Amy Legant

Age: 65

Education: Doctorate of Education, with a dual focus in Curriculum and Instruction and Education Administration, University of New Mexico, 1990; Education Specialist, Education Administration, UNM, 1982; Master of Arts, Literacy Education and Assessment, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1978; Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education with a Minor in Communication Disorders, UNM, 1971.

Occupation: Retired, June 2013; principal, Eugene Field Elementary School, Albuquerque Public Schools, 2009-13; (academic) accountability coordinator, APS, 2004-09; manager of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant for the New Mexico Initiative for Leadership and Technology, 2001-04; adjunct professor with the Teacher Enhancement Program, UNM, 2000-01; principal, Cochiti Elementary School, APS, 1994-2000; principal, Alvarado Elementary School, APS, 1990-94; assistant principal, Lavaland Elementary School and Martin Luther King Elementary School, fall 1989; staffer, Human Resources Department, APS, summers 1989-90; teaching, 1971-89.

Family: N/A Political/government experience: N/A Major professional accomplishment: I had a very successful 40-year career with APS and N.M. public schools as a teacher, school principal, UNM adjunct professor and management-level administrator. I loved every minute. Major personal accomplishment: My major personal accomplishment was serving as my parents’ caretaker in their declining years.