Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services

Metropolitan School District of Washington Township
Indianapolis, IN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES AND AWARDS:

Nathaniel "Nate" Jones, Indianapolis, principal since 1989 of Allisonville Elementary School (enrollment 660) at 4900 East 79th Street and director of elementary education in the Metropolitan School District of Washington Township, Indianapolis. He was among Outstanding Young Men of America in 1988, among 100 Top Educators in North America in 1984, and 1996 Administrator of the Year in MSD Washington Township.

Nathaniel Jones considers it an honor to serve his community in three administrative capacities - as director of elementary education for the Metropolitan School District of Washington Township and as principal of both Hilltop Kindergarten and Allisonville Elementary School in Indianapolis. Under Mr. Jones's leadership, Allisonville Elementary School has implemented ARC (Allisonville Recognition Club), a program designed to motivate and acknowledge academic and personal excellence. One of the program's components is the ARC store, an enterprise fully operated by students and designed to provide a framework for practical applications and independent initiative. Every year, Allisonville Elementary School sponsors at least three Dad's Club activities in a program that Mr. Jones helped initiate to involve fathers in their children's education and to promote positive male role models. Over the past four years, Mr. Jones has been working on a technology plan to further integration of technological applications to the curriculum.