David Anderson joined Hillco in 2003 from the Texas Education Agency, where he had worked as managing director of the Division of Curriculum & Professional Development since 1997. David began his career in education as a fifth and sixth grade teacher in the Austin public schools. David is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, an honorary educational organization, and he served as president of the University of Texas chapter.
David received a master’s degree from the University of Texas. He has done additional post-graduate work at UT-Austin and at Harvard University. During his graduate work at UT-Austin, David completed the nationally recognized Foundations in Educational Administration program in 1974 and the UT Residential Year in School Administration program in 1976. He is a member of the University of Texas “T” Association.
David is a member of several professional organizations, including TASA and TASCD. He sits on the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation national advisory panel for the Schools to Scholars Program. David is a member of the UT- Austin College of Education Foundation Advisory Council and the University of Texas Chancellor’s Council.
Ervin Knezek, Ed.D. is president of lead4ward, llc where he works with school districts, state agencies, educational service agencies, and colleges and universities in designing and implementing teaching and learning systems, curriculum development, access to the general curriculum, differentiated instruction, and assessment and accountability. He has served as Deputy Executive Director for Academic Services for the Education Service Center, Region XIII in Austin. In that role, he served as chair for a statewide curriculum development project in Texas for eight years.
Dr. Knezek has also served as Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, curriculum director, an elementary and middle school principal, and a classroom teacher. He has been a state leader in supporting students with disabilities in inclusive settings. As a school principal and central office leader, he created innovative systems and structures to ensure that all students had access to learning, to their peers, and to attainment of their goals. At the regional and state levels, he has worked to develop school leaders in creating learning environments where all students succeed in attaining the goals set for them.
His research work has been centered on supervision as a component of instructional leadership of principals in relation to student performance and how the principal can leverage systems to create a cohesive program for students.