Roger Wilcox retired from Waverly-Shell Rock Community Schools in June of 2016. Roger was an elementary and middle school principal at WSR for 25 years. Prior to that administrative assignment, Roger was a PK-6 principal at Dunkerton Community Schools. He taught in a variety of elementary classroom settings in Glenwood, Iowa, while obtaining his MS degree from Creighton University. During the 2016-17 school year, Roger was hired by New York City Leadership Academy as a principal “coach” working with principals at all stages of their professional career.
Roger was named the Iowa Fine Arts Administrator in 2010, Iowa Music Educator’s Administrator of the Year for the Support of the Arts in 2009, and received the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award in 2000. Roger has been an adjunct instructor for Viterbo University, Buena Vista University, and the University of Northern Iowa. Currently he is a consultant with Grundmeyer Leader Search and does other independent educational consulting.