Rob Jackson

Background

About Rob Jackson

Dr. Rob Jackson is a proud Public School Graduate. He began his tenure as the Superintendent of the Carteret County Public School System on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina on July 1, 2020. He previously served for six years as the Superintendent of the Edenton-Chowan School System in Northeastern North Carolina. During his tenure there, the school system's Cohort Graduation Rate rose from 78.9% when he arrived to 93% for the Class of 2020. During the most recent school year for which accountability data is available (2018-2019), every school in the school system met or exceeded growth while the Middle School and High School each earned their highest School Performance Grades ever. For the third consecutive year, the school system had zero low-performing schools. The school system received "unqualified"(clean) financial audits each year Dr. Jackson has served as Superintendent and for the last three years had no findings, nor Management Letter (considered a "perfect" financial audit). Additionally, D.F. Walker Elementary School was named the North Carolina ESEA National Distinguished School. During his career in education, Dr. Jackson has served as a School Secretary, a Bus Driver, an After-School Associate, a Teacher, an Assistant Principal, an Elementary School Principal, a High School Principal, and a Chief Communications Officer. Prior to being named superintendent, he served in Union County Public Schools near Charlotte, NC. While there, he served on the Superintendent's Executive Cabinet as the Chief Communications Officer, as a principal of an elementary school and as a principal of two high schools. He actually opened two of the schools as their very first principal. Dr. Jackson also served in the US Navy onboard the USS Iwo Jima. Dr. Jackson was selected as the first Superintendent to receive the Dr. Sam Houston Leadership Award in 2019. In July, 2017, Dr. Jackson was unanimously selected as the Regional Superintendent of the Year. He was the inaugural winner of the Dr. Brad Sneeden Superintendent Leadership Award, is a past North Carolina State Principal of the Year; North Carolina High School Principal of the Year, and National Distinquished Principal. Dr. Jackson earned a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Wingate University, an Education Specialist degree from Wingate University, a Master of School Administration degree from Western Carolina University, a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Western Carolina University, and an Associate in Arts degree from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.