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Houston, TX-based Houston Independent School District has Resigned Rodney E. Watson as Chief Human Resources Officer
About the Company
The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. Its schools are dedicated to giving every student the best possible education through an intensive core curriculum and specialized, challenging instructional and career programs. HISD is working hard to become Houstonians` Kâ12 school system of choice, by constantly improving instruction and management to be as effective, productive, and economical as possible.
About the Person
Dr. Rodney E. Watson has resigned as Chief Human Resources Officer at Houston Independent School District. Dr. Watson received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and music education in 1996. He earned a master’s degree in counseling and guidance and Special Education (2001) and a Ph.D. in urban leadership and policy studies and curriculum and instruction (2007) at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. He has served as a college admissions counselor/recruiter (1991–1995); a deputy juvenile officer (1996–1998); the manager of the Volunteers in Probation program (1998–1999); an associate director of college-student support services (1999–2000); an elementary-school transition coordinator, a substance abuse assessment coordinator, and a guidance counselor (2000–2003); and an elementary-school principal (since 2002). In Missouri, he held Special Education, counseling, K–8 administration, and superintendent certifications. In 2009, he received a certificate from Harvard University’s Principal’s Center. A former conflict mediator, Dr. Watson has been a senior associate trainer for the Haberman Educational Foundation since 2007 and an adjunct professor in the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Education since 2003.
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