Full Name
Terry Spradlin
Job Title
Executive Director
Company
Indiana School Boards Association
Speaker Bio
TERRY E. SPRADLIN
Executive Director
Indiana School Boards Association
May 2024
Biography
Terry Spradlin has made a career in K-12 education policy. On August 24, 2017, Mr. Terry Spradlin assumed the role of the Executive Director of the Indiana School Boards Association. In this position, Mr. Spradlin serves as the spokesman and chief lobbyist for ISBA in guiding the organization’s legislative agenda through the process. He oversees an organization that provides legal, policy, legislative advocacy, and board services training to its nearly 1,700 members. He represents ISBA at state and national-level meetings on K-12 education policy and engages with the media to champion K-12 public education.
Prior to his service with the ISBA, Mr. Terry Spradlin was the Director of Community & Government Relations for Education Networks of America. ENA provides managed Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions to schools and libraries in Indiana and other states to help drive student achievement, operational efficiencies, and future capabilities. Mr. Spradlin advocated on behalf of the company with area superintendents, library directors, and policymakers to ensure the highest level of customer communication and satisfaction.
From 2004 to September of 2013, Mr. Spradlin served as the Director for Education Policy and the High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE) with the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) at Indiana University-Bloomington. Mr. Spradlin served CEEP as a manager for the Center’s policy-related projects, with an emphasis on P-16 projects. He authored or co-authored over 40 reports during his tenure at CEEP. In addition to daily oversight of a range of policy projects, he took the lead in pursuit of external funding to support these activities. Mr. Spradlin regularly interacted with the media, state policymakers, and other educational leaders on behalf of the Center.
Other noteworthy service includes a nine-year tenure at the Indiana Department of Education from 1995-2004. Mr. Spradlin served as the Legislative Director of the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE). He represented IDOE in legislative matters and developed the department’s K-12 education policy agenda. He coordinated information between state legislators and the department as well as conducted policy research on key issues. Mr. Spradlin regularly communicated with the public and members of the press about K-12 education issues.
He has participated in multiple national conferences over the years, including NSBA Annual Conferences, National Charter Schools Summits, the Education Commission of the States National Conferences, and a U.S. Reading Summit in Washington, D.C., and has presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference and multiple times at the National Conference on Student Assessment.
Mr. Spradlin holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs and a Master of Public Affairs from Indiana University. He resides with his family in Greenwood, Indiana.
Executive Director
Indiana School Boards Association
May 2024
Biography
Terry Spradlin has made a career in K-12 education policy. On August 24, 2017, Mr. Terry Spradlin assumed the role of the Executive Director of the Indiana School Boards Association. In this position, Mr. Spradlin serves as the spokesman and chief lobbyist for ISBA in guiding the organization’s legislative agenda through the process. He oversees an organization that provides legal, policy, legislative advocacy, and board services training to its nearly 1,700 members. He represents ISBA at state and national-level meetings on K-12 education policy and engages with the media to champion K-12 public education.
Prior to his service with the ISBA, Mr. Terry Spradlin was the Director of Community & Government Relations for Education Networks of America. ENA provides managed Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions to schools and libraries in Indiana and other states to help drive student achievement, operational efficiencies, and future capabilities. Mr. Spradlin advocated on behalf of the company with area superintendents, library directors, and policymakers to ensure the highest level of customer communication and satisfaction.
From 2004 to September of 2013, Mr. Spradlin served as the Director for Education Policy and the High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE) with the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) at Indiana University-Bloomington. Mr. Spradlin served CEEP as a manager for the Center’s policy-related projects, with an emphasis on P-16 projects. He authored or co-authored over 40 reports during his tenure at CEEP. In addition to daily oversight of a range of policy projects, he took the lead in pursuit of external funding to support these activities. Mr. Spradlin regularly interacted with the media, state policymakers, and other educational leaders on behalf of the Center.
Other noteworthy service includes a nine-year tenure at the Indiana Department of Education from 1995-2004. Mr. Spradlin served as the Legislative Director of the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE). He represented IDOE in legislative matters and developed the department’s K-12 education policy agenda. He coordinated information between state legislators and the department as well as conducted policy research on key issues. Mr. Spradlin regularly communicated with the public and members of the press about K-12 education issues.
He has participated in multiple national conferences over the years, including NSBA Annual Conferences, National Charter Schools Summits, the Education Commission of the States National Conferences, and a U.S. Reading Summit in Washington, D.C., and has presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference and multiple times at the National Conference on Student Assessment.
Mr. Spradlin holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs and a Master of Public Affairs from Indiana University. He resides with his family in Greenwood, Indiana.
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