Kay
Karr
School
Administration
and Evidence
Based Education,
e-Learning,
Training and Video
Productions
Responsive
Learning
Kay Karr has an extensive background
in the field of education. She has
served the public as a classroom teacher,
elementary principal, junior high and
high school principal, and eventually
Superintendent of Schools for a fast
growth, suburban district. She has
worked with Voyager Expanded Learning,
where she designed, developed, and
coordinated the distribution of professional
development opportunities for teachers
and administrators across the nation.
Additionally, she served for eight
years as a member of the Texas Telecommunications
Infrastructure Fund (TIF) Board – a
governor-appointed state board responsible
for the distribution of $1.5 billion
to schools, universities, public libraries,
and not-for-profit health facilities.
The focus of the TIF Board’s
capital infusion was to deploy a statewide
telecommunications infrastructure to
connect all of the above referenced
entities and to design, develop and
support the training and professional
development of the employees and stakeholders
making up the eligible entities.
Collectively, all of these experiences
constitute 40 years experience in the
K-12 environment. Her tenure as a public
education administrator has also provided
many years of experience and responsibility
for school safety. Mrs. Karr served as
a campus administrator and school superintendent
for 26 or her 40 years. Additionally,
she served for four years as a member
of the Board of Directors of the Harris
County Department of Education’s
(HCDE) Center for Safe and Secure Schools.
As
a complement to her serving on the
HCDE’s Board of Directors
for the Center for Safe and Secure
Schools, Mrs. Karr was a practicing
superintendent who had to respond to
the Columbine tragedy and the 9/11
terrorists attack. Additionally, she
personally experienced Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita, having first been a care
giver and then becoming an evacuee.
These experiences have caused her to
be passionately committed to the mission
of helping schools to be better prepared.
