David William Ruehs

2905 Garden Avenue, Burlington, Iowa 52601

(563) 581-2448
david.ruehs@bcsds.org
david.ruehs@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN

6 th Year Degree, K-12 Principal License, Folder 517205 2020

Morningside College, Sioux City, IA

Talented and Gifted Endorsement 2017

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

M.A. Educational Leadership 2014
PK-12 Principal, PK-12 Supervisor of Special Education
The UEN/UNI Leadership Academy includes a minimum of
225 hours of documented field-based internship experiences,
PreK-12 and special education.

Morningside College, Sioux City, IA

Middle School Generalist Endorsement 2010

Wartburg College, Waverly, IA

B.A. Secondary Mathematics Education 2007
Areas of Concentration: Education, Mathematics

AWARDS

Wartburg College Regent Scholar 2003

Eagle Scout 2002

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

School Administrators of Iowa

National Association of Secondary Principals
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

LEADERSHIP/TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Burlington High School, Burlington, IA

Associate Principal 2017- Present
 Community High School for grades 9-12
 1141 students, 54% Free and Reduced status
 9 th Grade Principal
o Main contact for 9 th grade students and families
o Dramatically increased 9 th grade credit accrual rates
 9 Grade Summer Bootcamp
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o Designed program that acclimates incoming 9th grade students to the

high school building, strengthen executive functioning skills, and
introduce to core area 9th grade teachers
 Systemic Literacy Task Force
o Designed district wide literacy structure to address reading, writing,
and speaking
o Observe and provide immediate feed about Open Response lesson
format
  Facilitate Freshman Success Team
o Core area 9th grade teachers meeting on a structured schedule,
dramatically dropped amount numbers of 9th grade D’s and F’s
 Organize Steps to Success
o Collaborative effort between local community college and other
community stakeholders to expose 9th grade students career options
 Head of the Rebranding Task Force
 Professional Learning Community Institution
 Trauma Informed Care
 Crisis Prevention Institution (CPI) trained
 Authentic Intellectual Work (AIW)
o Trained core group of teachers in AIW procedures for results-based
peer review professional learning
 Building Leadership Team
 Responsible for evaluating 30 staff members
 Local Educational Agency Representative for select IEP meetings
 Interim Intermediate Associate Principal, January 2020
o Community school grades 5 and 6
o 570 students, 70% Free and Reduced status
o Restructure Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports structure
o Student behaviors and attendance
o Restructure Building Leadership Team
 Interim Elementary Principal, March 2020 – June 2020
o Neighborhood school for grades PK-4
o 332 students, 74% Free and Reduced status
o Restructure Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Structure
o Lead efforts to address ESSA

Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School, Dubuque, IA

Instructional Coach 2014-2017
 Work closely with teachers on instruction, assessment, and interventions.
 Communication with AEA, parents, and other outside stakeholders
 Building relationships with various educational stakeholders
Teams and Responsibilities
 Data-Based Decision Making
 Individual Teacher Coaching
 House MTSS Meetings
 Child Study Team
 Building Leadership Team
 AIW Lead Anchor
o Led nineteen AIW anchors who in turn lead or co-lead groups of six
teachers through the AIW process
 Check and Connect Mentor
 PBIS Event Talent Show Director
 Site Council
 Plan and Deliver Professional Learning
o Math Department Differentiation
o ELA Department Introduction to Differentiation
o Instructional Discipline
o Authentic Intellectual Work Anchor Session
o Collaborative Inquiry Student Work
o PBIS Behavior and Referral Review
o How to Access and Use MAP Data
o Collaborative Inquiry School-wide Data
o Introduction to Staff of Collaborative Inquiry
o Overview of MTSS Process
 George Washington Middle School, Dubuque, IA
Teacher – 8 th Grade Pre-Algebra, Honors Algebra, Math 2007-2014
Intervention
Teacher –8 th Grade American History 2010-2014
Teams and Responsibilities
 AIW Anchor
 House Chair
 Middle School Math Learning Continuum
 SINA Data Team
 Assessment for Learning Symposium Team
 Courtesy Committee
 Site Council

RELATED EXPERIENCE
Cub Scout Den Leader 2019-Present
Loras College Science Technology Engineering 2012-2014
Mathematics (STEM) Lesson Study
Bradley Bunch (Non-School Related) 2009-2013
Lab Classroom Lesson Study 2009-2014
Technology Integration in Classrooms Conference 2011, 2012
Football Coach – Middle School 2009-2012

REFERENCES

Dave Keane Jessica Tabor

Burlington High School Solon Intermediate School
Principal Principal
(319) 753-2211 ext. 1001 school (319) 624-3401 ext. 1502 school
(319) 572-8928 cell (321) 482-8870 cell
david.keane@bcsds.org jtabor@solon.k12.ia.us

Andy Werling Chris Burke

Muscatine High School Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School
Assistant Principal Classroom Teacher
(563) 263-6141 school 2019 Iowa Teacher of the Year
(563) 676-3083 cell (563) 552-5085 school
andy.werling@mcsdonline.org (563) 581-0650 cell
cburke@dbqschools.org

Reggie Shipp
Burlington Education Center
Corse to Success Program Director
(319) 753-2211 Ext 2000 school
(319) 750-6726 cell
rshipp13@gapps.bcsds.org