Education Alumnus Named Superintendent of Bertie County Schools in North Carolina

Otis Smallwood, Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice, has been chosen as the new Superintendent for Bertie County Schools in Bertie County, North Carolina.

Smallwood has over twenty-five years of experience in education.  Most recently, he has spent the past 11 years as Assistant Superintendent of Jones County Public Schools (North Carolina) in charge of Human Resources. Through his work with the Jones County State Employees Credit Union, Smallwood helped a family ravaged by Hurricane Florence in 2018 receive a new home through Habitat for Humanity; even being on hand to present the keys to the Hill family when they moved in earlier in the spring.

He will take over Bertie County Schools on July 22; his first priorities are school security and teacher retention.

Smallwood earned his doctorate of education with FCE&SCJ in 2015.