Mr. Carter has been an educator for over 25 years, beginning as an elementary teacher in Long Beach, California before returning home to Seattle. He began with Seattle Public Schools in 1997 serving as a teacher, house administrator, and principal. In 2018, Mr. Carter was awarded the Thomas B. Foster Principal of the Year, which honors leadership in accomplishing equity driven outcomes for students.
His leadership extends outside of Seattle Public School as well. Serving as an assistant principal in Highline Public School, as a K-12 regional school director in Federal Way Public Schools, and his leadership work with the Global Cities Education Network. This work focused on learning from high performing educational systems around the world toward identifying and applying what great systems do in support of professional learning and its impact on student achievement.
The past three years, as director of schools, he has provided leadership and support to schools in our southeast, southwest, and central regions. Mr. Carter is a graduate of the University of Washington, holds a master’s degree in education, and principal certification from Western Washington University.
As an educational leader, he believes that our principals are the most important leaders in our system and believes strongly in the spirit and power of collaboration. Executive Director Carter is honored to be able to lead, serve, and support in this role.
Mr. Carter Oversees
The schools in Southwest Seattle
Key Enterprise Level Functions: Our purpose as regional executive directors of schools is to better support our schools and school leaders in the service of students. We do this through regionalize support by way of:
- Student Supports
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Human Resources
- Business and Finance
- Operations
As regional executive directors we act as lead implementation strategists, partner with and empower school leaders in analyzing their schools’ needs, identify trends and patterns, anticipate and respond to the needs of our schools, and work to build and sustain relationships with our families, community partners, and stakeholders.
Personal Statement
"As a lifelong educator, why the work of education is so personal to who I am and what I believe, is grounded in passion and vision for our children to reach their potential and to have the access and opportunity that they deserve.
"Though I have had multiple roles in education going back to volunteer tutoring when in college and coaching sports, serving as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and now in a central office role, my why has always been and continues to be focused on our students and the communities we serve."