詹姆斯E. 行李搬运工人
教育工作者、公务员
詹姆斯E. 行李搬运工人 was born to Earl and Venice 行李搬运工人 on October 31, 1944. 他打电话给达拉斯, 德州, home until he enrolled in Hardin-Simmons University, where he would plant himself and cultivate and develop key skills that would guide and shape a very successful career in educational leadership.
音乐专业, Jim became a member and active leader of the men’s music fraternity, 的, 担任总统. As a member of the men’s social club, Kappa Phi Omega, he served as president and in other leadership positions. He was selected as the Sigma Alpha Iota “Beau” for 1966-1967. Active in student government, he served on the Men’s Interclub Council and was later elected as president of the Student Senate.
He was named to “Who’s Who in American Universities and 大学” during his senior year. Immediately upon graduation, he left 德州 for Ellington, 密苏里州, to assume the position of music teacher for Southern Reynolds R-2 School District. In Ellington, he taught music for all grades – kindergarten through high school. He continued to pursue his education, earning his Master of Education degree in Secondary Education from North 德州 State University (now the University of North 德州) and certification as an Education Specialist from Central 密苏里州 State University, with additional graduate study at Southern Methodist University, Southeast 密苏里州 State University and the University of Virginia.
Within the Ellington 学校, he advanced to the positions of Assistant Junior High School Principal and High School Principal before moving to Amoret, 密苏里州, where he assumed the position of Superintendent of 学校 for the Miami R-1 School District. 从那里, he served as Superintendent of 学校 for Iron County C-4 School District, 在荚莲属的植物, 密苏里州, 然后是St. James, 密苏里州, as Superintendent of 学校 for the St. 詹姆斯R-1学区. After serving as Assistant Director of the South Central Regional Professional Development Center, with the University of 密苏里州 at Rolla, he returned to the public school arena as Superintendent of 学校 for USD#484, 到教室, 堪萨斯.
除了, Jim has served as an Adjunct Instructor at both the undergraduate and graduate levels for Southwest Baptist University in Salem, 密苏里州, and for the University of 密苏里州 at both the Columbia and Rolla campuses.
After 47 years in public education, including 34 as Superintendent of 学校, he retired from public education and was elected to the District 9 seat on the 堪萨斯 State Board of Education. In that elected capacity he holds one of the ten positions on the 堪萨斯 Board of Education, representing school districts primarily in southeastern 堪萨斯.
He serves on the State Board Policy Committee, Professional Standards Board, the NASBE Governmental Affairs Committee and as liaison for the 堪萨斯 State School for the Blind.
Throughout his distinguished and successful career in 密苏里州 and 堪萨斯, he has always devoted time to the communities in which he has lived. 最近, his civic involvement includes service on the 到教室 Hospital Board of Trustees, the 到教室 Arts Council and CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of the 31st Judicial District.
Jim is the recipient of many honors, awards and recognitions. Included among these are “Outstanding Emeritus Educator” for the South Central District from the 密苏里州 Association of School Administrators and the 2002 award for “Statewide 领导 in Service of At-Risk 家庭 through Family Literacy” from the 密苏里州 Family Literacy Initiative.
Among the many associations and councils of which he has been a member are the United School Administrators of 堪萨斯, the 堪萨斯 Association of School Administrators, 堪萨斯 Council of Superintendents, the 堪萨斯 School Superintendents Association Board of Directors and The 领导 Academy of 密苏里州 Department Elementary and Secondary Education.
He has served as a church music director for more than 30 years and is currently serving as director of the 到教室 社区 Choir. He and his wife, Charlene, have three adult children and two grandchildren.
For his distinguished service as an educational leader and public servant, it is a high honor for Hardin-Simmons University to induct one of its own, 吉姆·波特, into the HSU 领袖堂.