Bob Ryan, Senior Director
Bob Ryan has been helping school and district leaders fix problems for over 30 years. More than a dozen districts and 94 schools have seen him on the job, providing onsite support, coaching, and critique. Schools in II/USP and CSRP, High Priority schools, and PI schools and districts have benefited from his wisdom and guidance.
One client, Christina Duran at La Habra City School District, praises him as “a strong supporter of systems that worked.” She also saw him tackle what seemed to be intractable problems in Compton USD when the district fell into state receivership. “He was instrumental in … clearing over 800 compliance failures, interpreting data … [and creating] systems of effective instruction throughout the district.”
Whether it’s data diagnostics, building small learning communities, evaluating programs, or designing policies, Ryan has a record of
achievement. From 2000-2006, he was director of research, evaluation, and assessment at the Los Angeles County Office of Education, the largest regional educational agency in the nation. For four years he served as the leader of direct support services to 81 districts and county leadership groups. Later, as director of the School Improvement Unit, his team provided contract services to 94 schools and 13 districts. This innovative unit focused solely on the help that schools and districts needed most. Bob’s unit developed report packages as well as advisory services. Those reports ranged from analyses of test results to physical fitness scoring, which was purchased by 220 districts.
From 1991–2000, Ryan worked as administrator of assessment, research, and evaluation for the San Diego Unified School District, the second largest district in California. There he led the testing unit and the evaluation program, which included project and grant evaluations, program compliance, research, surveys, policy studies, and technical assistance to staff. He also supervised data services for accountability systems.
He has expertise in curriculum and assessment alignment, accountability systems, accelerated learning, strategic planning, school effectiveness, clinical teaching and supervision, special needs students, and fiscal management.
He is a member of the Association for Curriculum Leadership and Supervision (ACLS); the Association for School and Curriculum Development (ASCD); the Association of Evaluation, Research and Assessment (AERA); the San Diego Administrators Association (SDAA); and the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA).
