Jeremy Owoh

Name:

• Jeremy Strickland Owoh

Title, Organization:

• Deputy Superintendent of Academics and School Leadership, Little Rock School District

City, State:

• Little Rock, Arkansas

Education:

• Doctor of Education, Educational Administration and Supervision, University of Arkansas
• Educational Specialist Degree, Educational Leadership, University of Arkansas
• Master of Science in Education, Secondary Education, concentration in Reading and Writing, University of Arkansas
• Bachelor of Science in Education English Education, University of Central Arkansas

Leadership Experiences:

• Instituted 9th grade academy model at 9–12 high school campus, partnering with City Year of Little Rock; eight to ten City Year Corps members worked with 9th grade English and mathematics teachers to provide instructional support for 9th grade students.
  • 9th grade students performed exceptionally well on the Arkansas end-of-year summative assessment.
  • School exited from academic distress.
• Implemented Phase II of Teach Arkansas at the Arkansas Department of Education with the following goals:
  • Increase the number of candidates entering Arkansas Educator Preparation Programs by 20 percent in 5 years.
  • Increase the number of novice teachers in Arkansas public schools by 10 percent in 5 years.
  • Decrease the Arkansas teacher attrition rate by 15 percent in 5 years.
  • Increase the number of teachers re-entering the teaching profession in Arkansas by 5 percent in 5 years.
  • Increase the number of minority teachers in public schools by 25 percent in 5 years.
  • Two years later, the entire state had an increase in the number of candidates entering and graduating from educator preparation programs.
• Worked to improve the teaching of writing and learning in schools and communities throughout Central Arkansas.
  • Facilitated Little Rock Writing Project summer activities and led year-around professional development opportunities.
  • Served as a National Writing Project teacher consultant and conference presenter at the National Writing Project conference.
• Facilitated professional learning on the importance of educational equity and equitable access to effective teaching for all students for the Arkansas School Board Association during their annual conference.
  • Over 200 school board members and district leaders engaged in insightful and meaningful dialogue on the importance of equity and inclusion and how to ensure that it is infused in every aspect of the school system, even in budget allocations.
• ASCD member
• Arkansas ASCD member and presenter
• Board of Directors, Arkansas Beta Club Council
• Board of Directors, Children's Protection Center
• Dean's Advisory Council, University of Central Arkansas' College of Education

Professional Accomplishments:

• 18 years in education
  • English educator
  • Dean of students
  • Assistant principal
  • Middle and high school principal
  • Assistant superintendent of curriculum/ instruction and desegregation
  • Assistant commissioner of educator effectiveness, Arkansas Department of Education
  • Superintendent of schools, Pine Bluff School District
  • Deputy superintendent of academics and school leadership, Little Rock School District

ASCD and Other:

• ASCD member
• Arkansas ASCD member
• Publications:
  • Promoting Student Creative Problem Solving Through Principal and Teacher Creative Practices in Public and Private Schools
  • Promoting Student Creative Problem-Solving Skills: Do Principal Instructional Leadership and Teacher Creative Practices Matter?
• American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
  • Urban Superintendents Academy Certification
• Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
  • Served on Educational Equity Committee
• Urban School Human Capital Academy
  • Served on state and district teams
• Educational Achievement Award, Men Who Rock in the Rock
• Pulaski County Youth Services' Champion of Youth Award
• Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointment to the Desegregation Litigation Oversight Committee
• Gov. Mike Beebe appointment to the Arkansas Psychology Board
• Teacher of the Year, Parkview Magnet High School
• Arkansas Governor's School Influential Educator Award
• Legacy of Greatness: Education

Biography Summary:

• Jeremy S. Owoh began his career in 2003 as an English teacher at Parkview Magnet High School in the Little Rock School District. He served as the dean of students at Mills University Studies High School in the Pulaski County Special School District from 2008 to 2009 prior to being named the assistant principal at Ridgeroad Middle School in the North Little Rock School District.
• He served as the principal at Fuller Middle School in the Pulaski County Special School District before being named principal at J.A. Fair Systems Magnet High School in the Little Rock School District in 2011. Owoh has been the assistant superintendent of curriculum/instruction and desegregation at Jacksonville North Pulaski School District since 2015. In July of 2017, Owoh was named the assistant commissioner of educator effectiveness and licensure. Arkansas educational commissioner appointed Owoh as superintendent of schools for the Pine Bluff School District (3,000 +). Currently, Owoh serves as deputy superintendent for the Little Rock School District (21,000+).
• In addition to his experience in public schools, Owoh has served as an adjunct instructor/professor for several colleges, including the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, as well as an affiliate faculty member at Arkansas Tech University at Russellville.
• Owoh holds a Bachelor of English Education with a concentration in Secondary Education from the University of Central Arkansas at Conway; a Master of Secondary Education with concentrations in Reading and Writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock; an Educational Specialist degree in Educational Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock; and a Doctorate of Education in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He also completed the Little Rock School District Leadership Academy in 2010.
• Owoh is a member of numerous professional and community organizations, including the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators, National Alliance of Black School Educators, Junior Achievement of Arkansas and ASCD; he has presented on educational equity, educator diversity, and community partnership at the local, state, and national levels.