OTTO, Deb

OTTO, Deb. (Dubuque, IA-- ). Otto was a teacher at Fulton Elementary School for thirteen years before she spent another thirteen years as principal at Fulton, Hoover and finally Lincoln elementary schools. While at Lincoln, which was an expeditionary learning school at the time, she was recruited by Expeditionary Learning.

For two years, Otto was a school designer who planned curriculum and strategies with teachers and school leaders. She then was promoted to Midwest regional director and worked with about forty schools in twelve Midwest states and oversaw six school designers.

In 2015 Otto retired as Midwest regional director for Expeditionary Learning, a position she held for twelve years. The educational reform agency, headquartered in New York, provided school leaders and teachers with professional development, curriculum planning resources and new school structures meant to boost student engagement, character and achievement.

Otto was not sure what her retirement would bring. She might serve on the Rwamagana Lutheran School's board, a school in the eastern province of Rwanda, where she helped create an expeditionary learning curriculum.

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Source:

Becker, Stacey. "Dubuque Educator's Legacy: It Takes Class to Liven Up a Classroom," Telegraph Herald, June 10, 2013