Tyrone Olverson

Tyrone Olverson

Tyrone Olverson is superintendent of Finneytown Local School District in Ohio. He is a former curriculum director and principal in Licking Heights Local School District, also in Ohio.

During his tenure, Licking Heights earned an A rating for Standards Met, Overall Value-Added, Gifted Value-Added, 4-year Graduation Rate, and 5-year Graduation Rate from the Ohio Department of Education. The high school also earned an Excellent rating from the Ohio Department of Education by increasing the Performance Index to 104 from 96 and meeting 12 of 12 indicators for the first time. Tyrone helped develop a small learning community, Freshmen Academy programs, and professional learning communities.

As principal of Reynoldsburg Junior High School and Waggoner Road Junior High School, he developed a strong understanding of PLC at Work™ concepts. During the 2006–07 school year, Waggoner Road received the Battelle for Kids SOAR Award for raising student achievement among seventh- and eighth-grade students to the top 3.5 percent in Ohio.

Under Tyrone’s leadership, Lincoln Heights Elementary School was one of four elementary schools across the nation selected to participate in the “12 under 12” initiative. He believed that 12 years was too long to wait to improve student achievement for the urban school’s 400 underprivileged students, who are 99 percent African American and 100 percent Free Breakfast and Lunch participants. Through the creation and implementation of a research-based reform, student achievement increased each year based on school and state assessment data.

A dynamic and insightful public speaker, Tyrone models strategies that engage audiences in a variety of thought-provoking activities. Participants come away from his presentations with practical solutions that can be utilized immediately in district, school, and classroom settings.

Tyrone earned a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Cincinnati, where he also completed coursework in the Urban Educational Leadership program. He is pursuing an educational administration doctorate at Concordia University.

Presentations by Tyrone Olverson

• Accelerating Student Achievement in an Urban Setting Using PLC Concepts
• Breaking Barriers: Implementing Professional Learning Communities at Work™
• Improving the Quality of Classroom Instruction
• Creating an Empirically Sound Intervention Plan
• Building a Culturally Based Disciplinary Plan
• Smaller Learning Communities
• The Principal’s Role as Instructional Leader