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David Chia currently serves, supports and supervises 14,700 students in 20 schools as a director with the Division of School Leadership and Improvement in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), Maryland. Previously, he served in the role of consulting principal to novice principals and experienced principals new to MCPS. In that role, he served as a mentor, coach, trainer and confidant to principals with executive leadership development and organizational leadership & management. Other work experiences include serving as principal at Wheaton Woods Elementary School (MCPS) and Rock Creek Forest Elementary School (MCPS). He also served as the English director at the New Generation Bilingual Christian Academy in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Mr. Chia has also served as principal intern at Burning Tree Elementary School (MCPS) and assistant principal at Weller Road Elementary School (MCPS). Before becoming an administrator, Mr. Chia served as the staff development teacher at Broad Acres Elementary School (MCPS) and taught third and fourth graders as a “looping” teacher at Georgian Forest Elementary School (MCPS). He has been a mentor teacher, technology trainer, Maryland Technology Academy Fellow and Fulbright Memorial Fund Fellow, and has written and received numerous grants. Honors include the Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award, Montgomery County Teacher of the Year, Finalist for Maryland State Teacher of the Year, and American Immigration Law Foundation Immigrant Achievement Award.
1994 University of Maryland - College Park, B.S.
