Superintendent: Norman Eck, Ph.D.907 442-3472
Dr. Norman Eck has been an administrator for 16 years. He has been Superintendent of the Northwest Arctic Borough School District for the past 6 years. This is the 14th year that Dr. Eck and his family have lived in the Northwest Arctic Borough and worked for the School District. In addition to being Superintendent he has been a principal and a director in the District’s administration. In 2009, Dr. Eck was named Alaska’s Superintendent of the Year. He represented all Alaska superintendents at the AASA National Conference in San Francisco. Dr. Eck spoke and wrote for the conference, addressing the needs and accomplishments of education in Alaska.
Prior to moving to Alaska, Dr. Eck worked in the Southwestern part of the United States. He spent 12 years as a teacher, curriculum writer, and publisher of educational materials for the Navajo Nation.During the decade of the 1980’s Dr. and Ms. Eck owned and operated their own printing and publishing company in Southwest Colorado. Additionally, Dr. Eck has been an Adjunct professor with Alaska Pacific University and the University of Alaska Southeast and for Chukchi College. He is also a veteran of the United States Naval Reserve in which he served from 1971 to 1976.Dr. Eck has two Bachelors Degrees from Fort Lewis College, Durango Colorado. He received a degree in Anthropology in 1974 and a degree in English Education in 1991. Dr. Eck earned a Masters Degree from Prescott College in Educational Leadership in 1995 and a Ph.D. with emphasis in Native Education, from Union Institute, Cincinnati Ohio in 1997.Dr. Eck is married to Jeri, wife of 40 years, a certified teacher. They have two children, a son, 18 and a daughter, 16.
