User:Mrdeckard

Matthew Deckard is a school administrator with the Wilson County School System in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. His life began on January 17, 1974 in Vincennes, Indiana. His webpage is located at www.mrdeckard.com.

He attended Franklin Elementary School,  Clark Junior High School, and graduated from  Vincennes Lincoln High School in 1992.

He graduated from the University of Southern Indiana with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies Education in 1997. In 2005, he graduated with a Masters in Educational Administration from Capella University.

He is married to his best friend and soul mate, April, who is a native of Nashville and is a 3rd grade teacher at  W.A. Wright Elementary in Mt. Juliet. They currently reside in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

He is currently the assistant principal at West Elementary School (Mt. Juliet, Tennessee) in Mt. Juliet. Prior to school administration, he taught social studies for six years at http://www.wcschools.com/mjm Mt. Juliet Middle School.

He is a fully certified teacher of social studies and school administrator in the state of Tennessee. He is also "Highly Qualified" to teach social studies in K-12 grades under the No Child Left Behind Act.

He belongs to the following professional organizations:

Association of American Educators

Professional Educators of Tennessee His hobbies include providing consulting services for educational technology to educators and writing articles on educational issues. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with April and Noah, playing the bass guitar, keyboarding, surfing the Internet, drinking lots of tea, playing games, traveling, going to a dinner and a movie, riding his mountain bike, or just lounging around at home.

His volunteer activities include:

American Lung Association

Tobacco-Free Kids