Dr. Susan Phillips has vast experience in education. She taught K-12 for twenty-four years before switching to school administration. She had completed her Bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1968. Adding other college hours in other subjects gave her a choice of more variety of teaching subjects and levels. Her first degree was completed at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

In 1999, after completing her Master’s Degree in Administration, she became an Elementary Principal in Muskogee, Ok. From there she moved to secondary administration. She became the head principal of a large K7-9 middle school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. In 2002 she completed her Doctorate in School Administration from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Coming back to Indiana in 2003, she became the head principal of Greencastle High School in Greencastle, Indiana. She retired in 2009 as the superintendent of schools in Eminence, Indiana.

At present time she enjoys teaching for Wayne Township Adult Education as an Ell teacher. She calls it her dream retirement job. She is passionate about her adult immigrant students. She admires their determination to become contributing American citizens.