Bob Thompson, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Leadership
Professor of Educational Administration and Supervision

B.S., Abilene Christian University
M.Ed., Ph.D., East Texas State University
Mid-management and Superintendent Certification
Director of the Center for Executive Leadership

Professional Experience
1992-Present Executive Director, Center for Educational Leadership
Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
Note: The Center is the umbrella organization housing the Superintendent
Academy which is funded by a grant from the Texas Education
Agency, the Principal Academy, the Decision Support Center, and an
Assortment of smaller programs and functions.

1985-1992 Professor and Chair
Educational Leadership Department, Beaumont, Texas

1970-1985 Professor of Educational Administration
State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York

1969-1970 Doctoral Student and Graduate Assistant
East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas

1959-1969 Superintendent, High School Principal and
Science/Math Teacher, Texas Public Schools

Related Experience: (abbreviated list)
For ten years served as Chief Negotiator (Collective Bargaining) for three school boards in New York State.
School board trainer for districts in New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas for the past 24 years.
Superintendent Search Consultant for over twenty years.
Chair: Texas Education Agency Reorganization Committee
Director: Sabine-Neches Administrators and School Boards Members Association
Chair: Texas Association of School Business Officials Scholarship Committee.
Facilitator: Commissioner’s Educational Leadership Association Advisory Committee (1991-1994)
Chair and Member: University Graduate Committee, Faculty Evaluation Committee, and Program Evaluation committee at the State University of New York at Oswego.
Member: University Graduate Committee, Recruitment Committee, Technology Committee, Dean’s Advisory Committee, and Artificial Intelligence Working Group, at Lamar University

Visiting Professorships:
Southwest Texas State University
East Texas State University

National and State Professional Offices and Memberships:
Past President and member: National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Past President and member: Texas Professors of Educational Administration
Member: New York State Educational Facilities Planning Committee
Member: Texas Association of School Administrators
Member: American Association of School Administrators
Past Chairperson and member: Texas Association of School Administrators Higher Education Advisory Committee
Member: Texas Association of Secondary School Principals
Member: Phi Delta Kappa

Current Courses
Advanced Learnship Development
Analytical Tools for Management
The Decision Process
Group Facilitation

Click below to go to the Superintendent Academy:
Superintendent Academy

Contact Information
Phone: 409-880-1841
Fax: 409-880-7993
academy@hal.lamar.edu

Sites
www.ascd.org
www.TASA.org

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Last Updated on April 27, 2006