EdLeader Podcast - Leadership Launch featuring Jack Hoke
EdLeader is back for Season 3 and it is going to be bigger and better than ever! A big start with a big-time guest is here as Mr. Jack Hoke sits down with Dr. Jackson to discuss launching a new school year in the midst of challenges and uncertainty. Authentic relationships, listening more than you speak, making sure the team has what it needs to succeed, and keeping the main thing the main thing is the secret to a Leadership Launch into an amazing new school year.
Mr. Jack Hoke is one of the most respected and highly-regarded educational leaders in the state of North Carolina. He currently serves as Executive Director of the North Carolina School Superintendents’ Association. He retired in April 2012 after serving twelve years as superintendent of the Alexander County Schools. He also served as an associate superintendent for two years in the Alexander County Schools. He previously served as principal at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in the Caldwell County Schools and served for 32 years in school administration.
He served as Superintendent Advisor to the North Carolina State Board of Education from 2009 – 2011 and was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Professional Teaching Standards Commission from 2006 – 2010. He was involved in the development of the teacher, principal, and superintendent standards for North Carolina and assisted in the development of the North Carolina Education Evaluation System.
As Executive Director of the North Carolina School Superintendents' Association, Jack Hoke has designed and conducted the professional development programs for superintendents and associate/assistant superintendents including the Next Generation Superintendent Development Program, Aspiring Superintendent Program, Digital Leadership Institute for Superintendents, Future Focused Schools/Emerging Trends Network for NC School Districts, and The NC District Leaders Institute which provides executive coaching for new superintendents.
He was inducted into the Appalachian State University: Reich College of Education Rhododendron Society in 2021, received the Alexander County Schools Award of Honor and Caldwell County Schools Education Hall of Honor Award in 2017. In 2012, he received the state’s highest civilian award when he was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Twice selected as a Regional Superintendent of the Year, he was selected as the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Superintendent of the Year in 2007.
More importantly than all of the awards and accolades and vast experience, today’s guest is who Superintendents call when they need advice, encouragement, or just a listening ear.
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