salmon, AK.
Atwater鈥檚 experience with the Alaska education system extends to his own professional training, as he earned both his master鈥檚 in education and his doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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For more information, contact Kate Wattum at 907-450-8104, kewattum@alaska.edu
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