Jean Fuller

• Biography:

  Jean Fuller was born and raised in Kern County. She attended local schools in Bakersfield and completed her Bachelor, Masters and Ph.D degrees through the Califonia State University and the University of California systems. Jean supplemented her leadership training at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the University of Southern California, and Exeter College in Oxford England. She has been an educator in California since the early nineteen seventies.

  The Fullers own a family farm, manage property and have been in the restuarant business. Jean's professional and community leadership include the Kern County Museum Authority Board, the Boy's and Girl's Club Board, Jim Burke Education Leaders Forum, and the Kern County Superintendent's Administrative Advisory. Statewide leadership roles include the California School Boards Association, Association of School Administrators and the institute for Education Reform. She was named California Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators in the 2004/2005 school year. She earned national recognition for school improvement in 1998 when she was awarded the AASA Leadership for Learning Award.