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Dr. Robert Bostic 2021 TOP EDUCATOR
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uperintendent Dr. Robert Bostic of the Stafford Municipal School District, has been dedicated to children and education for nearly 30 years. He has served as a teacher, supervisor, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent. Dr. Bostic is active in community, civic, and professional organizations. He is currently a member of the Texas Association of School Administrators, Texas Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Texas Association of Suburban/Mid-Urban Schools, Texas Association of Mid-Sized Schools, Texas Alliance of Black School Educators, Mexican-American School Boards Association, Texas Caucus of Black School Board Members, Texas Computer Education Association, the Fort Bend Chamber Education Division, ACHIEVE Fort Bend County, and the Fort Bend Economic Development Council. Dr. Bostic also works regionally as one of the twenty appointees by the Texas Commissioner of Education to the Texas Education Agency Rural and Small Schools Task Force as well as nationally as the K-12 Co-Chair Advisory Representative for the Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, WA. In the Stafford Municipal School District, Dr. Bostic has been pleased to serve in leading the district to receive more than $300,000.00 from The George
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Foundation to found and implement a PK-12 robotics program that is highly successful. Dr. Bostic also generated a pivotal partnership with Smart Financial Credit Union to bring the only working banking institution to operate inside of a high school campus in Fort Bend County that pays student interns to be tellers and promote district-wide financial literacy. Dr. Bostic was highly instrumental in working with SMSD board members and state representatives to bring HB 601 to be pre-filed in the 85th Legislature. Under his leadership, SMSD has achieved multiple state academic distinctions. Dr. Bostic proudly leads with the philosophy that 100% of the district’s students will graduate college or career ready without remediation. As a lifelong technologist, he has led with a philosophy of “STEM to Earn,” which teaches students to think like employers not just as an employee. Before coming to SMSD, Dr. Bostic served as the Assistant Superintendent for Academic Programs at Denton ISD in Denton, TX. At DISD, Dr. Bostic made using “technology as a tool” a top priority to help teachers and administrators streamline their work with teaching and learning in the district and throughout Texas. As a past elementary and intermediate school principal for fifteen years in Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD, Richardson ISD, and Oklahoma City Public Schools, he brings knowledge
from the campus level to central administration. Dr. Bostic also founded and instituted the largely successful Technology Integration Academy that is held each summer in Denton, TX, to this day. He founded and spearheaded the i-Bot competitive robotics league for elementary and middle school students, authored the districts application for the National Tech Savvy School Districts for 2009 and 2010 where under his direction, Denton ISD placed in the top ten in the nation for two consecutive years. He was the recipient of the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) Administrator of the Year in 2008 and was also honored as top finalist for Technology Administrator of the Year in 2011. As a campus administrator, Dr. Bostic was successful in leading diverse campuses in Oklahoma City, Richardson, and Carrollton-Farmers Branch with student populations that had majority minority populations. Each of the campuses received ratings at the Recognized level or Exemplary level under his leadership. At his last campus he was a Texas Business Education Coalition Honor Roll Campus recipient. This annual award is considered to be the most prestigious award for sustained, academic excellence in Texas. According to TBEC, of the more than 8,000 Texas public schools, less than 4% make the Honor Roll. Dr. Bostic earned his Bachelor’s degree from Langston University and his Masters of Education degree from the University of Central Oklahoma. He earned his Superintendent’s Certificate and Doctorate in Education degree at the University of North Texas. Dr. Bostic enjoys professional sports tournaments, fishing, boating, and family time. He is happily married to his wife of 29 years, Ellen, and together they have two children, Paige, 26 years old, and Ethan, 19 years old. He is also the proud owner of a dapple dachshund, Roxy.
Dr. Robert Bostic Superintendent Stafford Municipal School District www.staffordmsd.org
