
From Second-Grade Teacher to University President: Finding Joy in Education
This is the greatest work in the world. That was the thought running through my head when I started student teaching as a college senior. I was not going to […]
Dr. Susanne H. Thompson serves as the President, Moreland University for the Colibri Group which includes Teach-Now/Moreland University.
As a career educator, Susanne served as the Superintendent of Schools for the Northwestern Lehigh School District in Pennsylvania. She began her career as an elementary teacher and then worked as an Educational Consultant and Coordinator for Professional Development with the Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit in Pennsylvania, then served as a Middle School Assistant Principal, Director for Curriculum & Instruction as well as an Assistant Superintendent.
An expert in organizational leadership, academic literacy, curriculum development, technology integration, e-Instructional course design, and professional learning, Susanne has been honored to lead curriculum design and writing teams as well as large teams of professional development experts. This work consisted of online, hybrid, in-person, and synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences.
A business leader and senior executive at Discovery Education for nearly 12 years, Susanne led all aspects of Discovery Education’s Higher Education Network. Susanne served as Chief Operations Officer for the Corporate Partnership Team and led the global Professional Development Business as well as Discovery’s Educational Sales and Marketing Teams in the western half of the U.S. and the U.K. All these responsibilities included overseeing large teams of employees to ensure teachers and students had the highest quality instructional resources and support, while growing business goals.
Presenting at the Launch of the Egyptian Knowledge Bank in Cairo, writing for the Teach Secondary publication in the UK, serving as the keynote presenter during the National Digital Week in Ireland, engaging with key members of the House of Commons at Westminster in London, serving as an adjunct faculty member at several U.S. universities, and teaching in Australia are some of Susanne’s career highlights.
This is the greatest work in the world. That was the thought running through my head when I started student teaching as a college senior. I was not going to […]
I started my career as a second-grade teacher in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. I had 32 students in my class, and I was making $26,000 a year. At age 21, that […]
Here are some key numbers from my first year of teaching. Twenty-one — my age at the time. 1991 — the year. And 32 — the number of second-grade children […]
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