Profile
Susan Brooks-Young
Susan's initial exposure to technology involved an unfortunate incident with a TRS-80 computer in 1978. However, she was not to be deterred for long and was soon exploring possible uses for Tandy Color Computers in classrooms.
A teacher, site administrator, and technology specialist for almost 25 years, Susan often found herself on the bleeding edge of technology integration, but has continued to be a champion of its use with students, parents, teachers and administrators. She began publishing articles about technology use and providing professional development to educators and parents in the mid-1980s, and these are still high priority areas for her today.
When she became a site administrator in the early 1990s, Susan began to realize that little time or energy was being devoted to bringing administrators up to speed on how technology could be used to make their jobs easier and how they can support teachers in classroom technology integration. In response, she helped found Computer Using Educators' Administrator Special Interest Group in 1993. The group is still going strong with over 400 members across the nation. Susan is also a founding member of the International Society for Technology in Education’s (ISTE) SIGAdmin group for school administrators. She is the author of seven books about instructional technology use for school administrators.
In June 2000, Susan struck out on her own as a consultant and author. "It's exciting,” she says, “to have opportunities to work with a variety of educators from around the country as they explore ways to improve student achievement through the use of technology."
Susan is proud to be a member of the TICAL cadre because she believes the project truly provides support to school administrators through the portal and trainings.