A 30 year veteran of public education, Dr. Minor spent 23 years as an administrator, the last 16 as a superintendent of schools. He led two school districts in a K-12 student engagement initiative, narrowing achievement gaps at all grade levels and subject areas. Dr. Minor brings two decades worth of leadership experience to the table as a background for helping educators as they strive to ensure that all students are successfully engaged in learning. Dr. Minor has conducted professional development on various reform issues over the past 20 years, including the following: leadership, educational change, cooperative learning, cooperative meetings, peer coaching, new teacher induction, inclusion of special needs children, site-based management, and the school improvement process. He currently serves as the Director of Educational Leadership for Kagan Professional Development.