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Lead Coach, PTL 2.0 Coach, New Principal Mentor

Learning while Leading Coach

Dawn has been an administrator in education since 1992. After teaching high school history, Dawn became an administrator serving as a dean/assistant principal at both Bloomington High School and Normal West High School. After serving as the associate principal at Normal West, Dawn became the principal at Chiddix Junior High School in Normal. From there she went to the district office for McLean County Unit #5, and served as the secondary curriculum director and then as the director of human resources. In 2011, Dawn became a superintendent at Somonauk School District, followed by a superintendency at Palos Heights School District.

Since retirement in 2019, Dawn has stayed active in the profession serving, as interim principal, curriculum director, operations director, superintendent, and currently serves as a part-time principal/superintendent for a small school in central Illinois. Following several training opportunities, Dawn has been fortunate to mentor both principals and superintendents, as well as supervise new teachers in the field of education.