Susan Droke currently serves as Assistant Headmaster for Teaching and Learning at Presbyterian Day School (PDS), an independent boys’ school in Memphis, TN. During her teaching career in both public and independent schools, Susan has filled the roles of classroom teacher, as well as reading specialist and gifted education teacher. Susan originally joined the PDS faculty in 2001 as a reading specialist. In that capacity she helped to design and implement a small group approach to teaching reading comprehension with emphasis on developing critical and creative thinking skills.

Susan served as a member of an international action research team and presented her research on boys and reading at the International Boys’ School Coalition conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has twice attended Project Zero at Harvard and has presented at both ERB and NAIS conferences. Susan currently chairs the Teaching and Learning Committee, a group of teachers and administrators who provide the curricular vision for PDS.