Tim Ricker:
CLASS OF 1971
Portage High SchoolClass of 1971
Portage, IN
Southern Illinois UniversityClass of 1997
Edwardsville, IL
Central Missouri State University -Graduate SchoolClass of 1986
Warrensburg, MO
University of Missouri - EducationClass of 1981
Kansas city, MO
Truman State UniversityClass of 1976
Kirksville, MO
Tim's Story
Life
Married for 46 years to a great St. Louis girl. Have 3 kids. Bo an elementary principal in Kirkwood, MO-Just finished an Ed D in Ed. Admin. Allison and her husband own Skyhawks Minnesota in Minneapolis. The youngest is Catie who is a Master Reading Interventionist in Kirkwood MO. We have 8 grandchildren and are proud of all of them and we plan on spoiling them rotten!
I have retired four times and just seem to not get it right. Life is good in the Ricker Family. Hope it is too for you!
After leaving Portage I finished my BSE in Elementary Education at Truman State University (1976) in Missouri. I started teaching in the Kansas City area then (1st grade no less) and began my MA degree in Elementary Administration (graduated in '81). Worked in some rural districts in Missouri as a principal and then moved to St. Louis in 1986. Received my Education Specialist degree in '87 and Doctorate from SIU in '97. Stayed in St. Louis as a suburban large school district superintendent or central office superintendent for 20 years. I taught graduate classes in my spare time at SIU-E and Lindenwood University for almost ten years. With a doctorate in Instructional Process I taught all of the methods courses and all of the administration classes. I even did doctoral internships and research projects for grad students. I retired from Missouri in 2006 an...Expand for more
d moved to the Chicago area as a small elementary school district superintendent in Cook County (Lemont). Retired from there in 2012. For the last 10 years I worked for the Missouri Dept. Of Elem. & Sec. Education supervising all the school districts in St. Louis. I am retiring again in June and will take a 1 year interim superintendents' job in the Rockwood School District in St. Louis, County the second largest district in Missouri and one of the best school districts in the country according to Niche. Now I am an executive coach for superintendents through our professional organization and teach doctoral students at Maryville University in St. Louis.
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I have done lots of traveling, and love to go to sporting events. I was a season ticket holder for the Cardinals (I did it to keep out of the dog house and so I could see the Cubbies), Blues (yes Hawks) and the Battlehawks (DA BEARSSSS). We also have gone to spring training consistently for some 20 years. We cruise at least once a year and have to go to the ocean every winter. Road trips in between.
We love to be very active. I run and my wife Mary rides the bike. We love going to the YMCA at least 5 days a week. No pain, no gain!!!
We plan on Europe trips, more cruising and a few long road trip in the coming year.
Wish everyone the best and “Once a Portage Indian always a Portage Indian!
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