One of the most exceptional chalkboard champions in the field of math education is Timothy D. Kanold, a retired high school mathematics educator and author of math textbooks. At the age of 14, Tim decided he wanted to be a math teacher. “It never occurred to me to do anything else,” he once said. This outstanding educator earned his bachelor’s degree in education and his master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois. He earned his doctorate in educational leadership and counseling psychology from Loyola University Chicago.

Timothy was employed for twenty-one years at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. For the last seventeen of these years he served as his school’s director of mathematics and science. He retired from the teaching profession in 2007, and served as the president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics from 2008 to 2009.

With his co-author Ron Larson, Timothy Kanold has written twenty-seven high school and junior high school mathematics textbooks. Even after his retirement, he continues to write and present for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics on topics related to the principles and standards for school mathematics, as well as for AASA and NASSP. He is the lead author for NCTM’s update of the Teaching Performance Standards Document, and has presented more than six hundred speeches and seminars nationally and internationally over the past decade. The primary focus of these speeches is the creation of equitable learning experiences for all children in mathematics.

Timothy has earned much recognition for his outstanding work. He is the 1986 recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching,the 1991 recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Illinois State University, the 1994 recipient of the Outstanding School Administrator Award from the Illinois State Board of Education, and the 2001 recipient of the Outstanding Alumni Award from Addison Trail High School. He also is the developer and presenter for New Dimensions in Leadership: Leading in a Learning Organization, a training program for future school administrators. Considered to be teacher of leaders, he currently presents leadership training for school administrators on behalf of Solution Tree and mathematics curriculum, instruction, and assessment workshops for NCTM and NCSM.

Timothy Kanold: a true chalkboard champion.