Monday, September 10, 2012 - Dr. Art Tate, Superintendent, Davenport Community Schools

Join us on Monday, September 10 as our guest speaker is Dr. Art Tate, Superintendent, Davenport Community School District.  Dr. Tate assumed the role of superintendent of the District on July 1, 2011.  Immediately prior to his term in Davenport, he served as the Superintendent for the Tempe School District in Arizona during the 2011-2012 school year. He has also served as a superintendent in the Haverhill and Harvard, Massachusetts schools along with S.A.U. #34 in Hillsboro, New Hampshire and New York Military Academy in Cornwall on Hudson, New York.  Dr. Tate was the director of human resources for T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, R.I., and began his education career as a teacher in the Broward County, Florida schools.

He served as a U.S. Army officer for nine years in Europe, three tours in Vietnam, and  taught math at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami; three master’s degrees from Boston University, Texas Tech University and the University of Rhode Island; and an education doctoral degree from Florida Atlantic University.