BACKGROUND: Dr. William H. Kerr

For the past twelve years, Dr. William H. Kerr has been the Superintendent of Schools in the Armstrong School District. He also serves as the Superintendent of Record for Lenape Technical School, a position that rotates annually among the four member districts.

Prior to that, he served as Superintendent of Schools at Apollo-Ridge School District, was Assistant Superintendent at Leechburg Area School District, and served as Principal and Teacher at Kiski Area School District.

In the late 70s, he was the youngest person to serve as Armstrong County commissioner.

Dr. Kerr earned a Bachelors of Science degree in elementary education from Slippery Rock State College in 1973 and a Master’s of Science education degree from Duquesne University in 1978. He holds Pennsylvania elementary and secondary principal certifications from Duquesne University and the Letter of Eligibility certification for superintendent of schools from the University of Pittsburgh.

In 1994, Dr. Kerr received a Doctorate in Education from the Department of Administrative Policy and Studies, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh. His dissertation explored career expectation shifts, school responses to those shifts, tax policy effects on a quality workforce and long-term investments toward the development of the region’s workforce.

He has served as a Visiting Fellow with the Department of Administrative Policy and Studies, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, in the fall of 2007 to study the relationships between education and workforce quality. His fellowship focused on business-education partnerships, career pathways to jobs of the future, STEM Education, and the integration of academics, career education, and technology.

Dr. Kerr and his wife, Debra, have two grown children – Lisa, who is a teacher in the Norwin School District and lives with her husband, Marc, and son Calvin in Irwin – and Michael, who is an education major at California University of Pennsylvania and will be a senior next school term.

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