Dr. Thomas Y. McDowell
[email protected]
127 Norwich Avenue, Suite 202
Colchester, CT 06415
860-537-7208
The Colchester Board
of Education has appointed Dr. Thomas Y. McDowell as the Interim Superintendent
of Schools.
Dr. McDowell received
his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst; his
Master’s and Certificate of Advance Graduate Study (CAGS) from Westfield State
College; his Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Nova University; and has
completed formal post-doctoral study at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
He has taught at the
elementary, middle, and high school levels.
He has served as department supervisor, assistant high school principal,
middle school principal, and assistant superintendent of schools. Dr. McDowell served as a superintendent of
schools for more than 25 years; in Orleans County, Vermont; Plymouth,
Connecticut and Westfield, Massachusetts. Since retiring as Westfield’s superintendent
of schools he has served as interim superintendent of schools in Wethersfield,
Connecticut; Watertown, Connecticut; Tolland, Connecticut; and Cromwell, CT. Dr.
McDowell also served as the Interim Head of School at Pope Francis High
School. He continues to teach at the
college level. His passions include
music, fishing, and collecting and restoring classic muscle cars.
Dr. McDowell is
married and has two (2) sons and three (3) grandchildren. He lives in Westfield, MA with Penny, his
wife, along with Beau and Dublin, their Labrador Retrievers, and Chica, their Red-fronted
Macaw.