“The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it’s to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they’re valued.”
Collaborator, Capacity Builder, Critical Thinker
David Burke is the Director of Secondary Education for the Redmond School District whose team of more than 800 teachers and staff proudly serve more than 7,000 students from the communities of Redmond, Terrebonne, Tumalo, Eagle Crest, Crooked River Ranch and Alfalfa. In this role, David Burke oversees all administrative and leadership priorities for secondary schools, principals, instruction and curriculum as well as collaborates all levels of leadership to create systems of support for students, staff and parents within a continuum of schools.
In his role he also develops, administers and resources the board directed strategic plan, creating vision and developing sustained systems of support to improve outcomes for all students. In this work he leads the implementation of a performance management system for principals as well as leads monthly principal leadership summits and implementation science coaching. David utilizes technical, adaptive and informed innovation to resource expectations for school, principal and staff improvement through a framework of inclusive practice, equity and long range installation and implementation practices designed to increase capacity to sustain improvement over time. As such, David has created a school design process that empowers principals and site based leadership teams to utilize informed innovation to improve outcomes for all students; the heart of the work David has developed for Redmond School District is the school design process which focuses on strengthening relationships and trust as a culture for growth and development. As a result, Redmond School District has shown improved graduation rates as noted by consistently improving outcomes.
In this position he has received, managed and sustained multiple grant awards focused on innovation, equity and student growth; specifically David wrote for, developed, and implemented the Student Mentoring Monitoring and Acceleration Grant, through which he created Camp 9, a model program for accelerating learning for at-risk youth as they transition to high school. As a result, Redmond's 9th grade on track measures showed steady growth over the past three years. This work has been shared with districts across the region and state and is one of the 8+9 workgroup key initiatives in the region.
Prior to joining the district leadership team, David Burke was an assistant superintendent, assistant principal at Obsidian Middle School, school improvement specialist and a teacher.
David Burke balances pursuing his passion for education with being a devoted husband and father of three young children.