Doug Hayter Receives 2009 Pearce Award
by Roger Kurtz
March 25, 2009
Dr. Doug Hayter, Superintendent of the Branson R-IV School District has been selected by the Missouri Association of School Administrators as the recipient of the annual Robert L. Pearce Award for 2009. Hayter was selected by a committee of his peers. Each of the eight MASA districts nominated a superintendent for the award.
The Pearce award includes a $500 cash award to the recipient and a $500 scholarship for a student in the district of the award winner.
Hayter has been employed by the Branson R-IV School District as Superintendent of Schools since July, 2003. Previously, he served as Superintendent of Schools at Logan-Rogersville Public Schools and as a secondary principal at Sparta Public Schools.
Hayter received his bachelor's, master's and specialist degrees from Southwest Missouri State University. He received his doctorate from the University of Arkansas.
Under Hayter's leadership, the school district has passed two tax issues, one to provide needed instructional space for an ever-expanding student body, and the second to provide funds for additional teachers and salary increases. These results and other curricular improvements have all been part of a detailed, collaborative revised Ten-Year Master Plan for the school district. The district has been recognized the past four years as a district exemplifying "Distinction in Performance".
Hayter is a past president of the MASA and the Southwest Administrators Association. He has been active in many church and community organizations including the Branson Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, the Skaggs Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees, the Branson/Hollister Rotary Club, and the White River Electric Operation Round-Up Board.
Hayter is the twenty-third recipient of the prestigious Robert L. Pearce Award.
