Steve Gering
Chief Leadership Development Officer

Steve Gering has been in education for over 25 years in a wide variety of roles. He has worked in both urban and suburban districts, as a high school teacher and coach, a high school administrator, a middle school principal, a District Administrator, and Deputy Superintendent in Kansas City, Kansas. In addition, he was also the co-creator and principal/director of an alternative school for at-risk adolescents who had either been expelled or dropped out of the neighborhood schools.

Steve played the lead role in implementing district reform efforts in Kansas City, especially the First Things First initiative which aimed at developing leadership capacity at all levels of the system. Due to the significant gains in student outcomes, the Kansas City School District was recognized nationally by the United States Department of Education and the Gates Foundation for successful district reform.

Prior to joining CPS, Steve had been working with school districts across the country—including those in Houston, Los Angeles, Austin and Milwaukee—and supporting them in their reform work. He helped coach district leadership and structure systems of support that lead to successful student outcomes. In addition, over the past three years he has provided coaching and leadership development support to the CAOs in Chicago.

Steve holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Iowa State University and a Master’s in Educational Administration from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.