Thirty-nine school leaders from around Arkansas are developing their professional skills as members of the 2015-16 Leader to Leader (L2L) programs offered through the Arkansas Center for Executive Leadership (ACEL) at Arkansas Tech University.
Leader to Leader was introduced by Arkansas Tech in 2007 as a means of providing continuing education opportunities for school superintendents and other district leaders. The program was expanded to include school principals in 2010.
Participants in the superintendent and principal L2L programs gather for meetings throughout the academic year to learn new techniques in school leadership and share information about their common challenges and solutions.
The 19 members of L2L Superintendent Class IX at Arkansas Tech (with the school district they represent in parentheses) are:
- Brett Bunch (Magazine)
- Michael Byrd (Cabot)
- Jeff Cantrell (Jasper)
- Jana Claybrook (Lincoln)
- Joyce Cottoms (Marvell-Elaine)
- Greg Crabtree (Hillcrest)
- Tammi Davis (Huntsville)
- Rick Gales (Greenland)
- Scott Gauntt (Paragould)
- Shawn Higginbotham (Lake Hamilton)
- John Hoy (Helena)
- Portia Jones (Hope)
- Dan Jordan (Elkins)
- George Kennedy (Foreman)
- Charlie Powell (Piggott)
- Lee Smith (Horatio)
- Stephanie Summerford (Gravette)
- Dewayne Wammack (Midland)
- Carla Wardlaw (Warren)
The 20 members of L2L Principal Class VI at Arkansas Tech (with the school district they represent in parentheses) are:
- Stacy Allen (Cabot)
- John Elms (Johnson County Westside)
- Floyd Fisher (Mansfield)
- Bill Hoglund (Hope)
- Callie Hunley (Arkadelphia)
- Lloyd Jackson (Hot Springs)
- Mark Jelks (White Hall)
- Suzanne Louks (Pangburn)
- Kyle Mallett (Harrison)
- Janice Price (Clarksville)
- Melody Sebastian (Lincoln)
- Jennifer Shnaekel (Malvern)
- Scott Smith (Western Yell County)
- Lance Spence (Lamar)
- Bill Spicer (Fort Smith)
- Lori Stidham (South Conway County)
- Debbie Wammack (Gosnell)
- Sharla Whitson (Fort Smith)
- Sharon Wilson (South Conway County)
- James Wilson (South Conway County)
Leader to Leader is made possible through a grant from the Walton Family Foundation.
Dr. Merle Dickerson serves as director for the Leader to Leader programs at Arkansas Tech.
Dr. Mary Gunter, dean of the Arkansas Tech Graduate College and College of Education, provides additional oversight of the programs.
