Boyd Dressler is an Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership program at Montana State University-Bozeman. He has served in leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. His education leadership roles include being a principal of a junior-senior high school, a high school, a charter school, Director of the Curriculum & Instruction Unit at the Colorado Department of Education. He received his B.S. (1965) degree in English and Social Science from Missouri Valley College, his M.A. (1970) degree in Secondary School Administration from the University of Missouri, and he earned his Ed.D. (1983) degree in Administration, Supervision, and Curriculum Development with a concentration in Organization Development from the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Dr. Dressler's publications include reports, grants, and studies. He wrote a Teacher Induction Grant for the Colorado Department of Education in 1988 that was funded; a Child Welfare Integration Systems proposal (1995) for Arizona and New York; a report on juvenile offenders transition study for the Colorado Division of Youth Services (1997); and, studies of administrative personnel needs for Colorado school districts. He has been a member of several professional organizations serving as an officer and/or member of governing boards. He wrote an article for Education Colorado and Insight...(1984), "Spell it Dedication," and he has co-authored editorials and other articles.

Dr. Dressler received an Outstanding Faculty award from the 1996 graduating class of the University of Phoenix, Denver; was recognized for contributions to the Colorado Teacher Encouragement Program Selection Panel in 1986; and, he received a fellowship, along with 24 other western United States administrators, from the University of Colorado-Boulder in organization development. This two-year program provided an opportunity to extensively study organization development as applicable to education settings.

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