TUSD Announces Administrative Appointments for 2011-12

The Tustin Unified School District has announced the following administrative appointments for the 2011-12 school year:

Jeremy Powell has been named Director of Information Technology. He replaces Jim Wolff, who left the school district.

Powell has worked in education for 17 years, serving as program manager in Technical Services for the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools. He also has been an adjunct faculty member in the Information Systems Technology Department at Riverside Community College District.

Additionally, Powell has served as chair of the Technical Advisory Committee for the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California and instructor for the California Educational Technology Professional Association’s Chief Technology Mentor Program. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of California, Riverside.

Garrett Kerr has been selected as assistant principal at Pioneer Middle School. He will take over for Eric Kilian, who became principal of Robert Heideman Elementary School.

Kerr has been a teacher in Tustin Unified for six years – all at Lambert School. He has taught fourth and fifth grades, and served as technology coordinator at the school. For the past three years, he also served as an elementary teaching assistant principal.

In 2009, Kerr was named Lambert Teacher of the Year and Discovery Education Star Educator. He has a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies and a master’s degree in administration from California State University, Fullerton.