Professional Goal: To lead an organization that aspires to be a state and national leader in public education.

Experience: Superintendent .............................................................................................. 07/07 present

Troy CCSD 30-C
Plainfield, IL
Superintendent ................................................................................................. 07/03 06/07
Pekin Public Schools District 108
Pekin, IL
Superintendent ................................................................................................... 7/01 06/03
Pleasant Plains CUSD #8
Pleasant Plains, IL
Deputy Superintendent / Director of Educational Technology ........................... 7/98 6/01
Champaign Community Unit School District No. 4
Champaign, IL
Director of Elementary Instruction & Technology ............................................. 7/96 6/98
LeRoy Community Unit School District No. 2
LeRoy, IL
Principal ............................................................................................................... 7/93 6/96
LeRoy Elementary School
LeRoy Community Unit School District No. 2
LeRoy, IL
Assistant Principal & Athletic Director ............................................................... 7/91 6/93
Dwight Elementary School District No. 3
Dwight, IL
Teacher (4
th
grade) ............................................................................................... 9/87 6/91
Lincoln Trail Elementary School
Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District No. 3
Assistant Manager ............................................................................................. 11/84 9/87
Walgreens Drug Store
Champaign, IL

Education: Earned Doctorate (Ph.D.) .............................................................................................. 2004
Illinois State University, Superintendents Endorsement
Masters of Education ..................................................................................................... 1991
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Type 75 Administrative Endorsement)
Bachelor of Science ....................................................................................................... 1984
Western Illinois University (Elementary Education Certificate)
Resume of

Donald E. White, Ph.D.

Related Experiences, Training, & Awards
IASA Exemplary Service to Education Award (2007 & 2012)
Cambrian Framework Strategic Planning Facilitator
Reid Interview & Interrogation Certification
IASA School for Advanced Leadership (ISAL) Chair Facilitator
Executive Coach Certification
P-20 Report Card Advisory Committee
IASA Mentor
IASA Professional Development Committee Three Rivers Representative
Southern Will County Special Education Cooperative Board of Directors
Mind Matters, Inc. Brain Research Trainer
Illinois Technology & Leadership for Change ISU
IASA Master Designer & Faculty Member
Bill & Melinda Gates Grant Design Team ISU
Tazewell-Mason County Special Education Association Executive Board (Chairperson) Pekin
Capital Area Career Center Executive Board Pleasant Plains
Education for Employment Executive Board Champaign
Education to Careers Executive Board Champaign
TechCommUnity Champaign
Champaign County Network Executive Board
Modern Red Schoolhouse National Faculty Member

Professional & Community Organizations
Joliet Area Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
Illinois Association for School Administrators
United Way of Will County, Education Division Chair
Consortium for Educational Change
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
American Association of School Administrators
Phi Delta Kappa
Center for Economic Development Will County Cares Education Committee
Shorewood Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Central Illinois Valley Illinois Association of School Administrators President 2005/06
Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Pekin Chamber of Commerce Marketing Committee Chair
Pekin Kiwanis International
Illinois Principals Association (1991 1998)
Presentations & Publications
Data Tools for Busy Administrators
Illinois State University Alumni Magazine: Teachers vs. Technology (August 2011)
http://blogs.ilstu.edu/illinois-state-magazine/2011/08/01/teachers-vs-technology/
Illinois Association of School Administrators New Superintendents Workshop
DuPage Human Resources Group: Principal Performance Matrix
Northern suburban Special Education District
Lake County Superintendents Conference
PC Communication Tools & PC Productivity Tools
Illinois Association of School Administrators
Im a Mac, Im a PC
Hearing All Voices: Using Data from All Stakeholders in School Improvement Planning
ABCs of Administrative Certificate Renewal
IASA/IASB/IASBO Convention Workshop Presenter (1996, 2001, 2004, 2008)
Western Illinois University
Planning for Technology
Illinois Principals Association Bulletin
The Principal as Technology Leader and Modeler (December 2008)
Illinois Principals Association
Data-Driven Decision Making & Use of Technology to Meet Leadership Challenges
Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Guenther. Ltd.
Basic Needs of the Superintendent Conference
Dissertation: A Study of Relationships Between Selected Demographic Variables and the Principals
Self-Perception of Technology Leadership (2004)
The Illinois School Board Journal
How Budget Reductions Change an Organization (May-June 2004)
National Association of Secondary School Principals Principal Leadership Journal
Keys to Effective Leadership (February 2004)
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Building an Ark: Best Data Practices Learned from NCLB
National Association of Elementary School Principals National Conference
Data Driven Decisions: An Amazing Journey
Educational Research Service
Data Driven Decisions: An Amazing Journey
Illinois Technology and Leadership for Change (ITLC) Lead Designer & Presenter
Professional Development for School Administrators Using the Interstate School Leaders
Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards, Baldrige Improvement Model, & Technology
Illinois Education & Technology Conference
Real Examples of How Technology & Data Can Be Used to Foster Personal & School
Improvement