New WHS assistant principal is named
By Teresa Stowell of the Daily Times staff
Wednesday, June 14, 2006 1:00 PM CDT
Watertown Unified School District personnel and negotiations committee will recommend the hiring of a new high school assistant principal to the board of education.
Ryan Ruggles, of Appleton, will be replacing Shawn Doerfler who has taken an administrative position with another school district. Ruggles is currently a high school social studies teacher and at-risk teacher at Kaukauna High School where he also served as a coach for various sports. In other teaching experiences Ruggles spent three years working as a teacher at the Leadership Alternative School in La Crosse with special needs and at-risk students. This will be his first administrative position and is being recommended to receive a salary of $77,500. He has a bachelor's degree in secondary education from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and a master's degree in educational leadership from Marian College.
A total of 73 people applied for the assistant principal position. Administrators conducted seven interviews and two finalists were again interviewed. Ruggles was selected from the final two by Superintendent Dr. Doug Keiser and other administrators.
“After my experiences in different schools I believe I can have a greater impact on a school as an administrator than as a teacher,” Ruggles told personnel committee members Tuesday. “At Watertown I plan on being very visible and getting out there and knowing the students.”
Ruggles will be overseeing the social studies department and the entire Alternative Learning Center program. He will also be the administrative liaison for the high school student council.
“Ryan comes with a lot of experience in special education and at-risk students,” high school principal Scott Bostwick said. “He'll be of great value to our programs here in Watertown.”
Ruggles, his wife Kristi and their daughter Grace, are expecting to move to Watertown in the near future. Ruggles will be attending the regular board of education meeting Thursday, June 22.
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