Nancy Golden

Dr. Golden is superintendent of the Springfield, Oregon, School District. Before joining Springfield Public Schools, she was director of the administrative licensure program at the University of Oregon, where her areas of specialization were collaborative leadership, creativity, instructional strategies, facilitation, and personnel evaluation. She has also served as deputy superintendent in Albany School District and staff development and special education director in Eugene School District. Recently, she received the University of Oregon's Leading for Leadership award, given to individuals who demonstrate a positive, sustained influence on the lives and learning achievement of children. She has presented internationally and published on numerous topics including Teaching and Reaching At-Risk Youth, Toolkit for High Performance Teams, and Educational Leadership Improvement Tool. In addition, she provided curriculum design consulting to the authors of Creative Decisionmaking: A Curriculum Materials Guide for Secondary-School Educators. She received her PhD and masters degrees from the University of Oregon. She has presented internationally and published on numerous topics including Teaching and Reaching At-risk Youth; Toolkit for High Performance Teams and Educational Leadership Improvement Tool.