As State Superintendent of Public Instruction, my office is located in Room 229 of the State House. As director of the Department of Education, I am called upon to ensure that the department shall: (1) perform its duties as required by statute; (2) implement the policies and procedures established by the Indiana State Board of Education; (3) conduct analytical research to assist the state board of education in determining the state's educational policy; (4) compile statistics concerning the ethnicity and gender of students in Indiana schools; and (5) provide technical assistance to school corporations.

As Superintendent, I also serve as Chairman of the State Board of Education, which consists of a ten-member panel appointed by the Governor. Jeffrey P. Zaring, State Board of Education Administrator, serves the department by acting as a liaison between the board and the department.