Jesse Jai McNeil Jr., EdD

President | Founder

A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1969

Is a National Teacher Corps Elementary School Intern and Master of Education candidate, graduating from Springfield College in 1971.

1971

Is an EdD research associate with the Fine Arts Center and the Amherst Elementary Teacher Program, graduating from UMass in 1975.

1975

Is a curriculum development specialist, Right-to-Read Center director, and education division chairperson at Bishop College until 1978.

1978

Is a subdistrict staff development coordinator for 29 school campuses in the Dallas Independent School District until 1978.

1980

Is a Drug and Discipline Intervention Specialist working with School Problem-Solving Teams, and a Districtwide Staff Development Specialist in the Dallas Independent School District until 1983.

1983

Is an assistant principal at Preston Hollow Elementary School until 1985.

1985

Is principal of the Arlington Park Early Childhood Learning Center until 1987.

1987

Is principal of C.F. Carr Elementary School, earning in 1987 the Governor’s Educational Excellence Award, until 1990.

1990

Is an area coordinator for 13 prekindergarten – grade 8 school campuses until 1991.

1991

Receives the J.C. Penney Corporate Golden Rule Award.

1991

Is area coordinator for 23 pre-K through grade 12 school campuses until 1992.

1992

Is specialist and elementary coordinator for the Dallas Alternative Teacher Certification Program until 1995.

1995

Is clinical professor for Educational Leadership UTA in the School of Education at the University of Texas at Arlington until 2002.

1999

Is Founder and CEO of the nonprofit Jesse Jai and Pearl Lee Walker Educational Foundation for Ecumenical Leadership until 2020.

2002

Approved by the Texas Education Agency as the first business to prepare principal certification candidates for the McNeil Educational Foundation.

2003

Is an adjunct professor at Texas Southern University until 2004.

2003

Is bestowed with an Outstanding Texan Award from the State of Texas Legislature.

2004

Commences formal retirement and continues his retirement as president, CEO, and lead trainer of his educational leadership preparation business.

2008

Is inducted into the Hall of Fame of the African American Education Archives and History Program.

2018

Is inducted into the John Muir High School Hall of Fame in Pasadena, California.

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