Dr. Larry K. Kelly has served as a classroom teacher, assistant principal and principal, assistant superintendent, director of curriculum, and director of staff development in public schools. Other administrative experience includes the position of director of staff development for the Arizona School Administrators Association. In this role he directed the Arizona Administrative Assessment Center sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Dr. Kelly served as an adjunct professor for several years for in the Department of Educational Administration and Supervision, Arizona State University, and continues to serve as a hearing officer for teacher and student cases in the Phoenix, Arizona area. In addition, he has served for thirty-five years as an NCA/CITA Accreditation team member and chair in Germany, Italy, Turkey, Japan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Kelly has authored or coauthored professional publications in the areas of resource allocation, the development of leadership through the school improvement process, and student self-scheduling.

He received the Excellence in Educational Leadership Award in 1996, and in 2007 he was inducted into the Mary Fulton Education Hall of Fame at Arizona State University for his professional contributions to education in the state.

Affiliation

NCA-CASI, Ambassador; Effective Schools Products, Ltd.