Ken Freeston

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Career History

Superintendent of Schools, North Salem Central School District, New York, 2007 to present
Superintendent of Schools, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 2003 to 2007
Superintendent of Schools,
Easton, Redding and Region 9, Boards of Education, 1994 to 2003
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction,
Newtown, Connecticut, 1988 to 1994
Principal, Amity Regional Junior High School (Region 5), National Exemplary School, Woodbridge and Bethany, Connecticut, 1983 to 1988
District Department Head for Social Studies, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1979 to 1983          
Teacher of Psychology and History,
West Hartford, Connecticut, 1973 to 1983
  

Presentations and Addresses for the following Professional Organizations Since 1992

Critical and Cretive Thinking, EDLeader21 Annual Meeting 2014, 2015, and 2016
Aspiring School Superintendents Annual Conference, Putnam, Northern Westchester BOCES, 2013 to present
School Violence Prevention Symposium: Lessons from Newtown, Manhattanville College, 2013
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development National Conference
Connecticut Association of Professional Development
Western Connecticut State University

National Education Service Foundation and Phi Delta Kappa
United States Department of Education
Connecticut Business and Industry Association Education Foundation Institute
Massachusetts State Department of Education Quality Conference
Connecticut Business and Industry Association Educational Foundation
Connecticut Alternate Route Certification Program
Connecticut Association of Boards of Education Annual Conference
Greater Danbury Business Association
Goal QPC's 9th Annual International Conference
Metropolitan Academy, University of Hartford
Connecticut Leadership Academy Conference 
                                   
Professional Activities
President, Putnam - Northern Westchester Chief School Administrators, 2013-14
EdLeader 21, 2011 to the present
Suburban Schools Superintendents Association, 1994 to present
President, Southern Fairfield County Superintendents Association, 2000 to 2002
Tri-State Consortium Steering Committee, 1999 to 2003, 2009 to present
President, Western Connecticut Superintendents Association, 1995 to 2000
American Association for Quality (ASQ) Manuscript Review Committee, 1994 to1998
Western Connecticut School-Business Alliance Executive Committee, 1997
Connecticut Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Board of Directors, 1994
Chairman, Connecticut Leadership Academy Advisory Board, 1993
Program Graduate, The Right Way To Manage, Conway Quality Management Training, 1992
Program Graduate, The Institute for Reality Therapy, 1993                                                          
Visiting Committee, University of Hartford Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, 1990
Mentor, Principal Mentor Program, Connecticut Principals' Academy, 1988
School Evaluator, United States Department of Education Secondary Schools Recognition Program, 1987


Educational Preparation

B.A.      Colgate University, 1972
M.A.T.  Colgate University, 1973
Ph. D.   University of Connecticut, 1985
            Research Area: Organizational Behavior