We are honored to have Dr. Wilcox on our advisory board. His experience and depth of knowledge in utilizing technology to drive achievement is unmatched in the U.S. education market today. - Brian M. Shulman, Founder and CEO, LTS Education Systems
Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) July 01, 2014
Dr. Clayton Wilcox, superintendent of Washington County Public Schools in Maryland and Advisory Board member for educational technology publisher LTS Education Systems (http://www.ltseducation.com), was awarded the Outstanding Leader Award by the International Society for Technology in Education on June 29 at ISTE 2014.
The annual ISTE conference and expo, held this year at the Georgia World Conference Center in Atlanta, is one of the largest, most comprehensive ed tech events and draws an international audience of educators and education leaders who are compelled to transform learning, teaching and leading in the digital age.
The Outstanding Leader Award recognizes one leader outside of the classroom who exemplifies outstanding achievement and leadership in implementing technology to improve education. A former classroom teacher, assistant principal, principal, superintendent at numerous districts and advisor at a leading educational technology company, Dr. Wilcox has dedicated his career to supporting teachers and advancing student achievement.
Under Wilcox’s leadership, almost 6,000 iPads have been added to the Washington County school system in the last two years, as well as more laptop and desktop computers. The school system has also added and increased the efficiency of wireless Internet hubs to support seamless access to the Internet for students on all devices.
“We are honored to have Dr. Wilcox on our advisory board. His experience and depth of knowledge in utilizing technology to drive achievement is unmatched in the U.S. education market today. The students, parents and teachers of Washington County benefit greatly with Dr. Wilcox as their leader. It is wonderful that ISTE recognizes Dr. Wilcox’s focus on technology,” said Brian M. Shulman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of LTS Education Systems. LTS is publisher of the Stride Academy adaptive game-based learning platform.
Dr. Wilcox serves on the LTS Advisory Board with fellow national education authorities Bill Daggett, Ed.D., Founder and Chairman of the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE); Raymond J. McNulty, Chairman of the Board for the National Dropout Prevention Network and Senior Fellow at ICLE; and Margaret Jorgensen, Ph.D., Chief Academic Officer at K12.
About LTS Education Systems
LTS has spent 13 years engineering innovative, personalized and motivational online educational programming. LTS’ development team strives to enhance the 21st Century student’s learning experience through an adaptive, digital game-based learning methodology that has been recently recognized by Dr. Bill Daggett and the International Center for Leadership in Education as a major trend in successful educational practices to promote college and career readiness. For more information, visit http://www.LTSeducation.com or http://www.strideacademy.com.