Five-Year-Term
Leroy Hay
Position: Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, Wallingford Public Schools, Connecticut (retired as of July 1, 2003).
Education: B.A., State University of New York at Cortland; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Connecticut.
Career History and Highlights: High school English teacher and department chair (23 years), assistant superintendent (12 years), superintendent (2 years), university adjunct professor (Boston College, University of Connecticut). National Teacher of the Year (1983), Distinguished Alumnus awards from undergraduate and graduate schools, Excellence in Teaching Award (University of Connecticut), Excellence in Educational Leadership Award (University Council for Educational Administration), NASA Teacher in Space Selection Committee, Connecticut Common Core of Learning Committee, Presidential Scholars Commission. Coauthor of Complete Communication Skills (Center for Applied Research in Education); author of chapters in books, including "The Electronic Classroom" and "Thinking Skills for the Age of Information," and articles in educational journals such as Educational Leadership and School Administrator. Consultant and workshop presenter on trends shaping schools and nurturing curriculum change.
ASCD and Affiliate Participation: ASCD member, 19 years; affiliate member, 19 years. ASCD President-Elect, President, and Immediate Past President (1999–2002); member of Executive Council, Board of Directors, Governance and Member Participation Panel, Nominations Committee (chair), Constitutional Revision Committee, Advisory Committee to Conference Planning. Affiliate president, member of board of directors, strategic planning committee chair, newsletter editor, and chair of two position paper committees.
Mildred Huey
Position: Director of Instruction and Assessment, York School District One, South Carolina.
Education: B.A., Wofford College; M.E., Converse College; D.Ed., Nova Southeastern University.
Career History and Highlights: Professional experience includes work as teacher, assistant principal, principal, and director. Developed independent and dependent writing rubrics for state assessments—Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests (PACT) and High School Assessment Program (HSAP); selected test items for PACT and HSAP; developed the English Language Arts Standards for South Carolina. Monitor school districts' adherence to state accountability legislation. Past president, South Carolina Association ESEA Administrators and Phi Delta Kappa (Piedmont Chapter). Member, board of directors of National Association of Federal Education Program Administrators and South Carolina Council of Educational Collaboration. Member, International Reading Association, National Alliance of Black School Educators, South Carolina Association of School Administrators, and Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.
ASCD and Affiliate Participation: ASCD member, 15 years; affiliate member, 15 years. Member, ASCD Executive Council, Issues Committee, and Board of Directors. Affiliate president and president-elect, member of board of directors, program chair, diversity chair, and hospitality chair.