The Concordia Lutheran High School Board of Directors would like to again offer its sincerest appreciation to Joel Bode for his 24 years of service. Joel announced in November that he would retire at the end of the 22-23 fiscal year. As his time as Head of School comes to a close, we pray that God will continue to bless Joel throughout a long and joyous retirement.
Additionally, the Board would like to announce that Charles T. (Chuck) Evans has accepted the position of Interim Head of School for the 23-24 school year. Chuck is a former full-time head of school and has been a strategic consultant for Christian schools, including several Lutheran schools, since 2006. This is his tenth interim head of school assignment, having led schools for a year or two in Texas, Illinois, South Carolina, and Virginia.
We believe Chuck’s more than 25 years of educational leadership experience has uniquely prepared him to guide Concordia through this year of transition, as we continue to seek God’s choice for our next Head of School.
Chuck is excited to join the CLHS community in this transitional year, focused on making strategic progress, empowering teachers and staff, and preparing our community for new permanent leadership.
Parents, guardians, and students are invited to meet and visit with Chuck at one of two welcome sessions both on Wednesday, August 2nd, from 8-8:45 am and again from 5:30-6 pm in the Commons.
Chuck Evans BIO:
Charles T. Evans is the founder and Senior Partner of BetterSchools, LLC. He has worked in independent schooling for more than twenty-six years, leading schools in Virginia, North Carolina, and Texas.
Since 2006, Chuck has provided strategic consulting and professional development for dozens of independent and parochial schools. A frequent presenter at conferences, Chuck’s work focuses on the wide spectrum of challenges that exist in private schools, especially given the dramatic changes in the private educational marketplace over the past decade.
In addition to strategic consulting Chuck and his colleagues at BetterSchools provide support for schools experiencing leadership transitions. Together, they have provided interim head of school leadership in twelve different schools from California to Texas to Virginia.
The former Executive Director of the Texas Private Schools Association, Chuck has worked as a lobbyist, advocating in the Texas state legislature on private school issues. He is also a former member of the State CAPE Network of state-wide political advocates and has worked as a state certified mediator.
Chuck is the co-author with Robert Littlejohn of Wisdom and Eloquence: A Christian Paradigm for Classical Learning (Crossway 2006), and he contributed a chapter to a work on Christian schooling entitled Building a Better School: Essays on Exemplary Christian School Leadership (Paideia 2012).
Most recently, Chuck collaborated as a co-founder of the Council on Educational Standards and Accountability and served on the CESA board’s executive committee from 2010 to 2013.
Chuck also teaches in the graduate programs for independent school leadership at Vanderbilt University/Peabody College and Gordon College.
Chuck and his wife Julie are long-time members of Bethany Lutheran Church in Austin.
Please join the Board of Directors in welcoming Chuck to Concordia Lutheran High School!