Dr. Jeff Zoul serves as Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning with Rock Island-Milan School District 41 in Illinois. Prior to serving in this role, Dr. Zoul worked as a School Improvement Specialist with the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) in Atlanta, Georgia. Zoul also served as principal at two award-winning schools, Edgewood Middle School, in Highland Park, Illinois, and Otwell Middle School in Forsyth County, Georgia. In addition to his work as a principal, Dr. Zoul has served as a teacher, coach, and assistant principal at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Dr. Zoul also served as an adjunct professor of graduate studies at North Georgia College and State University. He is the author of Improving Your School One Week at a Time: Building the Foundation for Professional Teaching and Learning, co-author with Dr. Todd Whitaker of The 4 CORE Factors for School Success, co-author of Cornerstones of Strong Schools: Practices for Purposeful Leadership, and Study Guide: What Great Principals Do Differently: Fifteen Things that Matter Most. Dr. Zoul has presented at national conferences on a wide variety of educational issues. He earned his doctoral degree from the University of Alabama and holds additional degrees from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Troy University, and The University of Southern Mississippi. Jeff is married to Jill, a middle school teacher, and they are the parents of Jordyn.

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Rock Island-Milan School District 41